Goodwins Auction

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Posted By: Jay

My only comment after seeing the auction is how large are SGC's cabinet holders? The one surrounding the Kelly N173 looks more like a serving platter than a card holder. I bet you could get four sandwiches and drinks on that thing. The good news is that if your house ever floods not only are your cabinets protected but your family can float away to safety on the slab.

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Posted By: Bob

Jay- You may be surprised to know that the size of the SGC holders for 1911 Zeenuts has almost doubled in size recently. The old ones were the same size as the holders for other prewar issues, the new ones are HUGE!

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Posted By: Jay

Second comment--I think you can buy a whole set of 1938 Churchman boxers(50 cards) in really nice condition for ballpark $100. Doesn't it seem a little excessive to open a PSA7 Lewis from the set at $200? Maybe this is the high opening bid maximizes realization theory that I had posted about earlier this week.

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Posted By: Steve M.

opening SGC 60 T206 commons at $150.00 is a turn off that will likely not get a lot of action.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

One of the reasons I don't collect these other than as a novelty (read: really cheaply) is that there seems to be an unlimited supply of high grade specimens on ebay. I don't know how much many of you know about collecting in the mother country, but it is quite different than it is here. First of all, they never got pissy about tobacco cards, so there are tobacco cards aplenty into the 50's and the production numbers were huge. Second, there has been a national collecting organization (currently the Cartophilic Society of Great Britain) since the 1930's, and there was a heck of a lot more consciousness about cards starting decades before it started here, so there are a lot more cards out there from the British issues relative to their contemporary US surviving cousins. Third, there are a number of big sellers in the UK who seemingly have endless supplies of the 1930's sports sets for sale. To me, it resembles the diamond cartel; I just don't trust that the prices aren't the product of curtailed supply rather than true supply and demand. I have seen US dealers with stacks of hundreds of high grade UK boxing cards.

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Posted By: dstudeba

Adam, thanks for all that information, it is very insightful.

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Posted By: Peter Thomas

Bob that large SGC holder is, I think, designed for the 1912 Zeenuts which will not fit in the smaller holder. I am sending 3 1911's in large holders back to be placed in the smaller holder - snug but much nicer.

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Posted By: jay behrens

When I first got into the hobby, I was told be several prominant dealers and collectors that I should never pay more than a few pennies for any card issued in Britian for the very reason Adam stated. These sets truely are a dime a dozen and large quanties of the cards were put away. There are a lot of nice looking British cards, but there is no need to ever pay very much for them. I have a group of British sport and nonsport cards sitting around that I would gladly unload for $10 including the shipping.

Jay

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