Why are Harper's Weekly baseball woodcuts (?) so inexpensive?
judgebuck
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These things are frequently over 125 years old, and yet they are inexpensive. I've even seen Harper's Weeklys reporting the Civil War go for low dollars. It seems that the paper is always well preserved, but you can get baseball pictures from the 1800s for way less than $100. Why? It looks to me like they should sell for well over $100.
Always looking for Mantle cards such as Stahl Meyer, 1954 Dan Dee, 1959 Bazooka, 1960 Post, 1952 Star Cal Decal, 1952 Tip Top Bread Labels, 1953-54 Briggs Meat, and other Topps, Bowman, and oddball Mantles.
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They are basically just pictures cut from a magazine/newspaper, and that being the case will always keep their overall value lower than contemporary "premiums".
Same reason why scrapbooks full of 75-100 year old magazine cutouts sell for little $$.
Plus side, they are vintage to the Era of the player pictured, and in that Era there really isnt too many cards/premiums available.
I've got the Ewing like this one going to the framer this week:
Always looking for Mantle cards such as Stahl Meyer, 1954 Dan Dee, 1959 Bazooka, 1960 Post, 1952 Star Cal Decal, 1952 Tip Top Bread Labels, 1953-54 Briggs Meat, and other Topps, Bowman, and oddball Mantles.