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Posted By: barrysloate

Finds are a funny thing. Whenever a collector hears about a find in close proximity to where he lives he always wishes he was the one who got the call. I was once consigned a collection of about 150 tobacco and E-cards that included a very nice T205 Hoblitzell "no stats." The family who owned it lived less than half a block from me. I passed the house hundreds of times, but how could I know it was there until I was contacted? For all I know there are 1000 vintage cards in somebody's attic next door, and they will call someone in California to fly in and buy them. I live in an area of 19th century brownstones with many families who have been living in the same place for generations. But what do I do, ring doorbells and say I would like to rummage through your attic? Finds are really just the luck of the draw.