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About Fred Goodwin
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My particular expertise is Cowboys history from 1960-1988 (the Landry era); I'm also a Cowboys book fanatic (I have almost 200 different Cowboys-related titles), and I also collect Cowboys football cards (but stopped in 93). But I am not an expert in the value of cards or collectibles – so please don't ask.
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Dallas Cowboys - Original Cowboy Joe Artwork
Expert: Fred Goodwin - 10/29/2009
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Hi Fred,
I, too, am a big cowboy fan and was lucky enough to purchase one of only four original "Cowboy Joe" pieces of artwork from Ernie Stautner's wife about 15 years ago. I was told that besides the one I purchased, two were with Tom Landry and Texx Schramm. Not sure who has the other one. Have any idea what this might be worth? I know that it would only be a guesstimate.
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"Worth" or "value" are very subjective things when it comes to collectibles. And I'm really not an expert on collectibles like this, so you might want to ask my friend and fellow Cowboys expert Duke Ha to give you a better answer.
But in my opinion, any collectible is worth whatever a willing seller and a willing buyer can agree on. And of course, it's worth will be affected by its condition, age, its rarity (are there similar items around, and if so, how many and how expensive are they?), how desirable is it, and how badly does someone else really want it, can autographs be verified, etc. Since I'm not able to see the item, I really couldn't put a value on it, even if I were an expert in such things.
If you want to establish a value in order to sell it, you should probably consult a local sports memorabilia dealer (a local baseball card shop owner may be able to refer you), or better yet, a sports memorabilia appraiser. The American Society of Appraisers has a website where you can get a list of appraisers in your area who specialize in sports memorabilia:
http://www.appraisers.org/
If you need an immediate estimate, check out similar listings on eBay. If you are a Cowboy fan and collect for the shear joy of ownership, then it really shouldn't matter what the item is worth.
Thanx for writing.
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