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Slightly OT- You never know what kind of collection your neighbor has.
Was hitting yard sales with the wife today and was at this older couples sale (mid 80s) less then 2 miles from my house. While the wifey was talking to her about cake pans me and the man got to talking about baseball which got to talking about cards. After a little bit he said he had some older ones that I probably have never seen before. He goes into the house and after about 10 minutes comes out with 2 Tupperware containers and ends up pulling out about 2000 T206 and 200 T205 cards wrapped in ziplock bags. He said about 2400 total by his count. He wasn't too keen in showing them off too much but I did see 2 green back Cobbs and 1 red back Cobb. He said by his count he had 7 different backs. He said his dad gave most of them to him when he was young and he picked up the rest from a guy he worked with in the early 70s. It was neat just to talk to the guy much less get a glimpse of such a original collection.
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My ex-neighbor had a collection just under the HOF's. Used Gehrig jersey/bat, Ruth and Cobb used bats. It was unreal. All of these out on display in their basement.
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Did you get the sense if the old guy had an idea of the value he was holding in that Tupperware? Did he basically know he could be holding a big chunk of a retirement fund in ziplock bags?
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Thats awesome! Wonder if hes got a wagner in that zip lock bag!
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Conversation never got much into value but he seemed to know he had several thousand dollars worth but seemed oblivious to what might be a super rare back or scraps or oddities ect. Mentioned he had a daughter that died a few years ago and a son that was retiring next year that would get the cards when he died. He seemed confident his son would cherish them and keep them but seemed way less confident what his grandkids would do with them when his son died.
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My neighbor is a troll.
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In Norse mythology trolls were known for hoarding treasure.
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A neighbor gave me a tour of the rodeo grounds on his property where he holds some high stakes local roping events. In his barn is this HUGE weathered four-panel 16 feet X 8 feet (estimate) portrait of Michael Jordan in a Bulls "23" uniform without the Bulls logo.
He asked if I noticed anything strange about it. It looks like a common early image of Jordan, but emblazoned behind him is a 12 foot Wilson Athletics logo. NO NIKE, NO WAY! The story is... it was outside the Kingdome to advertise a local Sports Equipment retailer. The sign caused quite the uproar, the artist was fired, and the piece was salvaged by this person..... funny. Certainly not 2000+ t206's, but a unique piece in a strange place with a bizarre story. Last edited by pariah1107; 08-15-2015 at 08:10 PM. |
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Better dream if there were sitting on a table with a price on them lol. Was super cool just to see some of them and got me thinking there is still undiscovered collection out there.
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Helps confirm my belief that more than 1/2 of T-cards are still "undiscovered".
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I wish this was the case for me. My neighbor is 95 and I've talked to him many times about baseball and cards...never once has the old prick offered up a hoard of T cards. Don't know what the old bastard did back in the '30's and '40's, but he certainly wasn't smart enough to collect cards.
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Timber..............
......What's your neighbor's address?
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Yeah what is your neighbors address ??? Spill the beans .............
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I bought some old tickets off of eBay and knew from the listing that the seller was in the same city as me. Turns out he lives about ten houses down on the same street, so he dropped them off while walking his dog. He wasn't a collector, though, they just happened to pass down through his family.
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I know of two "original owner" collections that have never been reported. Both collections contain over 1000 T206's and T205's and one also has over 400 E cards.... All of the cards are EX or better. There are still many collections to find, just less than 25 years ago...
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My next door neighbor turned 96 last month. He never collected cards, but he has a postcard signed by Dizzy Dean and some of the other members of the Gashouse Gang. His son collected cards in the 1960s and at one point had several Mickey Mantles, but when he went off to college...
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