What a find! 1916 M101-5 Chicago Examiner Sporting News Uncut Sheet

[benchod]

In an auction it would probably sell for around 12-20% of the BIN imho

[Shoeless Moe]

I'd like to see it in a SGC or PSA holder : )

[chaddurbin]

Originally Posted by benchod

In an auction it would probably sell for around 12-20% of the BIN imho

craig that estimate seems low. even a VG ruth goes for about 20k these days. you cut up an oversized ruth here and you still have the rest of the set to work with.

[autograf]

I'm in the $50-$75K camp on value.........this should not be construed as an offer to purchase said sheet........

[bcbgcbrcb]

I think Tom is pretty close, wish I had that kind of money but my best guess in a major auction house format would be around $80K - $90K. Anyone believe that it may eventually be bought and cut into individual cards?

[benchod]

I hadn't thought about the cut up and slabbed value
I was basing it more on the price the Indianapolis Brewing sheet went for

[chaddurbin]

i was joking about cutting it up, but i could see it easily sell for 50k+.

[wolfdogg]

WOW.....nice......congrats

[JamesGallo]

Lets put aside the total shame it would be to cut this up but that being said do you guys really think there would be a lot of demand for these cards in an authentic hand cut type holder.

My understanding is that none of the grading companies will even slab cards cut from a sheet...

Perhaps you could get good money for a few of the big cards, but would someone put out 20K for a cut sheet ruth when they can get a factory cut one?

I don't think so. I think cutting it would be a shame and I think the seller would net less money over the long run, unless they had certain cards presold or convinced one of the grading companies to give grades to the cards.

James G

[ls7plus]

My bet would be six figures--$100,000+--based on rarity and significance, intact. Just saw that a Ruth M101 rookie went for just under $34K in PSA 3. The only downside to the sheet (which may not be a downside at all, given the relative ease of display framed and on a wall in the right collector's sports room/man cave) might be its unwieldly nature. Gidwitz used to be quite big on uncut sheets. Would be interesting to get his take on this one.

Wish David the best on a spectacular piece--I'm not usually an envious person, but wow!

Larry