1870s Boston find

[GaryPassamonte]

A group of ten covers sold for $45K in a 2000 auction.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

A group of ten covers sold for $45K in a 2000 auction.

However, in that time frame everything went for a ton of money. Nowadays, things have calmed a bit. I keep seeing estimates on the news of 1M+ and I shake my head. Great stuff, but nowhere close to 1M. I bet no where close to half that....All that said, any of these finds that make national news is good for the hobby, imo.

[autograf]

Clearly, Antiques Roadshow is touting the find to hype their show and keep people coming out with things from the woodwork. Like Leon said, good for the hobby and great eye candy. Would like to see a really high-res, Heritage Auctions type of scan on that letter.

[BlueSky]

Just hit the ABC World News report this evening.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...0729&source=wn

[GaryPassamonte]

Barry- We haven't even discussed the Spalding CdV in this thread. What do you think the value of that is? $5-$10K?

[barrysloate]

Alot more than that Gary. Spalding is one of those HOFers with virtually no individual cards. You're not going to get a Yum Yum or G & B, so he really is primarily found on teams cards. I dug up that one CdV about ten years ago, REA sold one before that, so this is maybe the third one. I think 25- 30K would not be unreasonable. Also remember that people chase things, so it is likely to go higher than you might think.

And to add: Wouldn't a K- Bats Harry Wright sell for around 30k? Don't you think this CdV is roughly in that ballpark?

[GaryPassamonte]

Barry- The Warren Spalding CdV from the piece you had sold for about $12K in 2009. It did have serious condition issues. Maybe closer to $20K would be a good estimate.