Harrington's/Yuengling's, etc. Earl Smith

[rhettyeakley]

Bob, I saw that card in the current auction and have to say that I am fairly shocked that it has recieved any bids. Are we 100% sure this Earl Smith is a shortprinted card card like some of the other 1920's SP's like the Maple Crispette Stengel or Cleghorn (hockey), the Holland Peckinpaugh, the V145-1 Corbeau (hockey), etc.? Are there really that many 1920's Ice Cream card collectors out there to justify the price? It is definitely an interesting piece, but the price seems a bit odd.

-Rhett

[V117collector]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Bob, I saw that card in the current auction and have to say that I am fairly shocked that it has recieved any bids. Are we 100% sure this Earl Smith is a shortprinted card card like some of the other 1920's SP's like the Maple Crispette Stengel or Cleghorn (hockey), the Holland Peckinpaugh, the V145-1 Corbeau (hockey), etc.? Are there really that many 1920's Ice Cream card collectors out there to justify the price? It is definitely an interesting piece, but the price seems a bit odd.

-Rhett

Agreed, more research is needed before making any type of commitment! I'd also like to know how the seller convinted the auction house regarding card value or opening bid??

[V117collector]

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ght=Earl+Smith

[Matt]

Originally Posted by V117collector

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ght=Earl+Smith

Brad - good find; I thought this discussion had come up previously. My thoughts haven't changed since then:

"about 75% of the cards in the issue have a composite population of 3 or less."

I don't see any way the pop reports indicate that it was a chase card.

[Leon]

If I were the consignor I would be clicking my heels right about now...and maybe buy a lotto ticket and airplane ticket to Vegas.....And to think the E121- Shotwell Ruth card only brought somewhere around 8k after juice.....Where's my can of spray paint?

[shammus]

Jeez....kinda glad I hung on to mine. I've had a page dedicated to this card on my site for a while now...in an SGC 20 holder...

http://www.geocities.com/redmaccie/f50.html

[rhettyeakley]

Brian, I knew you had one which is why I was trying to kinda polite about it because if you had consigned it I didn't want it to come off as me calling you out or anything, but now that I know this card isn't yours I'll admit that the price is absolutely shocking to me. Not necesarily the fact that they opened the bidding at $10,000 but that there are people actually bidding on it. Wow! is all I can say, and if I were you Brian now seems to be the time to sell!
-Rhett