Because I've been too lazy

[Howe’s Hunter]

or maybe too busy, I haven't posted any cards in the pick-up threads since July. But last week, when I passed a milestone of sorts, I contacted Leon and asked permission to start a thread, show what has come my way of late, and thank the board members responsible for getting the rebuilt collection to where it is today.

Chris Browne was the man at the National. About ten minutes after it started, I started getting emails from Chris, and in a matter of an hour or so, there were six new cards in my binder













The next five were all eBay pick-ups, the last three all from John Taylor of TnT Collectibles











David Hobson from here on the board agreed to part with the Lundgren he had for several years. I can trace it back to as far as the Mastro auction that had a near set that had 50 of the cards with Howe's stamp on the back. Jim Schnieder won it from Mastro, and David got it from Jim on eBay. David was kind enough to let it join the others.



Another eBay purchase here, but a bit of a biggie....



Joe Yanello (joesvintagesportscards.com) has been great about contacting me when a card with the stamp on the back comes into his inventory. I get an email, with a fair asking price, and in a couple of days, the card is back with the rest. Thank, Joe.



Then about a week ago, a board member who wishes to remain anonymous contacted me, as he has several times, to let me know he had come across a couple of cards. Again, a fair asking price and a couple days wait for the post office to deliver and numbers 250 and 251 in the rebuilt collection arrived.





250 (or rather 251) is so many more than I ever thought I would come across in a lifetime of looking for these. Much of that is thanks to members of this board who have taken an interest in keeping an eye out for them and letting me know when they see them.

There are another 38 out there that I know of, and who knows how many more that are just hiding in collections somewhere. But again, thanks to everyone for help in putting this awesome collection back together again.

Ed