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David SmithIn the last five years here are some things that I can remember being in auctions locally:
Things I have bought:
1933 Goudey common for $10
43 B 18 blankets including Cobb, Johnson, Maranville and a brown infiled variety for $325. Would have been only $100 but some knucklehead decided to bid me up and he didn't know anything about what these were.
Things I have seen or heard about:
An 1898 Cincinnati Reds silver season pass. Was bid up to $4,000 but did not sell
Cameo Pepsin gum McMann with paper insert sold for less than $50 (I would have bought it but didn't know about it until auction was over).
1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson sold for $5,000
Numerous cards from the 1950's and 1960's. I called one auction last week about a listing of cards from the 1950's to see if there was anything older and the auctioneer said no. He did say, however, he had an auction last November and another in January that had Cracker Jacks, tobacco cards, Goudey's and Diamond Stars. He is a small time auctioneer in a small town and I never saw the ads. He said he only placed them locally but with this auction, the consigner wanted ads placed in larger newspapers. I just wonder what was sold and for how much??????
David