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Posted By: Trevor Hocking

Well I will have to say I have been working on the Colgan and Tin Top sets for longer than I am old as I am a theird generation collector and my Grandfather started this set many years before I was born. We have never been able to buy a Jackson or Thorpe and had only seen 1 Thorpe and 2 Jacksons before yours just arrived back into the hobby. This is not a small deal to our hobby. Finds like this is what makes this hobby still exciting. Remember you just found a item of a very impotant baseball player (Thorpe) that does not have many items he is on and there was only one other Tin Top known before yours to my knowleadge. Plus the Jackson is just so rare. Now what is getting everyone so excited is that you have 1200 other cards that could have anything in there. These kind of finds are so rare these days with the internet and TV programes like Antique Road Show, plus to show up here of all places. Just keep the scans coming they are fun to see. This board has many great contacts and some sharks so please be careful with what you do with these cards. From the other posts you have recived great advise this far. I would personally go with Mastro with these items as they already have a great track record with the Tin Top Jackson.

Good luck and thanks for bring them back into the hobby!
Trevor Hocking