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Posted By: TBob

Yes the Wood was beat up but it is an indication of how rare they are when a card in that condition can go for that much. I know some collectors are put off by the fact that the rare cards in the set are really rare and some don't care for the brown backgrounds and others don't like the fact there are so few HOFers in the set. You would think that with this SEEMING indifference to the set that prices would be lower and cards more plentiful but they are not. Thomas, I was lucky enough to hit Mike Wheat's recent acquisition page on just the right day and grab 5 of the rarer ones, all in G-VG but impossible to find, for peanuts (comparatively speaking). I look back now on the fact I consigned a near set in around EX to Mastro 3 years ago with astonishment. Had I chopped it up and put it on ebay card by card I could have doubled or maybe even tripled the price result. It went for around $4000 (plus Bill paid me $2500 for my Lowdermilk that was "lost" in his offices before the set was put on ebay). It lacked the Lewis cards and W. Miller but all the other rare suspects were there, less about 7 or 8 of the tougher backs. Big mistake. Should have held on to the set...