R-304 Demaree Diecuts

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Posted By: Paul

I've always wanted to own an R-304 diecut -- probably for 20 years. I almost won the Luke Appling that was in the Barry Halper auction, but was outbid by just a few dollars.

I finally won one of these -- a Carl Hubbell, who is a few notches above Appling anyhow. I will be happy with this card no matter what it's worth, but I am curious to know if I got a good deal, overpaid, or paid about right. Do any of you have any idea about the value of these things? I paid $525 for one with a couple of light creases that (at least in the scan) are not very noticeable.

Also, how rare are these? The Standard Catalog lists some of these as unnumbered because the numbered tab on all known copies is missing. That makes it sound to me like there are only 1 or 2 known of some of these cards.