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davidcyclebackI've seen many times the "Took to the local card shop and the owner said ..." story, and assume these cards were never taken to a local card shop and/or shown to local dealers.
In the auction, we are led to believe that 1) This 2 cent Scoops card was a single lot at an antiques auction and 2) No one in attendance, including numerous dealers who expressed knowledge about baseball card scarcity, had an inkling the card was modern ... I don't believe either.
If these "dealers" knew so little about baseball cards that they thought Scoops were from Pre-WWI, how would they be in possession of the notion that the card was 1-of-1?