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fkwFor those that werent on eBay 3.5 years ago...
The 1921 Herpolsheimer cards were not known until they started appearing on eBay in early Oct 2004 being sold by a single noncollector seller (ebzz).
The cards were auctioned singly about 4-6 per week. The first few weeks of auctions the cards didnt bring much $$ because many were thinking they might not be authentic since no one had seen them before. But once a few of the early winners started getting them in the mail and confirmed they were authentic the bidding jumped a bit.
Some examples of what these first sold for, on up to the Ruth which was one of the last ones to sell...
Bush $146 (1st one to sell)
Bagby $52
Myers $71
Woods $143
Rixey $168
Speaker $349
GC Alexander $587
Collins $380
Hornsby $1009
Cobb $1526
Ruth $7777