Who has "lost" cards?!

[ullmandds]

So this past weekend I decided to re-organize my collection...to try to get a better handle on where everything is...and I'm going through my e94 set...which I had separated into cards needing upgrades and the rest.

And so I decide to put them all together again in checklist order...and I'm looking through my illuminated magnifying glass to read the checklist because my vision is getting so bad.

Crawford...where the hell did crawford go? WTF...how could crawford be missing. I flip through all 38 or so cards...once, twice...3-4-5 times SO I finish and decide that I've somehow lost crawford and I'd better replace him stat!

Unfortunately replacing an e94 crawford isn't as easy as finding any T206 on ebay...there just arent any available right now.

So I add it to my wanted list and move on!

Thankfully this morning I found him...hiding under the couch...what a bugger!!!!!!

[lharri3600]

same thing happened too me with a psa 4 cobb green. was found 6 months later under the couch!

[Taxman]

Either of you need a maid?

[ullmandds]

ha ha...i totally "need" a maid!!!!! and i'm more worried about her/him breaking my stuff...not stealing/finding my bb cards!!!!

[Howe’s Hunter]

My wife gave me portraits of Tinker/Ever/Chance for a 10th wedding anniversary gift 15 years ago. I already had a Tinker, and the one I already had was much nicer, but I kept the dupe. It made the move to Omaha 10 years ago, I remember unpacking it. Haven't seen it since. No clue where to look after this long. Pretty sure it is not under the couch.

[t206hound]

I just set a reminder to check under the couch tonight... i'm not missing anything, but who knows what I'll find!

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

ha ha...i totally "need" a maid!!!!! and i'm more worried about her/him breaking my stuff...not stealing/finding my bb cards!!!!

Well, I can't work long hours, and would have to take frequent breaks to give the ol' bones a rest, but if you guys need a butler that might occasionally spend an inordinate amount of time dusting where your baseball card collections are on display, then I'm your huckleberry. I'm as honest as they come, so have no fear about the safety of your valuables. But I make no promises as to the occasional drooling that might occur.

[Leon]

I have had quite a few cards in Ultrapro toploaders wedge themselves between an SGC slab's protruding borders on back. And I have missed them for days, weeks and months until flipping through the slabbed cards again.

[the 'stache]

I'm glad you found him, Pete. If it were me, I'd have gone crazy looking for him.

Luckily, the cards I've lost haven't been anything that substantial. When I moved to Texas from Wisconsin, I apparently lost one of the boxes with some of my favorite cards. I had a pristine 1981 Topps Joe Montana, an '84 Topps Dan Marino, an '86 Topps Jerry Rice, a 1972 Topps in action Clemente, a '72 Topps in Action Hank Aaron that was autographed. Nothing real expensive, but they had a lot of sentimental value to me. The Montana one still irks me though, because years before this whole third party grading thing took off, that was a PSA 10 in the waiting. It was the cleanest football card I ever had. Perfect white borders, dead centered, sharp edges and corners. Now that I'm collecting again, I'll have to replace it. I'm sure I'll grumble about it.

Of course, that doesn't compare to the cards my grandmother threw out. "Oh, yeah", my dad always tells me, "I had Willie Mays, and Ernie Banks, Hank Aaron and Mickey Mantle".

Thanks, Grandma Ann

[auggiedoggy]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

So this past weekend I decided to re-organize my collection...to try to get a better handle on where everything is...and I'm going through my e94 set...which I had separated into cards needing upgrades and the rest.

And so I decide to put them all together again in checklist order...and I'm looking through my illuminated magnifying glass to read the checklist because my vision is getting so bad.

Crawford...where the hell did crawford go? WTF...how could crawford be missing. SO I finish and decide that I've somehow lost crawford and I'd better replace him stat!

Unfortunately replacing an e94 crawford isn't as easy as finding any T206 on ebay...there just arent any available right now.

So I add it to my wanted list and move on!

Thankfully this morning I found him...hiding under the couch...what a bugger!!!!!!

I keep my cards in a plastic storage container with a snap-on lid. I keep these containers in a closet. This way, my cards won't go AWOL in the middle of the night when magical things have been known to happen.

[Texxxx]

Does it count if they are in the USPS world of limbo. Have at least 2 cards that never reached there destination.

[insccollectibles]

Originally Posted by Texxxx

Does it count if they are in the USPS world of limbo. Have at least 2 cards that never reached there destination.

Me too the package arrived at the destination but it was missing the two cards.

[slipk1068]

I have been missing my t206 Jimmy Collins for at least 10 years. Likely buried in a closet somewhere, Trying to get organized. Hopefully, it turns up...

[ullmandds]

Rob...I was transferring from shoeboxes(that were falling apart) to similar plastic boxes w/lids!!!!!