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craig lipmanSorry I didn't mean to post anonymously; I'm a frequent lurker but infrequent poster.
This a fantastic find but to say it is better than the Harris collection is premature. This is a 144 card set with 27 graded cards so far. Nearly one quarter of those cards have graded as 5's or 6's. There are 31 hofer's in the CJ set plus the Jackson. The Harris t206 collection was 520 cards including the only known 10's, over 100 nines and 350 8's. The Harris collection included 75 hofers including 4 Cobbs, 3 Youngs, 3 Mattys , 2 Johnsons and a psa 7 Plank. Nines included a Matty portrait, Cobb and Young.
1914 CJs are condition rarities but historically 8s when available have sold at a discount to equally graded 1915 CJs of the same hofer ( except Matty). There are far more 1915 collectors and I doubt this once in a lifetime find will change that.
I also think your estimate of 500k for Jackson is to say the least generous.
Mastro knows the buisness side of the hobby better than anyone and didn't leave 1 million dollars on the table to do a favor for a good customer or to make a quick buck as has been suggested.