Craigslist-a deal with a good ending
 

Guys-never been a big fan of craigslist for a way to increase my collection. Friends kept telling me about it, but it seemed to work for everything but baseball cards and typically when it was local. Well, I never seemed to find anything in my area(Balt, Md) for sale but with ebay slowing down on items to buy over the last year-I tried a search one day. No luck, reprints, no responses, the usual....

About a month later(9 months ago), I found an ad that seemed more genuine then your usual craiglist ads and took a shot. It is very tough for me to do anything by just email, I really feel a much bigger level of comfort when I can speak to the person on the phone and typically over a small period of time. At the time I made a pretty decent offer on the lot but we couldnt come together on a price. We werent far off but she felt she was not ready to let them go. I never want to try and force or talk anyone to do anything so I forgot about it and moved on with life. About a month ago she said she had done extensive research online and offered them to me again. After a week or so, I agreed on the deal. I increased my collection by aquiring 160+ very nice T206's. I am happy I did the deal because going thru a family owned intact collection is about the most fun a collector can have. The cards remained in nice shape with rought 75% in VG to VG/EX.

Now, I just wanted to say it can happen but the instances are few and far between. I tried to be as extremely careful and do as much due diligence as I could. I am still skeptical of craigslist especially when dealing out of your area, but am extremely happy to increase my collection.

George

Pics
 

Some pics

Congrats...
 

Looks like you added some really nice cards to your collection!!! Were there any Hal Chase cards in the lot???

t206 lot
 

George!!

Did it have any freaks or raririties????????

:)

Peace

Johnny

Collection
 

One Chase card-with trophy...

Johnny, long time no talk. No freaks this time. (hope you still have my Killian with two different names I sold you :) Did you ever look closely at Wiltse with cap. Looks like his buttons on his sweater dont match..kind of odd I never noticed it over the years

George!!!
 

Great to hear from you! and you know i still have that card, i have trouble parting with any of my freaks:o

We love to hear your posts.....hope you and your family are awesome....drop me an email sometime......

you know i'm always hunting these freaks;)

i'm obsessed:o

btw......
 

you will always have credit for putting a sweet card in my collection....;)

i thank you again for that opportunity:D