Doc White, Hiding in Plain Sight
 

You often hear that if you want to hide something, you should hide it in plain sight. Somehow mask that something 'is not' what it really 'is.' But sometimes things are hidden in plain sight unintentionally. Those are the things I try to find... like a treasure hunt without a map.


I know that there were quite a few people that saw the following images in an auction that ended recently. It was a big lot, most of the cards weren't pictured. Several graded cards, and then these raws:


http://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?se...oduct.chain%5Dhttp://dyn3.heritagestatic.com/lf?se...oduct.chain%5D


Obviously adhered to a scrapbook at some time. The White and Herzog were listed as name at top and bottom (although just a sliver). A green cobb that had a nice appearence, but technically low grade. An oversized Pattee. While the backs were stained a bit and/or had some paper loss, the color and images of the fronts were beautiful. All cards were Piedmonts... many were 150s.



The White had an interesting miscut back. It was a back that I had seen before... and I had seen it on a few cards, but most interestingly I had seen it before on a Doc White Portrait Piedmont 150. It didn't take me long to find an image of the card that I had recalled seeing:


http://i.imgur.com/wkTNy.jpg





My lot was delivered today, and my speculation paid off:<br/><br/><br/>

AWESOME friggin awesome. Congrats.

Erick........
 

You are the true hound dawg!!! ruff ! dude....I am so proud of you man! CONGRATS! you just got the rest of the lot for basically free:)

due to you fore sight:D

upside down factory cut backs are as rare(if not) rarer than bl 460


WHAT A SCORE:eek:

You are truly the T206Hound!! :D

What a great find and what great sleuthing skills!!

Congrats!

Holy shit!!! Nice work Erick!

Congrats Erick, What a fantastic pick up.

The Hound strikes again. Great job and awesome calculated gamble.

That should make up for the loss you took when USPS failed to deliver the Stahl as noted in your earlier thread:D Congrats!

Excellent find, you are the Sherlock Holmes of T206!

Yeah... Knowing what was on the way to me made that loss a little easier to take.

Great score Erick!

Well done

Good job

That is really cool.

Very nice Erick, congrats!

Nice job Erick. I bet the anticipation once the package arrived to open and see was intense!

That, gentlemen, is hitting a towering, Ruthian home run. Wow!!!!! :eek:Congratulations, Erick!

You have to be on cloud nine right now.

Congrats, Erick...great pull!


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The anticipation was driving me insane. It ended on the first (of three) night and had to wait through the weekend for an invoice. Then a wire transfer, and email to make sure it was on its way and three painstaking days of tracking fedex ground.

I was on the phone with mrvster when I opened the box(es)... Doc white was the top card. Totally ecstatic... I knew it was an upside down back, but just kept checking it as if I was pinching myself. Still pumped.

Erick....
 

I almost felt as if I got it;) ....thanks for sharing the anticipation....you deserve that card my friend.......I was so excited!:).....I'm still stoked for you

Really cool. Congratulations Hound!


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Erick, unbelievable find. Congratulations. :)