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Frank WakefieldI think folks do think more of cards they have, and less of cards they don't have. But the Ty Cobb w/ Ty Cobb back has an additional factor... seems to me they really aren't T206s, but folks that own them want them to be, many of those owners bought the card with the expectation that it was in the white border set. So I well understand what Barry was thinking.
As for the Pirate cards, I'd have liked to see them auctioned in 2 or 3 bunches, not one lot nor individually. I think 2 or 3 bunches maximizes the sale price. A few guys wanting a type card could band together easier... A deep pocketed bidder could still tackle the lots, he'd only have to win 2 or 3 to clean the table.
We'd all be hurting if there'd only been flat-topped houses at the turn of the century, no attic for Grandpa to stash his cards. The attic idea reminds me of the bourbon warehouses here in Kentucky... the barrels have to set in there for a few years before the product is ready. Makers Mark moves their barrels around, up and down, toward the inside and back to the outer walls, so their product gets, in their estimation, a better aging process. Maybe I should buy some reprints and flour paste them to some whiskey barrels, then "harvest" them in a few years...