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Brian H (misunderestimated)on the value issue and what the Jackson alone could bring on the open market.
Also, if you read all of the stuff on SGC/Mastro sites you don't really know what happened (or who the original seller or buyer was for that matter). It is really just alot of well-written PR about how amazing the set is (which it is). So we don't know what Mastro's role in the whole deal was. Maybe the orignal seller wanted his/her money fast ? Maybe that seller wanted the whole thing kept together for some reason ? I'm sure it will all come out eventually.
I can just tell you that as someone who has been making an attempt to put that set together for several years -- albeit a rather feeble and not well-funded attempt -- I am utterly blown away by these cards. They are so condition sensitive and so rare relative to the big T-issues and even the 1915 CJs that over a little time the break-up value could well be over 3 times the amount paid (ie about $2.5M).