1914 Mathewson in Memory Lane

[Kawika]

Jeff, Tony, Steve and New Jersey's Most Interesting Man - Sarno. Nice to see some familiar faces. Thanks for the Matty love. It's about the nicest card I've got.

Here's a scan of the back for those that like that sort of thing.

[MVSNYC]

At the risk of embarrassing David...he, without a doubt, has one of the most sophisticated collecting eyes I know of.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

At the risk of embarrassing David...he, without a doubt, has one of the most sophisticated collecting eyes I know of.

Thank you, Michael. But that's the first time in my life I have ever seen the words "David" and "sophisticated" in the same sentence. There's a lot of exquisite stuff out there to appreciate and maybe covet.

[Jay Wolt]

David & Jeff, I'm green w/ envy
I appreciate just viewing the cards, can't imagine how cool it would be to own them

[dplath]

I was the underbidder on the Memory Lane Matty. There were three of us until about $30,000 (incl BP). I always do my research a few days before an auction closes and come up with a max price. In this case I went into the night thinking my max was $25,000. That was only the second or third time that I didn’t stick to my number. I rationalized it because I’ve “overpaid” for big cards before and never had buyer’s remorse. I’ve only regretted the ones that I didn’t buy. Plus it’s a nice 1. Still looking for one and willing to pay top $.

[joshuanip]

Sorry if I am off topic, but purchased the '14 CJ Walter Johnson in that auction. Just came back to buying cards again. Does the staining really impact the card value? Doesn't matter for me. Going to be put away and probably out of the hobby circulation until I give it to my son. But curious.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by joshuanip

Sorry if I am off topic, but purchased the '14 CJ Walter Johnson in that auction. Just came back to buying cards again. Does the staining really impact the card value? Doesn't matter for me. Going to be put away and probably out of the hobby circulation until I give it to my son. But curious.

The staining doesn't bother me or most collectors unless it's really distracting. 1914 CJ's touched the cracker jack in the box and thus most are stained. It's expected.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by dplath

Still looking for one and willing to pay top $.

I take it you weren't impressed with my card in post #1.

That's okay, I'm not really looking to sell.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Sean

I take it you weren't impressed with my card in post #1.

That's okay, I'm not really looking to sell.

passive aggressive coffee today

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Sean

I take it you weren't impressed with my card in post #1.

That's okay, I'm not really looking to sell.

It might be because it was a really high price when not caught up in the moment. I have been wrong before, will be wrong again, but regardless of everyone who has said the sky's the limit on this ugly of a specific card (even though it's Matty and scarce), I just disagree. To each their own and time will tell. For the buyer's sake I hope I am wrong.