Favorite personal vintage "find" or research story

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Posted By: <b>Rob Fouch</b><p>I'm a relative newbie and don't post that often, but I'm always curious when I hear about finds you guys have made. How they came about. How often it happens. What it was like to stumble onto a rarity or a treasure trove of cards.<br />I'm also intrigued whenever someone talks about the research he or she did on a particular rare card. How exactly do you research a card that maybe no one's ever seen before? What does it entail? Anyone care to share a personal experience involving such a scenario? I, for one, would find such stories fascinating. <br />Thanks.<br />Rob<br />

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Posted By: <b>Chris Counts</b><p>I came across seven "colorized" 1940 Play Ball cards at a recent show. The seller figured they were hand-colored. The were cheap and attractive, so I picked them up. When I got home and looked them closely, I realized the artist's handiwork was so precise it didn't seem possible that it could have been achieved at that scale. Also, it seemed logical to me a 1940 color prototype could exist, since Play Ball switched to color the following year.<br /><br />I posted a thread about the cards a couple months back, and a couple board members sent encouraging responses. One member said two color 1940s — graded by SCG I seem to recall — sold in an auction in December. About two weeks ago, I sent two of the cards into GAI for grading. As you can imagine, I'm waiting on pins and needles for their response. I understand they'll be bringing the cards to this weekend's Philly show ...

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Posted By: <b>Rob Fouch</b><p>I remember that thread. Those are beautiful cards. Congrats and good luck with the grading.

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Posted By: <b>Mike H</b><p>Best card find. I found a near complete set of Scrapps about 5 years ago for $200 at an antique shop. I steamed them off the paper. They had glue stains, some nicks here and there, and some curling. I had plenty of takers at the last Cleveland National for the group.<br /><br />Best memorabilia find. The Gehrig Batrite I just sold in REA. Antique show...$250.

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Posted By: <b>Joe Jones</b><p>I am very new to prewar collecting but I just found this e104-2 Miller, which is supposedly the first found with a Nadja back. It is not a big discovery by any means but for me it is my first.<br /><IMG SRC="http://www2.propichosting.com/Images/450009815/70.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>It hasn't been delivered yet. When it comes in, I will post if it merits it. <br /><br />The internet is the greatest resource ever created for purposes of researching obscure cards, players, teams, etc. I simply cannot believe what I dredge up sometimes. Here are a few: <br /><br />I purchased a pristine Ruth stereoview and found out all about it from a library here in California that was given the archives of the company. They had information not only on the card but on the circumstances of its underlying photo shoot.<br /><br />I found a Zeenut of a light-hitting 1st baseman with the Seals in the late 1920s. After extensive research on the net I was able to add a new name to my list of Jewish ballplayers with cards. I think Old Cardboard will soon run a story on it. <br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Mohler</b><p>I started a thread on this a while ago and received very few responses. I for one would be fascinated to read posts about finds<br /><br />My only find was about a year ago at an estate auction which advertised three old baseball cards. At the sale I could not even identify them, but the looked like cards so I bought them for 20 dollars each. They turned out to be blank backed Pinkerton post cards of Tinker, Jennings and Nap Rucker. I was happy to have something "new to the hobby" even though they are in terrible condition. <br /><br />The Pinkertons are some of my favorites pieces in my collection since I was the one who found them and "rescued them" from people who really didn't care about them!<br /><br />Jeff

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Posted By: <b>James Feagin</b><p>Not sure if you could consider it a "find", but I asked a card shop in Reno for some "old baseball cards". The owner waddled back with three E94's and a 1933 Goudey. Wanted $150 "firm" for the lot. I happily obliged, they have since been traded.

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Posted By: <b>Keith O'Leary</b><p><P>I got a horizontal Big Eater in a box lot of cards several years back (paid $300 for the lot, still have the cigar box they came in).</P><P>The Big Eater now resides in a Network54 members collection. I initially traded it for a T3 Bender that ended up grading a PSA 5. </P><P>Another from the lot is the famous Jay Behrens T206 die cut Johnson portrait.</P><P>I got my $300 back several times over.</P><P> </P>

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>I've been fortunate enough to make a few discoveries over the past gerw years. The most prominent being the e90-3 Hofnlan (Hofman) the recently sold in the REA auction.<br /><br />Jay<br><br>I like to sit outside, drink beer and yell at people. If I did this at home, I would be arrested. So, I go to baseball games and fit right in.

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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>I have "discovered" a great variety of vintage boxing cards from major sets, including:<br /><br />T220 Mike Donovan silver border: my favorite, since it dispelled the myth that 25 of the 50 cards in the set had been issued in silver. <br /><br />N150 John L. Sullivan portrait pose variation<br /><br />N266 John L. Sullivan pose variation<br /><br />Numerous exhibit cards<br /><br />