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Posted By: Mark

Don't worry, there are other red Cobbs with factory 42 backs out there. A year or so ago, I bought one on ebay for around $425. The seller was unaware of the rare back. Just a few weeks later, I sold it on ebay, pushing the rare back to see what it would bring. It went for right at $625. That doesn't mean, of course, that it would always bring that much of a premium. Mine wasn't as nice as the one on this thread, and it was ungraded. Over the last three or four years I have won three factory 42 backs on ebay, all sellers being unaware of the back variation. Even so, it is an extremely difficult back. It just doesn't stand out like a Drum back or a Uzit, and therefore people are less aware of it and less likely to notice when they see one. The other three were a portrait of Seymour, Chase with the blue background, and a very nice Jennings dancing for joy.