1938 Goudey Proof

[packs]

Excuse me for my ignorance, but why are the Boston Garter cards so revered? They're pretty doofy cards. Doesn't their inherent rarity come from the fact that most people probably hated them and didn't keep them? I know sets automatically acrue value based on supply, but why the Garters to such a high degree?

[barrysloate]

Boston Garters weren't really a card set in the traditional sense. They are more like advertising cards, and were likely available only in stores that sold the product. They weren't something kids were likely to collect at the time they were issued. Most collectors today find them to be quite attractive, and they are certainly rare.

[packs]

Beauty is certainly in the eyes of the beholder. To me it would be hard to part with thousands of dollars for a picture of a guy in his underwear. Though I like the examples from the other years a lot more, especially the Sepias.

[barrysloate]

There are three different years of Garters. There's a picture of a second color design, in fact Joe Jackson, in the memorabilia section in the thread about best pickups of the decade. And there was a black and white photographic issue the final year of production- there is a picture of one over here in the best pickups of 2009 thread. It's a very interesting three year issue.

[Al C.risafulli]

Seller is officially a dirtbag.

His first listing said he'd only seen one of these before.

The week after it sold, he listed another, and his listing said he'd only seen one other. I jokingly said "Is he going to list another one next week, and say he's only seen two others?"

Well that's exactly what he did.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1938-GOUDEY-PROO...ht_1050wt_1146

There's got to be a way to stop this.

-Al

[Robextend]

And not surprising positive feedback has already been left on the McCormick he sold:

"nice 38 proof!!! unique!! fast shipping!"

[TomKovacs]

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Here is "proof" of where the McCormick came from, in case there was any doubt of what these really are.