1913 Major League Base Ball Game - Horner portraits!

vintagesportscollector · #1 08-13-2015, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Scott, can't believe they didn't show the game box cover, to me that's the value and the rest of the contents are gravy.
If I was the consignor, I'd be pissed.
Great pickup!

Totally agreed. The cover is the money shot, and where 99% of the value is. Unfathomable that they wouldn't think to include a pic of the cover. Was there an indication in the description that this was just not the generic version? The difference between this version and the generic version is $100 v. $2000(I am guessing). What a disservice to the consignor - depending on what is sold for??

Scott - great pick up!!

vintagesportscollector · #2 08-13-2015, 01:40 PM

Here is an auction link:

http://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/19...ription-071515

$1,135 with the BP. So more than the generic version ($100), and the description explains it is not generic and describes the cover in detail. Not sure what these go for now, but imagine it could have gone higher.

Again, Scott, well done.

scooter729 · #3 08-13-2015, 01:52 PM

Thanks guys - I only saw the listing in the final day or two, and thought it was worth a shot, since the cover was described in fine details, just not pictured!
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"That's right, it's the photographic mastery of Carl Horner, the era's premier baseball lensman whose work populates the most collectible tobacco and candy card sets of the day. That's the famous multi-million dollar Honus Wagner T206 image third from left on the bottom row. Every top Hall of Famer is here--Baker, Cobb, Lajoie, Walsh, Speaker, Chase, Johnson, Wallace, Mathewson, Chance, Bresnahan--with brightly colored artwork surrounding upon the hinged wooden lid.
... Light storage wear is all that we can report in terms of condition flaws to the exterior, with one dime-sized area of loss clear of the portraits."
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This link shows a similar game which REA sold a few years ago, which seems in a bit lesser condition than mine, which went for $2,233. Other listings I found went $2,500 to close to $4,000, in varying conditions.

I can't believe a consignor would let the listing go off without a picture of the cover, which obviously is where the value sits. Maybe they consigned a bunch of things and didn't notice this listing? I would be pissed indeed!

perezfan · #4 08-13-2015, 02:04 PM

That is ridiculous. The consignor realized less than half the price he should have. Great catch on your part... These are really tough in that condition.

Many congrats on a fine pickup!

bobfreedman · #5 08-13-2015, 03:49 PM

happened to me when I won the Tommy Bridges game. This is the link: http://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-co...a/7120-81749.s and the main image showing on the catalog page was a generic looking box but this is what they were selling

perezfan · #6 08-13-2015, 04:10 PM

Gorgeous game... How on earth could that NOT be the default photo???

bobfreedman · #7 08-13-2015, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by perezfan

Gorgeous game... How on earth could that NOT be the default photo???

I am thankful that they didn't. 😀

murphusa · #8 08-14-2015, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by bobfreedman

happened to me when I won the Tommy Bridges game. This is the link: http://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball-co...a/7120-81749.s and the main image showing on the catalog page was a generic looking box but this is what they were selling

the full block edition of this sold for $310 on ebay last week

bobfreedman · #9 08-14-2015, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by murphusa

the full block edition of this sold for $310 on ebay last week

What do you mean?

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