A few cards stolen- couple questions

[martin neal]

I would definately go to any card shops you have around town. I had about 100 ungraded t206s stolen from me years ago. With the help of J and L Sportscards here in town, I got them all back except for 4 (or more) which the other card shop in town has refused to return.

[smtjoy]

Thanks for all the post and support!

No luck yet. I have talked to the 2 closest card stores on the north side of town and they were both very helpful and said they would call me if they see any of the cards.

I have filed the insurance claim, CIS got back to me in a couple hours and said I will be contacted in the next 5-10 business days by a claims person.

I will update as things change.

[JamesGallo]

Man that sucks. I have had a few claims with CIA over the years and have never had a problem. the only thing you might have a problem with is your deductible. I belive mine is $500. Regardless they are very easy and I generally had a check in a few weeks if not sooner.

James G

[mayx2]

Hope you get your stuff back,especially the game 7 stub! I'll keep an eye out!

Lou

[D. Bergin]

Hopefully you'll get them back. I've been robbed twice of cards, both when I was much younger.

When I was a teenager in the late 80's I managed a card shop in my little town for the owner of the shop. One day the shop was broken into and most of the higher dollar cards were cleaned out, including many of my own cards I had on display. One was a 53' Topps Mickey Mantle. It was low condition, but as a 17 year-old it was pure gold to me. I think I had a couple early Ted Williams cards to.

Remarkably and unbelievably the cards walked right back into the shop a couple of weeks later when the owner was working the store. It was a 15-16 year-old kid who was a regular at the shop. I still can't imagine what the kid was thinking bringing the cards back to the same shop they were stolen from. All the cards missing were recovered.

The other time was in my early 20's. I had been with my wife by then and we had a small apartment. I kept what was left of my collection at my parents house. It was broken into by an old friend of the family (now estranged) who had fallen into the drug scene. He went straight for my baseball cards and whatever jewelry was around the house.

The cards were never recovered but my parents homeowners insurance covered about 1/3 of my losses and I had most of the stuff catalogued in my records from card shows I used to do. It was actually a godsend for me to be honest. It was mostly crap 80's cards that booked for far more then you could ever actually sell them for..............and being a young couple with a baby on the way, it was a nice little payoff from the insurance company.

[marvjung]

Hi Scott -super sorry to hear about your stuff. I'll be in the Houston area Christmas week (going back home for Christmas - living in Cali now). I was going to spend some time checking out card shops, etc - I'll keep a specific look out for your stuff.

I was wondering, you said the items were stolen from the north side of Houston - could you be more specific? I grew up in the Bear Creek, Cypress, Champions area. Are you more along the Kingwood/Woodlands side?

[Republicaninmass]

Sorry to hear, thieves are the lowest form of life

[prewarsports]

Not to take this thread away from the original poster (who I feel terrible for), but I had a 1940's Negro League program stolen at the National Convention so if you guys could keep your eyes open for that as well I would appreciate it. It is a Homestead Grays program from 1943 I think with Josh Gibson listed inside and the scorecard is a reddish color and in Near Mint condition save a few pencil notations inside about the game. I think the opponant was the New York Cuban Giants but I will need to look it up. It is a unique item so even though I dont have a scan and the description is not concrete, you would know it if you saw it.

Thanks

Rhys Yeakley

themodo@hotmail.com

[FUBAR]

I gave this advice to others that have had their cards stolen, most of the time, with vehicle thefts, its a crack head or teenager and they are careless.

I would make a list of the missing cards and if you have pictures put a couple of them on your list. Distribute your list to all the card shops and pawn shops in your local area. Ask the potential buyers to "stall" and call you and the police right away while they are "pricing" out the items before they purchase them.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by martin neal

I would definately go to any card shops you have around town. I had about 100 ungraded t206s stolen from me years ago. With the help of J and L Sportscards here in town, I got them all back except for 4 (or more) which the other card shop in town has refused to return.

Turn them into the cops; the words "fencing stolen goods" seems to make an impact...

[ethicsprof]

great news on the update re: insurance.
thanks for letting us know.
wishing you all the best,
barry