The Black Swamp Find made a significant appearance in the April 19 Heritage Auction, which ended last night. For those folks wondering whether the provenance of that collection still carries any cachet, consider the following:
A PSA 1.5 Jennings Red, horribly off-center, and with an actual tear in the border, sold for $1,560, because it was the only version of Jennings found in Black Swamp six years ago:
https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1...ription-071515
The same auction also featured a very clean PSA 5 Jennings Red, well-centered, with no tears, and it it sold for just a tic above at $1,680:
https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1...ription-071515
Collectors are plainly paying for the provenance. Which one would you rather have?