Here is our banner sponsored, January 2009 Net54 Vintage Baseball Card Forum (VBCF) contest. Ya'll know the rules but here they are again:

1. Closest guess to the ending bid (no other fees included), over or under, of this N172 in the below link, wins. Every penney will count on this one!! In the event of a tie the first answer, including the edit, wins.

2. Bidding and edits STOP on Wed, JAN., 14th at 4pm EST-(board time). Any bids or edits after that and you will be disqualified.

3. One edit per post allowed, anymore, and you will be disqualified. One guess per person, otherwise.

4. I will get to make the final ruling on any issues but there has never been one so far (knock on wood).

5. All members in good standing are eligible play. The other 2 moderators can play this game...if ya'll want to?

6. The winner will get one of the, just released, Goodwin and Company books- The Photographic Baseball cards of Goodwin & Company by Jay, Richard and Joe.



http://cgi.ebay.com/1889-N-172-OLD-JUDGE-DALRYMPLE-LF-EX-DENVERS_W0QQitemZ310114112202





edited day of ending...I was a day short....

$288

yea...I love games! $379.10...edited price.

308.88

$236

$257

$312.36

$267.67
Edit - $399.09

$298

187.88

426.19

My Trade/Sale Page

$324.42

You had to pick a card I was going for!

385.09

$287.69

412.11

Sorry about that. With the concentration of N172 collectors on the board it would probably be impossible to pick an ebay Old Judge that one of our members isn't interested in going for. It might not get too much more exposure? (j/k)

edited typo

279.79

361.61

$403.55

403.72

301.10

Marty

$379.01

Rawn

302.88

294.88

$387.77

$366.79

277.01

$283.44

Thanks for another contest, Leon.

Shawn

387.64

315.13

I was just teasing Leon. He is a tougher team variation but not a tough player so if I dont get the teamversion, no big deal as I already have a card of his.

321.95 ---

276.86

$355.62

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"I'd rather have a hole in my card than a hole in my collection any day."

Email: check_raze (at) yahoo.com

$312.15

Thanks!

$375.42

$258

295.66

I'll play, but in the remote chance I win please just use the book as the prize for the next contest.

$185.25

Someone guessed the same as me below so I will change it to $501.00
-Rhett

$332.36

$278.00

345.67

If the winner of this contest is Jay, Richard or Joe OR someone that has already bought this book, they can have a 1 time $125 store credit from my website, to be used within 45 days from the end of the contest. If you have not already purchased this book, by the time this contest is over, then you will get the book.....I'm just trying to make it fair for everyone. And once again, I apologize to those folks wanting to keep this one "hidden", or with less publicity. regards

My guess $198.59

Joe

Ty Cobb, Spikes flying!

336.26

$391.75

Thanks for the contest.

187.77

Always fun to give it a try -----> 299.99

Hi Leon,
My guess is 375.99

regards,
Ron

358.58 Thanks!!!!!!!!

$366.88

$404.00

Joshua

Nice pick.



426.89

$354.54

300.50

$421.21

$298.12

My Guess is $317.17

$361

$426.90

$227.50

201.69

$254.78


Jantz

I guess, $413.00.

Thanks Leon for the contest!

$454.54 in honor of network 54

$395.09. Thanks, Leon.

$266.66

288.88

$420.11

$301.01
Thanks!

$345.75

$352.16

$223.63

$235.21

$287.87

$311.11

Thanks

239.05

267.27

My guess...309.90

DJ

$ 401.99

314.14

Thanks
Brian L
familytoad
Ridgefield, WA

$327.00

$336.25

$308.72

$263.35

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439.15

Thanks Leon!

$338.

$211.88

308.08

Thanks.

Edit: 230.00

$288.50

$292.50

My guess is $346.

$312.77

My guess is $318.97

357.93

My guess is $314.14

$317.89

Thanks!

456.17

$287.13

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$402.23

$302.16

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My guess...

$292.88

Thanks!

321.21

$247.55

$480.10


Brian

$350.50
Thanks
Shawn

$388.88

$251

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$273.50

Thanks Leon.

Sandy Schwartz

$313.13

$427.56

$339.18

227.63

$326.21

Patrick

Thanks for the contest and I will probably be way off, but I will say $500.00

$327.77

$341.33

381.06

Thanks to Rich Rubin making available his compilation of hobby references to T206, I have tried to scientifically determine the eventual winning bid.

How, you say?

Well, one of the early articles on T206 was entitled "Baseball Cigarette Card Values" by Preston Orem in the March 1957 issue of The Sport Hobbyist. Here are a few quotes:

"The American Card Catalog, like postage stamp catalogues, does not purport to be an absolute authority on card values. . . Having been during the past year a buyer of may thousands of baseball cards through advertisements, auctions and searches. . . I feel that I have some knowledge of the fair market value of baseball cigarette baseball cards, their comparative plenty or scarcity, and general popularity.

"172 Goodwin small photos, catalog $.25. [Orem's] values: Superb $.50, Very Good to Excellent $.40, Average $.30, $.15-25 for Fair, $.05-15 Poor. Scarce in excellent condition; not too hard to find faded, pin holes or other damage, clipped, etc.

Accordingly, my estimate is: $177.89 - a figure PFA (plucked from air).

$303.16

Take Care,
Geno

378.65

456.67

I'll say $400

$287.57

245.67

$397.87

Here's my stab at it...........$377.77

$336.16

333.33

Edited to change guess to: $392.21

310.45

my one edit - $416.06

289

my guess is $272.55

373.82

$297.99

323.21

$206.50

$366.54

212.12 Thanks for the contest Leon!
Alan Elefson
aelefson@hotmail.com

481.00, thanks!

330.30 Thanks Leon.

Did I win yet?

482.09

I made a mistake in the original post as I thought this card we are guessing on was ending today but it's tomorrow...So the end will be tomorrow at 4pm EST, as far as guessing....No harm no foul.....regards

Jason L- not quite.....but you are in the running...

My guess is $314.91

Cy

Okay, I didn't notice this til just now.

When does our editing end?

Leon's post says "Tuesday Jan-14", but the 14th is actually Wednesday.

So does our one edit have to be today or can we edit tomorrow before the auction ends?

Thanks,

Jantz

I messed up on the day/date and have corrected it above. My first correction edited the date but not the day. It is correct now. I apologize for the confusion I caused.....The correct ending is posted in the first post now...and is:



2. Bidding and edits STOP on Wed, JAN., 14th at 4pm EST-(board time). Any bids or edits after that and you will be disqualified.

My last minute guess $406.26.

James G

Looking for 1915 Cracker Jacks and 1909-11 American Caramel E90-1.

$346.06

$377.77

TED Z

361.24

$343.15

$362.25

$426.19

As usual, thanks Leon.

Leon & All,
Greetings from Iraq
Its so nice to be able to chime in from the other side of the planet.

I surely miss the day to day ops of the Net54 life.

Here's my winner.........

$333.99

I hope & pray you're all well, until next time........

Life's Grand,
Denny Walsh

Thanks for the contest .. hope I win as I really want this book.

My Guess: 326.48

ChiSoxFan

$291.52

$421.03

390.26

329.88

$475.87

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$305.18

I guess 316.16

$344.17

Rob M.

406.06

Bruce Dorskind

$500.00
Just one guess, Bruce?

$406.07

$342.19

$402.15

Edited: 397.67

$311.55

370.85

$426.20

349.69

thanks

Edited... Too Late...

Nice move Rob! I bet it goes just a little bit higher! It's pretty high already but closer to $400 could be the ticket... just think, if there's a computer crash at ebay 10 seconds before the close of the auction, then all the snipe bids would miss out and you could be declared the winner (assuming nobody else bids on it)!

$387.89

We actually had two people guess $387 and change - congrats Jim R who got a bit closer on the pennies!

My Trade/Sale Page

miss by 25 cents and get a doughnut....
Good thing I bought the book already.

I am assuming that I won. Is there anything that I need to do?

I haven't had time to go double check, but I will in a little while, and the winner just needs to send me your address to send the book to. I will put a check in the mail today for the book and plead with Richard to get one sent out when he can....best regards and thanks to all who played.

Jim - you won with a guess that was only 12 cents off. Please send me your address and an OJ book will be sent to you....Nice guess!!!! and thanks again to all who played....regards

Leon,

My address is:

Jim Rogers

Greensboro, NC 27407

Thanks!
edited exact address out... (leon)