"Discovery" of the year for 2013

[Leon]

Originally Posted by dstudeba

Jim's feat is incredible.

Thanks for the thread Patrick, I missed the Derby Cigars discovery. That is a great picture.

Not so sure on this one. We need to see the back of that scorecard. If it isn't blank (most scorecards have something on all sides for advertising) then that isn't where they came from.

[Al C.risafulli]

I think every discovery in this hobby is amazing; the fact that we're still finding out things about century-old cards is incredible to me.

That said, Jim's N167s are pretty incredible, simply due to their value and rarity. That would be my vote.

-Al

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli

I think every discovery in this hobby is amazing; the fact that we're still finding out things about century-old cards is incredible to me.

That said, Jim's N167s are pretty incredible, simply due to their value and rarity. That would be my vote.

-Al

Have to agree. I will go with Jim's N167 also. The more we know about a set the more intriguing it is to "discover" something we didn't know. I am in the camp of us learning a ton more over time. A few years ago the Blanke Wenneker Nadja box was a pretty big deal in that we never knew where Nadja's came from. Also, the T202 with Jackson sliding was pretty cool.....

[E93]

Thanks for the props guys. For me, a big part of what made this so exciting is that it is really the first baseball card set in the traditional sense.
JimB

[atx840]

Definitely a great discovery and achievement Jim....beautiful cards.

The 42+ Red Hindu find, for me not so much the # but that a few examples finally confirmed. As well as two Cobbs + two T210 Jacksons...great discovery.

[tbob]

I have to go with Brian's discovery of the Frank Smith M116 card with the Boston caption. One of one, as far as I know and both interesting and shocking. Had it been a T206 instead of an M116, a greatly undervalued and unappreciated set, collectors would be in a tizzy.

[brianp-beme]

Thanks Bob for bringing it up...I am quite partial to the M116 Smith Boston discovery. However the Derby Cigars scorecard discovery is quite intriquing, and would be interesting to know what is on the backside. How did I miss the Derby thread? Just found the link: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ighlight=Derby

Brian

[Runscott]

Jim's feat was so noteworthy that I think we should have a thread for 2nd-best discovery. I know Jim is an incredibly humble guy, but this was a great thing for the hobby - putting together the first set. Who knows, perhaps no one was able to do it, even back when the cards came out?