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Old 10-24-2023, 07:15 AM
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Can't wait to hear it. They don't look pack-pulled, but if all 10K cards turn out to be fresh though handled by a succession of owners, might this not be the greatest "find" ever? And if they aren't, who went about collecting so many multiples at a time in the hobby when that wasn't so easy to do, and why? In any case, there has to be a good story here.
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Old 10-24-2023, 07:39 AM
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I was thinking the same thing! Perhaps the original owner was one of those boys looking for the “baseball men” back in 1910 and stored them away; any 10 yr old would have. Then he simply handed them down a couple generations until someone realized the value.

Only a 10 yr old would want every Cobb, Johnson, and Young he could get his hands on…superstars of the day.

I doubt very much a serious smoker in 1910 was holding onto these cards…

I hope the family is keeping a small set as tribute to the hard work and love put into the collection before cashing in. At least thats what the romantic in me wants to think…
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Can't wait to hear it. They don't look pack-pulled, but if all 10K cards turn out to be fresh though handled by a succession of owners, might this not be the greatest "find" ever? And if they aren't, who went about collecting so many multiples at a time in the hobby when that wasn't so easy to do, and why? In any case, there has to be a good story here.

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The word attic will have to show up somewhere. I will bet on it. Couldn't have possibly had them in a safe deposit box or bank vault. Has to be an attic, preferably a farm house, preferably in the midwest somewhere. Probably buried under other stuff for last 50 years. Has to be a story, real or created.

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Old 10-24-2023, 09:07 AM
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The word attic will have to show up somewhere. I will bet on it. Couldn't have possibly had them in a safe deposit box or bank vault. Has to be an attic, preferably a farm house, preferably in the midwest somewhere. Probably buried under other stuff for last 50 years. Has to be a story, real or created.
Flea market? Followed by - lawsuit filed by flea market seller...

How about a load of W600s or E107s? Pavlov would have had a field day with this.
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The word attic will have to show up somewhere. I will bet on it. Couldn't have possibly had them in a safe deposit box or bank vault. Has to be an attic, preferably a farm house, preferably in the midwest somewhere. Probably buried under other stuff for last 50 years. Has to be a story, real or created.
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Old 10-24-2023, 03:37 PM
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The word attic will have to show up somewhere. I will bet on it. Couldn't have possibly had them in a safe deposit box or bank vault. Has to be an attic, preferably a farm house, preferably in the midwest somewhere. Probably buried under other stuff for last 50 years. Has to be a story, real or created.
Near a swamp, creek or river with a catchy colorful name.
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Like that red Cobb With the giant top border
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Easily over $250K in HOFers shown (to-be-graded).
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Easily over $250K in HOFers shown (to-be-graded).
Maybe Heritage can sell them as a group and individually at the same time...
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Old 10-26-2023, 05:16 PM
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The word attic will have to show up somewhere. I will bet on it. Couldn't have possibly had them in a safe deposit box or bank vault. Has to be an attic, preferably a farm house, preferably in the midwest somewhere. Probably buried under other stuff for last 50 years. Has to be a story, real or created.
I think a lot of finds lately have been "behind a wall during home renovation!" Not sure why anyone would have walled up their ball cards back in the day though, but to each their own, LOL!
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Old 10-26-2023, 05:50 PM
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The word attic will have to show up somewhere. I will bet on it. Couldn't have possibly had them in a safe deposit box or bank vault. Has to be an attic, preferably a farm house, preferably in the midwest somewhere. Probably buried under other stuff for last 50 years. Has to be a story, real or created.
Hey, we have a barn!! REA find was in a barn.
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Old 10-26-2023, 09:48 PM
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How the hell did those cards survive in such good shape, in hot, humid Florida,
in a "barn," no less. Amazing.
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Is this a find or just one of many ungraded collections? Seems like everything not in a slab is a find these days.
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Is this a find or just one of many ungraded collections? Seems like everything not in a slab is a find these days.
It's definitely a find of over 10,000 ungraded cards.
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