The Big Train Jersey In Heritage Auctions

[Peter_Spaeth]

How much of that sale price is due to the "photomatch" does anyone know what a Johnson jersey would otherwise sell for?

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

How much of that sale price is due to the "photomatch" does anyone know what a Johnson jersey would otherwise sell for?

Shows ya what we know...apparently or obviously this is a rare item.

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...swat-erickson/

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions...8/lot.168.html

[edjs]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

Shows ya what we know...apparently or obviously this is a rare item.

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...swat-erickson/

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions...8/lot.168.html

And yet Sotheby’s writes that Johnson was from Idaho. Wow.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by edjs

And yet Sotheby’s writes that Johnson was from Idaho. Wow.

Not really inaccurate in the sense that "hailing from" can also mean coming from in addition to being born there. And Walter did, indeed, go directly from Idaho to D.C.

[edjs]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Not really inaccurate in the sense that "hailing from" can also mean coming from in addition to being born there. And Walter did, indeed, go directly from Idaho to D.C.

I guess to me, “hailing from” means where you are from. No one knows better than you where he was from, since you wrote the book, and are his kin. Do you think he would have said “I hail from Weiser, Idaho” if someone asked him where he was from? My guess, he would say either Kansas or California.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by edjs

I guess to me, “hailing from” means where you are from. No one knows better than you where he was from, since you wrote the book, and are his kin. Do you think he would have said “I hail from Weiser, Idaho” if someone asked him where he was from? My guess, he would say either Kansas or California.

He would say he was from Kansas, for sure. However, you said that the auction description has him coming from Idaho, whereas what they said was that he hailed from Idaho, as in "hailing from Idaho...blah, blah, blah," which, if you look up it up in the dictionary, can mean either being born there or coming from there. And how can you expect these guys to be such experts in photo matching (!) and linguistics at the same time?

[edjs]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

He would say he was from Kansas, for sure. However, you said that the auction description has him coming from Idaho, whereas what they said was that he hailed from Idaho, as in "hailing from Idaho...blah, blah, blah," which, if you look up it up in the dictionary, can mean either being born there or coming from there. And how can you expect these guys to be such experts in photo matching (!) and linguistics at the same time?

Good points. I expect Sotheby’s knows best when writing a description on a $2,000,000 item. That’s why they are the professionals.