1933 Goudey Napoleon Lajoie #106 PSA NM 7. ...

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1933 Goudey Napoleon Lajoie #106 PSA NM 7. Only the famous Honus Wagner card of the T206 set could claim a more vast divide among card collectors between those who fervently desire a specimen and those that actually own one. Both the T206 Wagner and the 1933 Goudey Lajoie are so scarce that listed full set prices for the issues fail to take them into consideration, beaten into submission by the knowledge that the cards just can't be found. Well, we've located one for our Heritage bidding clientele, allowing one lucky customer to switch teams to the "haves" from the "have nots." Thanks must be offered to one young Depression-era set builder, who would not be deterred by the fact that card number 106 was not available in standard wax packs. It took a letter, mailed to the Boston offices of Goudey Gum Co., to earn this toughest of all cards from this Big Three set, accounting for their terrific scarcity today.

Graded PSA NM 7. Graded mainly but not exclusively on centering. In light of the tiny population of surviving examples, the impressive condition of the representation found here could almost be considered overkill-certainly this is no card for the casual collector. Consider that the combined SGC & PSA census reports account for just over 125 examples with the likelihood of anyone with Lajoie will have it slabbed we can only wonder how small a sampling still exists not in the confines of a protective third party holder. If there is any question in regards to would this card safely rank among the most desirable of the chewing gum era, the answer is yes.

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