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Old 02-05-2025, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Rich Klein View Post
Couple of thoughts

1) I know many in this chat are not fans of graded cards, yet in a circumstance like this, well the graded cards are much easier to everyone to determine value.

2) A historical note, Reggie Jackson back in the day was accumulating his 1969 Topps RC so when he made the HOF he could sign and sell 563 serial numbered versions of that card. At some point, Reggie's house burned up in one of those California wildfires and all those rookie cards went up in smoke.

Rich
If 100,000 Reggies burned up it wouldn't make an impact, there are so many.

I would imagine some collections were lost to Katrina?
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