Unaccounted for Attic Finds, Garage Finds, Thrift Store Finds

JasonD08 · #1 08-11-2012, 10:58 AM

A large (80%) or so of high grade pre war is out there still waiting to be discovered. I think most of the lower grade (LOVED CARDS) have been discovered.

ruth-gehrig · #2 08-12-2012, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JasonD08

A large (80%) or so of high grade pre war is out there still waiting to be discovered. I think most of the lower grade (LOVED CARDS) have been discovered.

Why do you believe 80% of high grade pre war hasn't been discovered yet? That seems like alot to me.

dherm360 · #3 08-12-2012, 12:44 PM

here is a another question, do you think there are more undiscovered cards found each year or do we lose even more cards each year(floods, fire, natural disasters and so on)

wolf441 · #4 08-12-2012, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by dherm360

here is a another question, do you think there are more undiscovered cards found each year or do we lose even more cards each year(floods, fire, natural disasters and so on)

I was thinking the exact same thing. I grew up in a neighborhood of houses that were all built around 1890-1920, and in the early 2000's so many of them were gutted and turned into multiple condo units. You wonder what might have been tossed or destroyed during the re-construction. I can just picture the original workers smoking Piedmonts or Sweet Caporals while they were putting up walls and tossing the empty packages into the wall spaces or sub-flooring.

DinoPro · #5 08-12-2012, 05:11 PM

There is exactly 9.218% total cards undisovered.

I hope this helps and settles the "guess work" !

DinoPro

Bocabirdman · #6 08-12-2012, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by dinopro

there is exactly 9.218% total cards undisovered.

I hope this helps and settles the "guess work" !

Dinopro

9.21816%...LOL.....my smilies are not working for some reason

Orioles1954 · #7 08-12-2012, 07:15 PM

In April we had a consignor from Virginia who found a group of nearly 300 T206 cards in an old toy box. That group yielded several SGC 88 and SGC 84 singles. Considering tens of millions of these cards were produced....there is more than likely many more of these finds to be had.

Bocabirdman · #8 08-12-2012, 07:53 PM

Two years ago I went back to Massachusetts to deal with the selling of my wife's inherited family home. I lived up there from 1969 to 1985. I was in and out of dozens of towns that consisted of at least 50% of homes built during or before the T206 years. Two years ago, I noticed that number was cut drastically. maybe down to 10%. Alot of those had undergone major facelifts. I realize that the home does not HAVE to be that old to have a hidden stash of cards but it seems to me that the number of hiding places are steadily shrinking.

npa589 · #9 08-15-2012, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by dinopro

there is exactly 9.218% total cards undisovered.

I hope this helps and settles the "guess work" !

Dinopro

+1

:d

tbob · #10 08-12-2012, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JasonD08

A large (80%) or so of high grade pre war is out there still waiting to be discovered. I think most of the lower grade (LOVED CARDS) have been discovered.

Have to disagree on this one. The Swamp Find was an aberration, any cards out there which have not been discovered are likely in lower grade. While I think there may be some collectors who are nearing the end of the line and who never had any of their cards graded, it's hard to believe that any unknown, undiscovered pre-war cards in high grade, tobacco or caramel, are likely to surface. Combine the fact that everyone knows old baseball cards can be very valuable with the fact that there were lots of paper drives during World War One and World War Two, and well-meaning mothers who tossed cards away and I've got to disagree with your statement....

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