Posted By:
Paul Moss"So maybe, just maybe, an ADULT, with tendencies to keep things in fine order - was an original owner of some sportscards, and passed them down some 50-60 years later to a son or daughter who knew their parents tendencies and so barely breathed on the item from that time forward. Is it so unbeleivably hard to imagine?"
As it so happens, there is a coin collector on the CU boards who is in his 30's that recently came into possession of his father's AND grandfather's card collections. The grandfather's cards ranged in condition from PSA 1's through 8's, the higher grades assigned to the later cards from the 30's, with the majority being nice 6's. His 33 Goudeys, including the Gehrigs came back as 6's. The father's consisted of primarily late 50's, early 60's which even generated a couple of 1961 PSA 10's which I sold for him a couple of months ago. There were also many 1959 PSA 9's that surfaced from this hoard. These cards were submitted by this coin guy, and until now, had never been touched by anyone with any card knowledge. Has to give one some faith in the system.