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Posted By: peter chao

Guys,

Don't kid yourself. The Card will sell again for a lot more than 2.35 million. The Card has only gone up 100% in the last 7 years, or so. The reason is the buyer knew the book would come out soon and did not want to pay too much.

It takes at least a year to write and publish a book, even members of this board knew that a controversial book was coming out soon after the purchase...it is not a stretch to believe the Buyer of the Card also knew. He underpaid for the card. Other T206 Hall of Famers went up a lot more than a 100% during the last 7 years or so. It is likely the Seller also knew about the book and did not want to chance unfavorable publicity by having a public auction so a private deal was made. I'm just speculating but it makes a lot of sense to me.

Peter