Great back story Leon. I have one too.
I purchased a collection in 2014 which included nearly 100 raw untouched Ramly's from an estate seller in California. The older gentleman whose estate was auctioned off who had passed we believe was the original owner of these cards. They were found stored in old tobacco tins which also included an original Ramly box.
The cards were sent to Sgc and all were sold except for one. Shortly thereafter our dear friend Jim Blumenthal contacted me and pleaded to sell him this one card which had been retained from the find. Having no intention of letting it go I continued to turn down Jim's many offers for weeks.
After this went on for some time Jim finally broke me down which ended in me selling him this card. Sadly just a couple short months later we lost Jim to cancer. It was a sad day for not only myself, but the entire hobby!
Fast forward 4 years later this very card pops up for auction outta no where. There was no way this card wasn't coming home and it did. It still resides with me today.
THE COLLECTION WHEN FOUND -
THE CARD RAW PRE GRADING-
THE CARD SLABBED POST GRADING -
