I was drawn into the field due to stories that I heard as a child about Satchel Paige... then Josh Gibson... and then when digging deeper down to the Dick Lundy and John Donalson level... reading the stories is amazing and different and truly underappreciated...
The rarity aspect of the cards/photos cannot be underestimated to me. If you think about how many TOTAL cards of all issues of most of the NL HOFers (and other NL players for that matter)... none would surpass a T206 Wagner. When you match this against stories of Wagner himself being flattered of the his comparison to Pop Lloyd, everything could be judged relatively inexpensive.
Again, value is relative. One thing that is certain is that the supply is extremely limited. This is unlikely to change in any material way, in my opinion.
Also, a lot of the photos seen in Hake's are the only known copies and if you want to have it, you have to pay, I guess.
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Al Jurgela
Looking for:
1910 Punch (Plank)
50 Hage's Dairy (Minoso)
All Oscar Charleston Cards
Rare Soccer cards
Rare Boxing cards
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