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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

This set apparently came up at the right time. Buyers were very hungry.

The 73 commons auctioned tonight went for $3200, an average of almost $44 a card. The highest was $157, the lowest $16.

These were VG to VG+, a few better, a few G-VG. I doubt many would grade higher than 3, almost none higher than 4. That seems well above recent market value for middle-grade commons.

Here are figures on tonight's non-commons.

Cravath146
Griffith 92
Cicotte382
Crawford 168
Carey103
Comiskey 247
Collins192
Chapman120
Huggins112
Brown 179
Baker 126
Jennings 114
Bender227
Felsch545
Hooper138
Evers 137
Gandil 203
Lajoie 223
Cobb 760

The average is about $220. Even without Cobb the average is $190.

So much for my plans to upgrade my set