A Lot of Loot for Larry
January 12th, 2010 | Published in Interesting eBay Auctions | 1 Comment
Here’s another 1961 Lake to Lake Packers card that fetched a strong price. It’s a Larry Hickman card, one of the short prints, and it sold for $97.28, despite having paper loss on the back. Considering the paper loss, I would guess that a grading company would grade it G or VG.
As I wrote in K is for KDKA–and Other Regional Sets, the short prints in the Lake to Lake set are far more difficult to find than the regular prints. The set is popular among old Packers fans, so when the short prints come up for auction, they usually do well. You can see the full set of Lake to Lake Packers cards, including all of the short prints, in the Vintage Football Card Gallery.
January 12th, 2010 at 1:28 pm (#)
Great old set that we Packer fans really like.
Another, less heralded, more modern but very scarce set is the 1980-81 Holsum/Gardner discs. Very limited distribution in the Upper Midwest. The only card that features Joe Montana in a fu manchu.
As a teenager, I bought their remaining stock at the end of the promotion, which was literally shipped to me in a shoebox. Think I sold the few dozen sets it made for around $10 per. Oy.