Comments: In April, 2002 I won an eBay auction for a 1936 Goudey PSA 8 (MC). I swapped the card out for a 1928 Sweetman SGC 30 card with another eBay win in March, 2003. I listed the card on my website for 3X my buy price (approx. $100) and the card sold. So, I went back to the '36 Goudey issue and picked up a PSA 6 on eBay in March, 2004. I swapped it out for a 1928 W502 SGC 70 in March, 2005 with an eBay win. I finally settled on this 1928 Harringtons card in March, 2008 after winning an eBay auction from seller Dave Schrader (Bagger's Sportscards). To this day I regret selling the Sweetman example - an extremely difficult issue. The same Sweetman card I owned sold in a B-L auction in 2012 for $400 (click here - ouch!!!).

UPDATE: The Summer 2016 Love of the Game auction included several items of interest – a 1928 Exhibits PCL Averill SGC 45, a 1922 Exhibits Cy Rigler SGC 60, and a 1928 Sweetman Paul Waner SGC 30.  As mentioned above, I had owned a Sweetman card a long time ago, sold it, and then realized it’s scarcity afterwards.  This triggered the desire to re-acquire another example.  I wanted all three cards but had a weekend getaway to the mountains planned.  So, I placed several Max Bids not knowing if I’d have wireless signal from the campsite.  On the evening of 6/11 a thunderstorm hit Mueller State Park and the family was tucked in to our sleeping bags while it rained outside.  My cell phone reception was perfect and I had three bars – monitoring the auction would not be an issue while the other family members slept.  My bids held up and I won all three cards.  Two were upgrades – Averill (from a PSA 3 MK) and Rigler (from a SGC 40), and one was a newbie for me – the Sweetman Waner.  It completed my 1928 Ice Cream run as I already had W502, Tharps and Harringtons represented in the collection. Here it is: