T5 Pinkerton Joe Jackson

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Posted By: Kyle

Did anyone think it'd be at $89,000 with 10 hours to go?

http://auction.milehighcardco.com/displayitem.php?item=2&category=Live%20Auction

Unreal...

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Posted By: Glyn Parson

This is the exact type of item i would purchase if i had the money. I love T5s though.

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Posted By: Steve M.

is that it will end up in "you know whos" vault.

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Posted By: Kyle

http://www.huntauctions.com/online/view_lots_items_list_closed.cfm?auction=16&start_number=501&last_number=600

Sure would like to go back 3 years. T5 lots start at #575.

-Kyle-

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Posted By: davidcycleback

That's a lot of money, but it's a nice looking example. If you were to purchase one T5, that might be the one. Joe jackson, nice condition and the photographic print pasted on straight: the trifecta! The T5 makers are rather notorious for their quality control, including often pasted the prints on crooked.

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Posted By: Henry Eshelman

Personally I think that card is one of the prettiest I've seen and the fact that it could be one of a kind elevates it to that price level, so no I'm not surprised.

Thanks, Henry Eshelman

Website:www.freewebs.com/vintagebaseball

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Posted By: davidcycleback

It should be noted that cabinet cards in any form of Joe Jackson are rare. Even if it was just a normal studio cabinet it would probably sell for lots of money.

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

To me, it is better than the t210 prookie, so it is still cheap.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

"But is it a true baseball card?"

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Posted By: Zach Rice

I can say with certainty that it is not a unique card, however, it is still extremely rare. Jackson's T210 is a $100,000 card and has more surviving examples, so the price isn't too suprising. I'd personally rather own the 1913 Boston Garter Jackson, both amazing pieces.

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

Truth is in the eyes of the beholder, in bbl cards. Why else would a Wagner reprint sell for over $200. regularly. And yes, it is a true baseball card, I think.

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Posted By: Bottom of the Ninth

I expect it will end up around 150K or so.

The link to the Hunt auction results on the T5's is really depressing.

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Posted By: anthony

thats just not fair!

i know, "no crying in baseball !"

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Posted By: Harry Wallace (HW)

Wow!

I love those two Jackson cards. The T5 Jackson is not the only example known to exist. Actually this particular example sold about 5 years ago in a major auction for less than $10,000. What an investment!

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Posted By: joe brennan

$131,000 with 25 minutes to go...Amazing. When I bought my "Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards last June, I saw the T5's in there and thought I would like to collect them along with postcards and T206's. HA. Maybe after I hit the lottery. I had no idea hoe much they went for. Every once in awhile I entered Pinkerton search on e-bay and never saw one listed. I know why now.

A scared man can't gamble and a jealous man can't work.

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Posted By: Scott Gross

........... The "15 minute rule" ......... what a interesting concept ........... for those who are still awake ........ fun, fun ..... smile, smile ..........

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Posted By: Kyle

Anyone ever have items go for well below what the consigner thought they'd get? Ever had a consigner make good on it and charge a lower consignment fee? My two items didn't budge at all during the final day (well one bid), but nothing during the last several hours.

-Kyle-

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Posted By: Anonymous

Could someone post a pic of the card? Sorry, I was late to the thread and now the picture is a big red X when I bring it up. Thanks in advance.

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Posted By: steve f

gawrsh... $158,630.57

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Posted By: Bottom of the Ninth

I wanted it too but was only bold enough to come in second place.

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Posted By: Millerhouse

Did anyone ever check with Mile High to ask whether the entire photo is glued to the mount? Looking at the picture in a prior post, that would appear to be the case (though it's difficult to tell). Years of experience with T5s has shown that the factory only glued down a small strip of the photo at the top. Held upside down, the bottom of an unfiddled-with T5 photo on its original mount will dangle freely. Similarly, a T5 photo separated from its original mount will only show glue residue at the top.

All that said, I'm always suspicious when a T5 is fully glued to a mount. Did anyone ever ask?

Dan Gantt

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Posted By: Anonymous

$180 here, $180 there, pretty soon you're talking real money!
I came away with the Anson and can still afford dinner.

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Posted By: dax

Thanks Steve F!

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

$158,630.57 That's more than I make in a week!

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Posted By: Richard Masson

Who is "You know Who" with a vault?