Angle theory? Why did Grandpa only collect HOFers

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Posted By: Anson

http://cgi.ebay.com/1909-Ty-Cobb-1940-Joe-Dimaggio-Cards_W0QQitemZ5229665714QQcategoryZ86840QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem

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Posted By: barry arnold

It's also amazing that grandsons would sell their grandfathers' prized
possessions.
Don't these grandsons know how much corn and cotton and soybeans had to
be picked so their grandfathers could purchase their sweet caporal or
polar bear tobacco just to have a chance to get the best players.
A sad day for humanity.
No wonder my own grandfather would spit beechnut out the front window of the
truck, not much caring that we grandsons were in the back. I guess he knew
how money hungry the next generations would become. Prescient?


barry

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Posted By: BlackSoxFan

no kidding, my grandfather's prized possession was probably his red sox hat...couldn't be worth more than 10 bucks, still have it, don't wear it...not gonna sell it....

BlackSoxFan

oh yeah as an aside, he had some really expensive cards.... probably worth a lot more than 10 bucks ... still have em.... don't play with em....love to look at them....still...not gonna sell it!

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Posted By: Bob

My grandfather didn't leave me any valuable tobacco or caramel cards but he left me his medals from WW 1 and neither I nor either of my daughters (who would get them next) would ever DREAM of selling them. I realize cards and medals for bravery are apples and oranges but if you do a search on ebay you'd be shocked how many descendants are selling their dad'd, granddad's and great granddad's medals. Sad...

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Posted By: davidcycleback

My prized family heirloom is a 1931 Congressional medal given to my fisherman grandfather for saving 11 lives during a 'high seas' storm (rescued people from a passanger boat crashed on the reef and lost his own boat in the process). It's never even crossed my mind to sell it. And, knowing eBay, if I did aucion it it would probably go for $4.95 and the winner would complain about the $3 shipping charge.

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Clearly, the lesson to be learned is leave the cards to your great-grandchildren, not the grandkids. They'll be safe that way.

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Posted By: T206Collector

My first two T206 cards were purchased from a guy in his early 20's that wanted a little money to help fund a trip to Vegas. His cards were given to him by his grandfather, who had since passed on, and were still in a cigar box that his grandfather had collected them in.

I later learned that he decided not to sell any more because he felt horrible about selling the ones he sold to me.

Still have those two cards (Matty White Cap & Bender Portrait). Not gonna sell em.