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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

I emailed this seller and asked how he arrived at his starting bid. This is the answer I got, presented without comment.


My apologies for not responding sooner -

My uncle was Adrian Anson, who played in the National League in the late
1800's, and who is portrayed on the print. It was through family ties that I came
into possession of the original, which was produced in 1895. As far as my
research has shown, I believe this to be the only one of its kind in existence
today.

Because of its rarity, and although I had the original preserved so as to
avoid further deterioration, I hated for it to be lost forever, and so I decided
to reproduce it as a high end, limited edition lithograph.

At the end of 11 years of research, design, prototypes, and finally,
obtaining the copyright, I was ready to produce and market it, but I became ill with
throat cancer. After intensive chemo, the cancer was gone, but I suffered
damage to my esophagus as well as nerve damage, and was forced to shelf this
project.

During my illness, I was encouraged to consider selling the copyright to
someone who would be able to carry out my plan of reproducing this print. I did
some additional market research, finding that what I had intended to ask for my
lithograph was in the range of some of the other sports lithographs available
on the market. Plus, this had the bonus of being more unique because it was
so rare.

Having a substantial business background, (I owned and operated an aircraft
parts business before I retired), I determined the value of the project as a
business investment, and therefore came up with my starting bid - in part,
because it is so rare, and in part, because of the income it would have generated
had I been able to continue as planned.

I hope that this answers your inquiry. Thank you for your interest.

Good luck to you,
Stan Daniewicz

cg