REA: 4 Planks & 5 Magies

[Potomac Yank]

And don't hold your breath about the Magee/Magie reading site ... let JP talk.

[JP]

Originally Posted by Potomac Yank

And don't hold your breath about the Magee/Magie reading site ... let JP talk.

Nice attitude, especially since 4 minutes prior I already told him where I read it...

[slidekellyslide]

Well, I don't recall anyone on this site saying that and I imagine trying to find that in the archives won't be easy. I'll take your word that you heard it here, but right now I'll call BS on the story. I doubt there was a single ballplayer illiterate or not that did not know how to at the very least correctly spell his own name. Joe Jackson was illiterate, but contrary to popular belief he could write his name.

[JP]

Whoa, whoa, whoa. NO WHERE do I state that the story is factual. I just said I heard an interesting story, and it WAS on these forums. I honestly know NOTHING about the state of literacy at the time, so I cant speak to that point. When I'm not on my iPhone I'll try searching for it. Know any search function tricks?

[Potomac Yank]

Asked to back up his BS, and he produces a nebulous nada, and prays that you take it as a fact.

Will someone please break it gently to JP that Christy Matthewson was not the only ball player from that period to go to college.

Lad, you couldn't cut it where I come from.

[Jim VB]

Kudos to Dan B, for using "cite" and "site" in back to back posts and getting them correct! You rarely see that on the internet!

Now who's making fun of the Cornhuskers?!!!!

[barrysloate]

Dan's posts are a sight for sore eyes...not to be confused with an ophthalmologist's page which is a site for sore eyes.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

Kudos to Dan B, for using "cite" and "site" in back to back posts and getting them correct! You rarely see that on the internet!

Now who's making fun of the Cornhuskers?!!!!

Jim, I am a graduate of Nowledge U.

[JP]

Potomac, try not to be jerk. I already told you that it was mentioned in these forums, and I'm not educated enough on the subject to give my own opinion. Look for the post yourself and then you can berate whoever the author was...

[Touch'EmAll]

Given the number of these 2 items in the REA auction -how relatively rare are they?

I pulled out from submitting a Cobb T206 Green because I learned there were already a couple of them in the auction. Seemed to be too many to get a great price.

I have a 1925 Ruth Postcard PSA 5 - Maybe the single highest grade of this item ever (or second highest). It is more "rare" than these Plank T206's. But the market price will only fetch , maybe $3k. - for a 1920's Ruth card for crying out loud.

And how much for a not-one-of-a-kind Plank?!?!?!?!?!?!

Jeesh, go figure. Only thing I can come up with is this hobby is driven primarily by Demand, demand, demand. Not supply.

[M's_Fan]

Originally Posted by 100backstroke

Jeesh, go figure. Only thing I can come up with is this hobby is driven primarily by Demand, demand, demand. Not supply.

Well, its actually both supply and demand. The T206 is probably the most popular pre-war set, and lots of folks want to complete theirs, so naturally the demand far outpaces supply. Many cards are rarer, but not nearly as sought after. If a 1000 Planks were suddenly found in the attic of some old tobacco co. employee, the "demand" could never absorb this supply and the prices would plummet.