First Copeland Collection Pedigree Emerges from the Hobby Shadows

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Years ago, I ran into Joe Orlando at a National and told him about a nice collection of Kahn's football that had been put away for many years and
was from the Copeland Collection, as auctioned by Sotheby's. He told me that no one (except for probably Ken Kendricks) had been able to trace
their cards with the proper provenance back to this famous collection. Well, I went on a mission to be the first. I had to provide iron clad proof to PSA
leadership over nearly a three-year span with a pandemic in the middle.

As you know, Jim Copeland bought the best quality cards that were obtainable, and money was no object. See the discussion thread below.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...light=copeland

His collection launched this hobby of ours: the quest for high grade, PSA grading (the Gretzky Wagner), dedicated sport memorabilia auctions, and the beginnings of cards as an alternative investment. It is estimated that this market is now a $12B industry. The Kahn's run as Bill Mastro described "Mint from the factory, never seen a hot dog". Of course, they aren't all Mint, but were the best that could be found. I think the average is 6.3, but
it should be noted that all 250 cards were encapsulated and received a numerical grade. IMO besides Burdick, which is in a museum, can't think of a better collection pedigree to have.

Here are a few pictures.