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Dan Mathewson...I recall bidding on this card because it was so unique and cool looking. I distinctly remember the wrinkle in front of Matty's chin on the card...I looked at that last auction and scan (two or three months ago, maybe) at least 100 times. I clearly remember that wrinkle in the paper, so I am sure it is the same card. The bidding went up over $2K last time. Unfortunately, I'm still not sure of where it came from, the year of manufacture, who made it, and so on. It'd be neat to know more about it. It's so dang hard to bid on something like this...
I did put up a thread about this very auction, too, about three days ago titled "Many of us have seen this Matty card before..." where I ask these same questions. Bottom line...it is one of my favorite portraits of him and it is a damm neat looking card.