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Posted By: barrysloate

That's actually an interesting question, as the term "find" covers a broad range of definitions. For me a find constitutes some artifact that has belonged to a family for many years and has never been offered on the marketplace. In vintage baseball, finds are most often cigar boxes filled with T205 and T206 that were discovered by a family while cleaning their attic. Sometimes a find brings new and undiscovered cards into the hobby, such as the large cache of Tango Eggs that surfaced for the first time many years ago. We each have our own definition of a find. Perhaps the sale I am most proud of was six Just So's I had the privilege to auction at one time in 1998. But I can't consider them my find because they were consigned to me by the collector who purchased them from the original family. Therefore, I feel he can take credit for the find, and I can't. On the other hand last year I was offered an N28 Allen & Ginter banner that had resided with the same family for 30 years and had never been on the market before. In the same sale I offered a T206 Plank that was being sold for the very first time. That to me is more in the spirit of a find. I'm sure others have their own definitions.