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Posted By: leon

First of all this card did trade at 55k. So that is the price it was sold for....otherwise, it would still be live in auction. Thanks again to all bidders and the trust they had in me to put in relatively large bids. Even with a very slight glitch at the end it went very smoothly. I think everyone involved was fine with the way it was run. Everyone had equal opportunity to win it and Net54 shows we have the best audience in the industry again!!!! IN major auction, even at 15% commission to the buyer, this card would have cost $63,500 (after buyers premium)......Be ready for a better mouse trap in the future .....

The provenance is that it most likely emanates from one of the true hobby pioneers, Walt Corson. I got this from ebay from Corson's best friends son, Jeff Lowe. Jeff's dad was Corson's best friend, James Lowe. Corson was a very good friend of Jeff Burdick of ACC fame and the grandfather (to me) of US card collecting. Corson was also an original inductee in the Card Collectors Hall of Fame. I think it's kind of neat knowing the history of the card for the last 50-60 years. I don't know where Corson got it though.....Also, after I won it on ebay I think we had a record number of folks our chatroom talking about it..I think it was 27 people in there......best regards