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Posted By: jrhatchjr

Since about 1990 I have been slowly climbing Mount Obak: all three series
of 426 total, excluding variations. I'm down to needing just one card to
reach the summit, but that's another story...

In early 2003, I won via ebay that last card I needed to complete the 1909
series: Ragan. I remember receiving the card, leaving feedback, and on and
on. Shortly thereafter I went through some personal problems and my
collecting went on hold for about two years. After I got my life in
something close to order I started to dip my toes into the collecting
waters again. One of the first things I did was take a look at my Obak
binder and was shocked to discover that my Ragan was missing! For several
months I searched for that card but couldn't find it. I looked through
piles and boxes and binders of cards over and over again but to no avail,
nearly going beserk in the process. After about a year of searching my
house and dealer inventories I did end up finding a replacement so my 1909
series was complete again.

Fast forward to early 2007. I decide my den is long overdue for a
cleaning, or at least an "organizing." My desk was in dire need so I
started there, thinking when it was clean I could put other piles of junk
on it I end up finding the invoice for the original Ragan card I had
originally purchased in 2003. Of course, finding this brought back angry
memories of me not being able to find the card. Well, wouldn't you know
it: that original card was underneath a few other paper scraps underneath
that invoice! Now I had two Ragans...and still have them to this day just
in case...


Cheers,
Jim

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