SCP Cy Young cabinets

[E93]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Gary, that was probably it. My guess is that the only people interested in this cabinet were uneducated bidders with a lot of money to spend and who couldn't find a Plank or Ruth rookie to spend their money on. As you say, they probably looked at the slab, saw it had the wrong color of ink on it, and I doubt they even looked at the item within the slab. More educated hobbyists probably simply respected it for its historical value and elected to let less educated people get a crack at it.

Be serious. Most of the most valuable collections in the hobby are owned by the most knowledgable collectors. Too bad nothing could be blamed on the stupidity of "registry" folks this time.
Jim B

[Runscott]

I think you mean "be serious" as in "stop being a clown"

If not, please refer to the post I made 1 minute before yours.

[nolemmings]

I can understand the slabs in this case, not for the photos, but for the handwriting. I'm not sure how many people know how Cy Young would sign/identify B. Ewing, McKean, etc. (not saying PSA does either), but it makes distracting ink on the photo less so if you imagine ol' Cy putting his pen to it. Ten years from now if you didn't know about the provenance from this auction you might just think some nobody added the names to the front without the slab.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

I can understand the slabs in this case, not for the photos, but for the handwriting. I'm not sure how many people know how Cy Young would sign/identify B. Ewing, McKean, etc. (not saying PSA does either), but it makes distracting ink on the photo less so if you imagine ol' Cy putting his pen to it. Ten years from now if you didn't know about the provenance from this auction you might just think some nobody added the names to the front without the slab.

That makes complete sense. Seems like it would actually raise the price for those photos.

[E93]

Scott,
Sorry about that. I did not get the sarcasm in your original post. Electronic communication can be tough in that way.
JimB

[Runscott]

Jim, it's fine - it resulted in your reinforcing my thinking. If my post had been ignored it would have meant everyone agreed with its literal meaning (for Barry: as opposed to literally agreeing with it). It wouldn't have been the first time that I posted something that was very dry, and everyone thought it was sloppy wet.