Holmes to Homes Walter Johnson

[oldjudge]

I love the rare backs too. We should have a thread of these.

[Leon]

+1 I agree. I may have to try another set of these...(from my last collection)

That WaJo was awesome.

Originally Posted by oldjudge

I love the rare backs too. We should have a thread of these.

[h2oya311]

I love the show-and-tell, but, to Todd's point, why is there no number on the bottom of the WaJo? Very interesting!

[JackW]

Can't imagine another one of those showing up.

[PhillyFan1883]

Awesome card.. Brian was aware of the missing number before the auction began. I guess the rarity, Salesman copy or not, and the clean back- drove the price to a respectable number where it deserved to be. Pretty remarkable the only Wajo Holmes to Homes is more than likely a Salesman Copy, I agree with that theory. I also agree several people noticed on their own. Great buy Jeff.

I hope someone comes up with more information for you Todd.

Todd and Leon- do you know much about the Charles Barker back and the Coffee back Leon posted ?

[nolemmings]

If Mile High knew about the lack of card number and the possibility of this being a promo card, then it was sure sloppy to make no mention of it in the auction description. I mean, talk about your obvious "which one of these cards is different from the others?" situation. Five toned, back-damaged Holmes to Homes cards looking like most all examples from that set and then this. Maybe I am unrealistic in my expectations of auction houses, but this is a pretty big miss in my view. The final price was sound regardless, but it would have been nice and helpful to have done some research into the card and make inquiry of the consignor, and then if nothing came to light, at least make that known and provide a proper identification.

Oh well, I hold out hope that someone can help piece the puzzle together.

[PhillyFan1883]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

If Mile High knew about the lack of card number and the possibility of this being a promo card, then it was sure sloppy to make no mention of it in the auction description. I mean, talk about your obvious "which one of these cards is different from the others?" situation. Five toned, back-damaged Holmes to Homes cards looking like most all examples from that set and then this. Maybe I am unrealistic in my expectations of auction houses, but this is a pretty big miss in my view. The final price was sound regardless, but it would have been nice and helpful to have done some research into the card and make inquiry of the consignor, and then if nothing came to light, at least make that known and provide a proper identification.

Oh well, I hold out hope that someone can help piece the puzzle together.

I hope we get some answers too, Todd. Maybe an old newspaper article can shed light. I like the idea of it being a promo card since Wajo, and Holmes to homes were D.C based.. If there is no more information I wouldn’t call it sloppy by the AH since SGC slabbed the card. I think Ryan pointed out something smart that the Wajo was glued in on the front side instead of the back. Given its a 1 of 1 I guess the AH didn’t have more information or figured it would be fine with the unknown. I know the cards walked into the national raw so who knows if that person had more information or not. I think the clean back is easily explained by Ryan’s theory since they walked in with the same person.