1904 Allegheny Game Cards

[terjung]

Originally Posted by Leon

Dave- where did you find a picture of my spouse? Actually, my wife is great but is much better looking . (to me)

...spoken like a man who knows where his bread is buttered.

[drc]

She's a foreign issue.

[asphaltman]

Originally Posted by drc

She's a foreign issue.

So is a Lamborghini.

[joeadcock]

Found an american issue.

[pgellis]

Thanks guys for derailing this post almost immediately after it got started. I was interested in hearing some stories and seeing some pictures about an interesting issue and this happens.

What are we getting paid per post around here?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by pgellis

Thanks guys for derailing this post almost immediately after it got started. I was interested in hearing some stories and seeing some pictures about an interesting issue and this happens.

What are we getting paid per post around here?

Hey, at least I posted one and gave some insight? Sorry for derailing the thread. I think the guys were just having some fun.

Anyone else with some Allegheny cards? They are neat and I do like them. I think I have owned about 3-4 over the years. The prices seem to have fallen on them lately, at least for commons. Another interesting tidbit. A lot of them, if not most, have a tiny pen mark (dot) on the back, near the top of the card. It is literally one dot. You can see it on the one I posted. Many times a grading company will miss that and not count off for it the way they should. That is the reason, not the red on front which is normal for them as they were stacked and had some ink transfer, for the lower grade. regards

[barrysloate]

I've had a few over the years, including (I think) the Roger Bresnahan, which I believe is his rookie card, as are most in the set.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by pgellis

Thanks guys for derailing this post almost immediately after it got started. I was interested in hearing some stories and seeing some pictures about an interesting issue and this happens.

What are we getting paid per post around here?

Phil, the set sold in the 1991 Sotheby's Copeland sale for $26,400. I am not 100% sure, but I think that Lipset is the one who orginally found the set and sold it to Copeland. I recall seeing some sort of blurb about it in his Old Judge newsletter.

I do not remember who bought the set, but it was kept together and then consigned to The Best of Yesterday, who sold it at their live auction at the 1995 National Convention in St. Louis. From what I remember, it went for quite a bit less than in the Copeland sale - $10,000 or so out the door.

It was then broken up (Terry Knouse?) and the cards were scattered througout the hobby. Each card is still one of a kind.

I am sure that I butchered the story somewhere along the line, so please so not hesitate to correct me.

[barrysloate]

10K for the whole set is highway robbery. The Wagner alone (is there a Wagner, or is Matty the best card?) would be worth that.