Al Simmons 1926 Spalding - Rookie?

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Posted By: Richard

Why was this card bid up so high? Looking at the bidders involved in the auction, I can't believe that they did not know that this is not Al Simmons' rookie card.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1926-Spalding-Champions-AL-SIMMONS-rookie-PSA-4-HOF_W0QQitemZ5243455837QQcategoryZ31718QQssPageNam eZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Is the 1926 Spalding Simmons a rare card, or were people duped into thinking that it was really his rookie (and not his 1923 Exhibit)?

I also read the thread about ad backs. Brian mentions that the ad and bio backs are about equal. Perhaps this Simmons took off because of the ad back?

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

It clearly is not his rookie card if you count Exhibit Cards... but some people do not.

I wanted it because it was the earliest Simmons card that I would have owned...

but now I will just try to find the 1923-24 Exhibit of him.

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Posted By: Todd Schultz

The description says rookie, so many will bite. Others will justify their "exhibits don't count, and die-cuts aren't cards" philosophy so as to make this Al's rookie.

Personally, I think PT Barnum is somewhere smiling at this one, and I would not be surprised if 3-4 more of these Simmons hit Ebay by year end. If so, expect the price to go down a little and the card quality to go up--while I don't own one, these cards are often found in fairly high grade.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

yet

Look on my exhibit card site if you want to see ol' Bucketfoot Al.

http://imageevent.com/exhibitman/interestingexhibitcards

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Come on Adam...

surely you can find another Exhibit of Simmons and sell that one to me!!

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Posted By: warshawlaw

But I do trade 'em for stuff I want more. Whaddayagot? email me.

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Posted By: Richard

now residing in a psa 4 case.

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Oh now you guys are REALLY killing me!!



Come on Richard, e-mail me your asking price!!!