I value items that are fresh to the hobby more then famous collector provanance. Finds of old cards are getting fewer and farther between.
A few recents that come to mind: Beantown cards, Virginia's OJs, kyletexas... I tend to be be a sucker for small finds too. If something pops up with a cool story of its origin tend to want it.
Some of the cards Lionel Carter had were purchased the same way we all buy cards every day. They're just regular cards circulating around the hobby to me.
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