Heritage Auction

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

A sports illustrated with wayne gretzky on the cover for 24K!!!!!

Does anyone know what that was all about? We had a subscription at the house in the 80's, so I guess we got that issue. Was the Gretzky cover some sort of short-printed error that was withheld from circulation?

I didn't really see much vintage (pre 1920) in this one. Some nice n173's at fair prices. Good deal on the e135 Weaver I thought.

[molenick]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Some nice n173's at fair prices.

Yes, I thought so to. I wonder if the fact that they weren't graded scared people off. Saying a card "presents itself in excellent condition" might translate to the bidder as "while it looks excellent, we think if we sent it for grading it would not be excellent because of some technical flaw, or may even come back Authentic".

Or maybe someone was just in a hurry to sell and didn't have time to wait for grading.