I was up in the Cooperstown area a couple of weeks ago and had a nice time talking to long-time hobbyist Don Flewelling at his antique shop in Colliersville. Don also is the promoter of the card show at the Cooperstown VFW on Induction weekend, a very nice event. Don told me the story of a farmer who contacted him a few years ago about a stack of T206s he had inherited and was looking to sell to buy a piece of equipment. He was hoping to get about $4000 to buy the equipment. The cards were in very nice shape and the second one in the stack was a Plank. So Don could have paid the farmer $4000.00 for over $100,000.00 worth of cards. Instead, he helped the guy sell the Plank, which many of us are familiar with, for $80,000.00. Sometimes a "good deal" can be too good. I would not be comfortable buying something from an undereducated seller for 10% of its value. Better to be able to sleep at night.
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