Need advice on navigating a collection purchase, including T206s

[FrankWakefield]

2. Take a black light with you.

1. Take an experienced knowledgeable collector that you trust and who has deep pockets and an interest in buying the collection with you.

3. Minimally, open every box and look at the contents. You don't want to open a few boxes of cards from 1900 to 1935, and then find you've bought boxes of 1991 Donruss cards, too.


If you're excited about buying these cards, your excitement can cloud your reason... with another collector in tow, you guys could keep one another grounded.

Damn a loupe, take a black light first, then reading glasses, a magnifying glass, or a loupe. If there's a box of loose cards, you can illuminate them on their sides and learn A LOT in a few seconds.

Whoever has them probably wants to sell ALL at once, and not let you cherry pick.

You probably should not have a long conversation here; but find that friend collector and tack the convo off-line; lest someone ferret out this collection and buy it first.