Something new to talk about - Vintage cards W553 steal!

[Archive]

Posted By: Iggy...

By the way, here is how I arrived at the $1850 figure. I normally use very conservative numbers (or at least I always convince myself that I do...) but this was my reasoning for the bid. In the pictures that were shown, you had ten W553 (all ten hall-of-famers and they appeared in great shape (cross my fingers), in addition another pic had six Goudey cards but five of them were HOF (Lazzeri, Pennock, P Waner, (Lefty) O'Doul, and Frisch)

Thus....

10 (W553) @ $150 each = $1500
6 (Goudey cards (PSA 2 or 3 on the HOF's)) = $250
That equals $1750

I added an extra $100 because it contained a Gehrig and Ruth, plus the fact that the W553's were uncut, plus the auction only showed a few pics of the book (until I get the scrapbook, I can dream of a couple more strip cards). Hence, to me $1850 was a conservative number, and 2K is still very reasonable. The reality is nice W553's sell for alot more then $150, especially when they are named Ruth and Gehrig. One last note, initially I wanted this thread to die a quick death. But I guess my emotions are getting the best of me, since I seem to be the one who is its biggest booster.

Lovely Day...