1888 Brooklyn Program, REA vs. Hunt...huh??

[base_ball]

Excellent discourse. Just to add another variable: A second Brooklyn program from the lithographed player cover “series” sold in the same Hunt auction. The scorecard from that lot is below. This example, from 1887, also features a taped spine, no Old Judge ad, Hall of Famer Charlie Comiskey in the lineup for St. Louis, and is likely scored in the same hand as the 1888 Hunt example. It hammered at $202 and is what caused me to gut surmise that the Goodwin ad is what made the 1888 example sell for over $1000. But that does not explain the Hunt v. REA price gap. So Joe G:

I was bidding on the REA scorecard, surprised there wasn't more competition. I was in lead until right before close and lost it. Would far rather the example found in Hunt, maybe next time.

...if you’d been aware of the Hunt 1888 example, would you have been in at over a thousand bucks? Or does Hunt have a customer base with deeper pockets? Or are we back to #5: the vagaries of auctions?

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by base_ball

Or are we back to #5: the vagaries of auctions?

Yes.

[Joe_G.]

Originally Posted by base_ball

So Joe G:

...if you’d been aware of the Hunt 1888 example, would you have been in at over a thousand bucks? Or does Hunt have a customer base with deeper pockets? Or are we back to #5: the vagaries of auctions?

Hello Joe J., I was aware of all the mentioned scorecards, although I didn't get an early bid in on the Hunt example. Had I been bidding on final night I would have dropped out well in advance of $1,000. Should another one surface I will likely be bidding but not too aggressively, while very neat they are neat core to my collection.

I do not believe Hunt has a customer base with deeper pockets, many examples could be cited that turns this scorecard example upside down. The Hunt example is the first time in a long time that the N173 Goodwin ad has appeared.