E97 Sullivan Boston American Briggs color

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Posted By: tim walsh

I am looking for info on my E97 Sullivan Boston American Briggs color baseball card.
I haven't found any examples of this card that have sold, although I am reading that this card is rare. Is it just the B/W version that is rare? It seems like the Chicago version is easier to find. Any one have any new info on this card and it's availability/rarity?
thanks,
Tim

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Posted By: peter ullman

nice card...yes...it's quite rare. E97's in general are pretty tough. I saw both an e97 color and b/w sell on ebay 1 or 2 years ago for about 2300 I think...and I thought this was an absolute bargain. As always...condition is king...and depending on the condition of your card...this will determine it's value. But it IS a rare and valuable card.

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Posted By: Jim VB

VCP shows two sales of this card in the last two years. An SGC 30 sold on Bay in June 2006 for $1680. An SGC 40 sold through Huggins and Scott for $2415 in March of 2007.

Is yours raw or graded? Do you have a scan? As Peter said, condition will determine the value.

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Posted By: tim walsh

My card is raw, ungraded, and I have not scanned it yet. The card is probably around a very good "3" using Beckett. There are several light creases on front, but corners, centering, and edges are all exellent. I did finally find a sale listed by a website called "price realized" at $3,937.50 by Huggins and Scott, auctioneers, March 2007. The card was graded SGC 3, but looks nicer than my card. Thanks for the VCP info!
Tim

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Posted By: Jim VB

Tim,

I not sure where "price realized" got their price of $3,937.50, but that's the same card, same auction and same auction house as the one VCP lists as $2415.

Maybe Bobby Binder will weigh in with some thoughts, but I have not known VCP to be wrong in the past.

Huggins & Scott does offer a link on their site to prices from old auctions, but I do not have the old catalog so I'm not sure what lot this was.

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Posted By: tim walsh

Hi Jim: yes, it is the same card; I looked again and the the web site is actually an SGC site, and here is the link. Interesting th price is wrong here, but I have a feeling your info is correct. Thanks for your help,
Tim

http://www.sgccard.com/pricesrealized/index.php?level=picture&id=574

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Posted By: Peter Thomas

I had a SGC 40 that I crossed from a PSA 3. A year later I picked up a raw card at a show that was nicer than the SGC 40 card. I sent it in to SGC and it graded SGC 50. I then sold the SGC card to a board member. The card in the H&S auction is not the card that I sold although it is the same grade.

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Posted By: quan

hi timlanna, sounds familiar i think i bought a card from you on ebay recently

the sullivan is possibly the scarcest variation in the set, but with all tough scarce commons in sets they are probably overvalued and price-wise they can be all over the place...it's all about timing with these cards, and the e97s is a sleeper set compared to the big e93/e94/e98 with loaded hofers. depending on the grade and i'm assuming it's VG, up on auction with 2 set guys wanting the card it can do 3k+ easy...i could also see it doing $1800-$2400 like what the kelley/keeler hof'ers have been doing in comparable grades.

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Posted By: peter ullman

quan...good synopsis.