What a shame.
The whole set of these had shown up on eBay a few months ago, and was a topic here on 54 then. I think there were 24 cards in total, and none of them met the reserve. Someone here had outed them as cutouts from an old magazine, and suspected that they had been glued to some '35 Goudeys due to the blue borders underneath. I don't think that the backs of the cards had been shown in the scans on the original auctions.
Still, as a '38 Goudey guy, when this one came up I was watching it. I figured nobody would bid, and I'd win it for peanuts, crack it open and see what was what. Unfortunately the bidding had already gotten over $80 when I looked at it last night, so I didn't bid.
I hope the buyer is knowledgeable and had a reason for bidding so high.
-Al
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