"Pitchin' Man" in Hake's

[baseballart]

Rob

As Barry says, it's most likely a case of two bidders not being aware of the number of copies of this book that are in the market. When this book is placed in an auction with a number of rare Negro League items, the bidders may have incorrectly concluded that the book was rarer than Hake's estimate and description (which was not way out of line at $100-200) edited to add: not way out of line at $100, but $200 is indeed stretching it.

[barrysloate]

I agree Max that the context had something to do with it. Richard had such a sophisticated collection that it made Pitchin' Man look a little more substantial than it was.

[Jason19th]

I quess I don't know how you spend $400 for somthing without doing just a little reasearch- there are four copies of this book available for less then $85 on ABE right now and a copy just sold on this board for $30

Jason

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by Jason19th

I quess I don't know how you spend $400 for somthing without doing just a little reasearch- there are four copies of this book available for less then $85 on ABE right now and a copy just sold on this board for $30

Jason

I believe there's a copy on Amazon for $60. It doesn't have a picture, so I can't be sure if it's from the first printing though.

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by novakjr

I believe there's a copy on Amazon for $60. It doesn't have a picture, so I can't be sure if it's from the first printing though.

I think I have a spare copy for $399