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I've exchanged a few e-mails with Pete Calderon at Heritage concerning the 1928 Harrington's Earl Smith #48 card they have in their Oct. 1 auction. The SGC-graded Good card is already up to $11,000.
Pete's auction lot description says there are only two graded by SGC and none by PSA. He theorizes the green Smith cards were used as an exchange if/when a kid turned in the complete 60-card set for a gallon of ice cream. But that would mean that regular black-and-white cards would have been issued.
My questions . . .
Do b/w Earl Smith cards exist for Harrington's?
Are there any recorded #48 Smith survivors (b/w or green) among the parallel sets from Yuengling, Tharp or Sweetman?
Thanks for your thoughts on this.