Whats a better value?

[jonincleve]

Re: Whats a better value?

just caught this thread, i missed it the first time by. quick story, when mcnall/gretzky sold their card they sold it to wal-mart as part of a giveaway. i actually won a chance at the card at the local wal-mart. my name was pulled and i had a 1 in 4000 shot at winning the wagner card. they drew the winners name on larry king live. all the name were in this big hopper that got spun around. talk about doing some praying. the worst part about it is i would have had to sell the card to pay the taxes. the winner sold it at auction for i believe $630,000. her name is patricia gibbs....not that i would remember that at all!!!! if there were no tax consequences i would have kept the card.

take care
john

[joelsabi]

Re: Whats a better value?

just caught this thread, i missed it the first time by. quick story, when mcnall/gretzky sold their card they sold it to wal-mart as part of a giveaway. i actually won a chance at the card at the local wal-mart. my name was pulled and i had a 1 in 4000 shot at winning the wagner card. they drew the winners name on larry king live. all the name were in this big hopper that got spun around. talk about doing some praying. the worst part about it is i would have had to sell the card to pay the taxes. the winner sold it at auction for i believe $630,000. her name is patricia gibbs....not that i would remember that at all!!!! if there were no tax consequences i would have kept the card.

take care
john

read about how she didnt even have cable so there was no chance she saw the drawing. she worked for the post office and some person who worked for an auction made a personal pitch to have their auction house sell off the card by getting in the postal line to talk to her.

[David]

Re: Whats a better value?

The Gretzky T206 Honus Wagner is and always will be worth more than the McGwire home run ball.