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anyone know anything about 1917 Boston Store cards?

sportscardstopsportscardstop Posts: 530 ✭✭✭
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I have a Tris Speaker, graded by SGC. Any ideas on value/rarity? All I can find on VCP is one from 2008 for $1535. There is one sold in 2009 for $39, but none of the cards pictured is Tris Speaker, so I'm thinking it was some kind of listing error . Any info would be appreciated

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  • sbfinleysbfinley Posts: 357 ✭✭
    Grade?
  • sportscardstopsportscardstop Posts: 530 ✭✭✭
    SGC 30
  • sbfinleysbfinley Posts: 357 ✭✭
    They're uncommon, but not terribly rare (in relation to other century old sets). They are exceeding tough, however, in high grade due to the thin paper stock. I'd say $400-600 for the Speaker in that grade unless he's a SP that I'm not aware of. I sold an Evers for ~$300 a while back so 400-600 seems about right in that condition for Speaker. I remember when I first got into Pre-War cards about a decade ago and I read about the Boston Garter issues and how tough they were. A short time later I saw the Boston Store Evers on eBay and thought I made the steal of a lifetime. Nice set however, and I've always been partial to the back advertisement.
  • vintageinvestmentsvintageinvestments Posts: 642 ✭✭
    I have owned several. $300 IMO. Speaker is not a big card in the set. I would pay handsomely for a Ruth.
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