Unaccounted for Attic Finds, Garage Finds, Thrift Store Finds

[ruth-gehrig]

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]

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]

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]

There is exactly 9.218% total cards undisovered.

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

DinoPro

[Bocabirdman]

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]

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]

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.

[skelly]

I really feel that although there will be more "finds," I don't think they would be in the magnitude of the Ohio find. ( or even close for that matter ) Back in the day ( late 80's & 90's ) things would be unearthed and brought to shows, sold at yard sales, etc... Now I think when people find that box of 700-1000 cards from the 50's and 60's, they tend to think they've found their retirement, but really they just have maybe a couple thousand dollars worth of stuff. I had an interesting talk with a dealer at a local show about a month ago who used to own a shop. He said that in the 80's and even into the mid nineties, he would see some great collections come in. He said that he basically kept the store open for a few years after he should have closed, just hoping for that next collection to come. He said that the last few years of the store it became the exact opposite of what it once was. I guy might have about 300 cards from the late 60's and they'd want thousands.

[npa589]

Originally Posted by dinopro

there is exactly 9.218% total cards undisovered.

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

Dinopro

+1

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