My Fascination with Great Rarities

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Posted By: barrysloate

There are certain hobby rarities that hold a particular curiosity for me. Two that fall under this category are Kalamazoo Bats Giants players and Tango Brand Eggs.

What these two disparate issues have in common is that nearly the entire population derives from a single source. Nearly all of the known N690 Giants originated from the Ron Oser find in the 1980's, and the entire population of Tangos came from one family.

What fascinates me is how all or virtually all of one issue could end up in one place. The Oregon find of Old Judges, for example, was a fantastic hoard of some 1400 cards, but tens of thousands of N172 were already known.

So how did all of a single issue end up in one place? I know we can't answer for sure, but I do find it intriguing.