why did this program sell for so much?

[Leon]

My guess is a Lajoie collector and a program collector went toe to toe. It is a nice program.

[MVSNYC]

As mentioned above, very visually striking, FWIW.

[patricka]

I have been collecting deadball era programs for 25 years and that price blew me away. Although I admit I cant recall seeing a 1907 before, I have had other 1904 to 1909 Indian programs and most of them have a similar cover design with a head shot of Lajoie. They typically sell in the $500 to $1,200 range. Love of Game auctions sold a 1905 a few years ago that looked similar for around $500.

My guess is two longtime Indian program collectors that were missing that year and didnt want to wait another 20 years until another one surfaced went at it. I did the same thing when a 1904 Cubs program came up ebay this year that I was missing.

[doug.goodman]

It was some sort of "perfect storm".

Reds collectors
Indians collectors
1907 collectors
Lajoie collectors (I'm too lazy to figure out if that game was his 2000th hit).

All could have had an interest.

Maybe Danny Murphy's great grand daughter was excited about his 19th career HR.

Doug

[bobw]

Article about the game from the Philadelphia Enquirer.....seems Murphy's homer rolled through a hole in the fence.

[barrysloate]

It's a scarce program and I'll bet two Lajoie collectors went head to head.

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by patricka

My guess is two longtime Indian program collectors that were missing that year and didnt want to wait another 20 years until another one surfaced went at it. I did the same thing when a 1904 Cubs program came up ebay this year that I was missing.

I think this is the most likely scenario.