1910 Spalding Guide NL Zack Wheat Brooklyn Dodgers slabbed NM-MT 8 magazine cut outs

[novakjr]

I'm not intending to insult here, please don't take it that way. Just offering a little insight into what these really are, and what they generally sell for.

I'll start with addressing the slab and grade. Regardless of where these were purchased, or how much was paid. The slab and grade mean absolutely nothing in regards to this item.. Firstly, the grading company, really isn't a company, but rather a guy who sealed 'em up and threw random numbers on them.. Secondly, the numbers will never be considered legit, because we are not dealing with a complete item. BVG which WILL "encapsulate" these(only if it's a full page), will ONLY technically authenticate them, and even that's just a formality for labeling and flip purposes, to go along with the encapsulation.. It's often debated whether or not BVG should even be doing this...

These cutouts, at best, when they pop up on the bay, generally sell for $5 or less, plus shipping. With the notable exceptions being the late 19th century woodcuts, Negro league teams, extremely obscure players(like luis sockalexis and Moonlight Graham), or "very" early team shots with absolute mega-stars like Ruth and Cobb. And for the most part, those don't really sell for a whole lot more than the earlier quoted prices for random pages..

These encapsulated ones, sometimes do sell for more, but not because they are worth more, BUT because some poor inexperienced collector has absolutely no idea what they are actually buying. Which is usually the intention of the seller(again, that statement was not directed towards you), or at the very least was the intention with which they were encapsulated this way in the first place.. Basically, these were slabbed this way by a scammer.. Net54 generally doesn't have the type of novices that would be in the market for these..

Next, they "type" that you have here, rarely sell, even for the $5 or less prices. The only types that seem to have ANY minimal value are generally the single player portraits(assuming they were full page), the full, standard team photos, or the composite types that emulate the w601 Sporting Life premiums... Basically, the type you have here, really has no displayable visual appeal. Which, aside from the few exceptions that I noted earlier, is really one of the only reason that these sell in the first place.