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Baseball cards of Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb sell for record $800,000
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<< <i>Tuesday, Nov 30, 2004
Baseball cards of Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ty Cobb sell for record $800,000 US
WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) - A complete set of 1914 Cracker Jack baseball cards featuring Shoeless Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb has been sold for a record $800,000 US.
The cards did not have the usual caramel stains found on many Cracker Jack cards and were in pristine condition, said Doug Allen, president of MastroNet Inc., an auction house in this Chicago suburb. He said the previous record for a complete set of baseball cards was $360,000.
"Condition and rarity are what make high-grade cards, and this particular collection was fortunate to have both," Allen said earlier this week.
The New York woman - who along with the buyer asked to remain anonymous - found the 144- card set with 2,500 other baseball cards in a shoe box in her home. The cards originally belonged to her uncle, who died during the Second World War, and the woman's father kept them until his death last year, Allen said.
The set includes a rare Christy Mathewson card that looks "like it was printed yesterday," Allen said.
Sportscard Guaranty, which evaluated the cards for authenticity and quality, called the set "monumental."
"It's hard to find words that would do this set justice," Sportscard president Dave Forman said in a statement. "The Joe Jackson card . . . is the finest prewar card our firm has ever graded.
"In my opinion, it is the best prewar card in existence period."
© The Canadian Press, 2004 >>
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Shane
<< <i>The New York woman - who along with the buyer asked to remain anonymous - found the 144- card set with 2,500 other baseball cards in a shoe box in her home. The cards originally belonged to her uncle, who died during the Second World War, and the woman's father kept them until his death last year, Allen said. >>
Incredible. The woman released only 144 out of 2500 cards so far. If the rest of the cards are outstanding like this group, that will turn the collecting world upside down. It will be interesting to see what else they have!
Anyway, these look too good to be true.
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SFX: Phone ringing
GRANDPA: Hi Marc.
MARC: Hi Grandpa, what going on in Michigan...how about those Lions?
GRANDPA: The Lions have no defense.
MARC: But they've got some up-and-coming receivers.
GRANDPA: The reason I called was Grandma was helping Mrs. Schwartz with her yard sale last weekend, and they found some sporting cards or something in a couple of shoeboxes. Do you still collect those cards?
MARC: Uh, yeah...I dabble in them from time to time.
GRANDPA: One of the shoeboxes was full of really tiny baseball cards, looked like something out of a painting. There was also a box full of baseball packages that still had the wrapper on them.
MARC: They weren't opened?
GRANDPA: Nope.
LONG PERIOD OF SILENCE
FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF A FLICK OF A LIGHTER
GRANDPA: You still there?
MARC: Uh, yeah...
GRANDPA: Are you smoking again, sounds like you're smoking.
MARC: No, no. I quit Grandpa. Tell me about those packs that weren't opened. What did they look like?
GRANDPA: They reminded me of the holidays...green and red and I think they had big baseballs on them.
LONG PERIOD OF SILENCE
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GRANDPA: Marc?
MARC: Yeah, I'm here.
GRANDPA: Are you drinking whiskey or something?
MARC: No, no. I quit Grandpa.
MARC: GULP!
MARC: So Grandpa, what's a round trip ticket from Honolulu to Detroit costing these days?
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marc in Hawaii
<< <i>MARC: So Grandpa, what's a round trip ticket from Honolulu to Detroit costing these days? >>
Likely a factory set that never left the factory. Given to a CJ employee or something of the like. Similar to the 1951 Bowman sets that have recently surfaced....
Never distributed - never left the factory. Not a presentation set - just a nice set as a gift to an employee...