Stolen pre-war collection in VT? (Link to a thread at BO)

[jandr272]

I think I might be breaking a rule linking to a thread at a different forum, but I figured this might be an exception. Nothing useful has been said yet, so there are no specifics beyond 'everything important pre-war plus a Ruth signed ball' but figured better safe than sorry when it comes to spreading the word.

Huge Vintage Collection Stolen in VT

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

That sucks

[Leon]

Here is some more info that I received from REA to distribute...Thanks REA!!


-----Original Message-----
From: Hemond, Michael G. [mailto:mhemond@bpdvt.org]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 12:11 PM
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Subject: Police Notification - Possible Incoming Items

Good afternoon,
Please find attached a notification and supporting documents regarding items that may be offered or presented to your agents for appraisal, grading or sale in the future. The items are notable and originate in the Burlington, VT area having been stolen in the course of a residential burglary earlier this month. Of specific note, the baseball is a 1928 Murderers Row signed ball with Ruth's signature obtained and dated separately in 1930. The attached images are likeness-only as the collector did not individually catalog his collection; a separate group photograph is available upon request.

Det. Hemond
Burlington Police




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[calvindog]

$30,000 reward offered but the collection wasn't catalogued or scanned even for insurance purposes. Crazy.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by calvindog

$30,000 reward offered but the collection wasn't catalogued or scanned even for insurance purposes. Crazy.

Imagine the letter to the judge if it had been consigned to Mastro in the day.

[egbeachley]

This is totally ridiculous. He knows it's valued at $300,000, they are all pre-1933, mostly near-mint, and yet no pictures or even an inventory listing. I'm calling BS on this one. Probably fakes if they even existed. Insurance fraud anyone?

[atx840]

Odd story. I'd think anyone with that valuable of a collection would have some method to track them.

Two pages from Lionel Carters T206s.

[sb1]

More appropriately most collectors like Carter only keep a "want list", once they have it, it gets marked off. No need for a list of what you have, you already have it, to them such a list was not needed.

[ullmandds]

I don't think it's unusual for "older" collectors...who most likely amassed their collections decades ago...to have images of all of them?
Maybe not the smartest thing...but not unusual?!

[1952boyntoncollector]

if you know how much you cards are worth and claim $300,000...you would think you would have proof ...i know insurance companies would want that

if you just collect for fun and would never think about selling them or giving them any monetary value then yeah i can understand not having any type of list..but i can also understand why they wont recover anything if stolen as well.

[BruceinGa]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

I don't think it's unusual for "older" collectors...who most likely amassed their collections decades ago...to have images of all of them?
Maybe not the smartest thing...but not unusual?!

I agree. I started collection on the early 60's and never had even a partial inventory. Now that I sell and mainly buy online I see the importance of pics and scans.

[ullmandds]

This story is definitely a bit "odd" to me...in regards to the details and estimated values...but the fact the owner did not have an inventory or pics is NOT odd to me at all. Additionally the declaration that all cards are nmt-mt...is also not entirely true by todays standards.

[Jantz]

Originally Posted by atx840

Odd story. I'd think anyone with that valuable of a collection would have some method to track them.

Two pages from Lionel Carters T206s.

Thanks for posting this!

I own the Barry.

Now I have before & after photos.


Jantz