The Original Owners of Our Cards

[Howe’s Hunter]

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...Howe+McCormick

The collection is now up to 321, with a total of 47 that exist that I don't have in the collection. 11 of those are in a partial set now at auction from REA, so some of those might be part of the 24 I have already lost track of, but we'll see.

[Zan]

Originally Posted by StuckInOmaha

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...Howe+McCormick

The collection is now up to 321, with a total of 47 that exist that I don't have in the collection. 11 of those are in a partial set now at auction from REA, so some of those might be part of the 24 I have already lost track of, but we'll see.

Very fascinating story, first I have seen it. May I ask how you started this quest? And do you have a link to your collection?

[Howe’s Hunter]

Purchased the name “howemccormickcollection.com” about five years ago but have never gotten the site up and running. As it would be practically nothing but images I’m going to have to invest in a hosting service to make it worthwhile.

It all got started when I made my first attempt at a monster collection. Went in with the idea of getting everything except the big three and it might take ten years. Little goals were set like Demmitt and O’Hare St.Louis then one of each back (thinking just the original ones, not each series). Was down to just needing a Hindu back and it was tough to find in 1993 or so. Finally found one very affirdable in SCD and when it arrived it had a stamp on the back. Wasn’t very happy but the seller responded for the price I paid I got what I got.

Move forward about 13 years. The collection has stalled at about 200. For the most part cards were out of my price range but I still looked of eBay every night for what I could afford. One night, there was another card with the exact same stamp. Decided to purchase, and then posted here about finding two cards 13 years apart with the same stamp. Other members posted they had one would I want to purchase or trade? One thing lead to another, I sold my original collection off and used the funds to purchase only T206s with Howe’s stamp on them.

The members of this site have been incredible with their support in letting me know when they see one, selling to me if they find one in their collection, purchasing and holding for me during my year of unemployment and in several instances just sending and saying they wanted to be a part of the rebuild. The collection certainly wouldn’t be where it is today without the help of so many on the board. Thanks to you all again.

I’ve even been lucky enough to talk to Howe’s second cousin, his closest living relative, who was able to send me some old old family photos of Howe and his sisters before he started to collect.

What a long, strange trip it’s been. Most of it could be found in old posts here on Net54 if you do a search of “Howe McCormick”, but you’ll want to include the quotes or otherwise other Howes and McCormicks show up.

Thanks for asking.

[Laxcat]

I picked this up for my Shag collection. My dad had years of correspondence with Buck starting when he was 8 in 1955. Right before Buck passed we purchased his Obak set with all of his chicken scratch on the back. It is long gone. I would like to get an ONE of those cards again. I also own Buck’s(it’s stamped)1959 Fleer Ted signs in ‘59 and a few of those Coke Playing Tips as well.

[Bieg]

In the family for all these years.

Now in the REA Autumn Auction


https://www.pbs.org/video/antiques-r...ction-ca-1910/

[Leon]

Nice piece on the cards. The expert apparently isn't a rare back T206 guy. His estimate on the Cobby AB back was 5k-6k and it sits at 14k without the juice as of now. Great looking cards and good luck.

Originally Posted by Bieg

In the family for all these years.

Now in the REA Autumn Auction

https://www.pbs.org/video/antiques-r...ction-ca-1910/

[Bieg]

Originally Posted by Leon

Nice piece on the cards. The expert apparently isn't a rare back T206 guy. His estimate on the Cobby AB back was 5k-6k and it sits at 14k without the juice as of now. Great looking cards and good luck.

That was done in 2015 so they have gone up a bit since then.