Was this really worth the price?

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Posted By: James Verrill

I can't believe so many of you think this piece went for a "high price".

I bid on this all the way up to just under $900.00, and would have (and should have earlier) gone higher, had I not been distracted by putting my four year old daughter to bed.

What a piece this is. A veritable bargain at the end price of just over $1k!

I mean, seriously, this card was in better-condition, with a very clear image, practically no staining, and it had the raised Horner embossment at the bottom. A super example!

Realistically, these pieces are PHENOMENALLY tough! Any piece that belongs to such a small scarce group that can only be estimated in volume as they are made available by private offering? There is no one out there that can even accurately list which players these were done of! Take that, practically non-existent circulation (which could be counted on how many fingers?), and the fact it has raised embossment of one of the most noted photographic studios of the time (and since), depicting a major league player in his rookie year, and you have a truly magnificent piece! Talk about a signifigant and substantial representation of the era!

My own estimation on this - it is worth $2k and maybe as much as $3k through "a" National Auction house.

I would have loved to have had that in my collection! What a GEM!

JV