T206's thrown away back in the day?

[Leon]

I am sure far more cards got thrown away than got saved. Any one want to go trash dump diving?

[brian1961]

I really don't know why I'm doing this, given the silence I've received on my NEVER CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN.

Go to:

The Sport Americana Baseball Card Price Guide Number 4 (1982)

You will find on pages 416-418 a marvelous article with photos:
"THE OTHER JOHN WAGNER"
Interview and Article by Christopher Benjamin

The first paragraph contains a Jim Dandy anecdote that NONE of you T-206 collectors will ever forget.

--Brian Powell

[Bob Lemke]

This thread reminds me of this 1900s English postcard.

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[Kawika]

Originally Posted by Bob Lemke

This thread reminds me of this 1900s English postcard.

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It's the Sloate rookie!
[ancient Net54 joke]

[barrysloate]

So old I don't even get it.

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

So old I don't even get it.

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear: http://tinyurl.com/lw56vja

[bbcard1]

A couple of quick pieces of info to add to the conversation. Back in the 80s I met and old, old man who told me about how the boys would hang around the duckpin bowling alleys and often the men would throw their packs in the gutters and they would scramble for them. He had a nice little collection, though I have no idea what ever became of it...probably 500 cards, a couple of Cobbs but nothing really high grade or scarce that I recall.

Also a few year back a turn-of-the-century house in Lynchburg was being remodeled. They found a few dozen high grade cards where the empty packs with cards still inside had been sealed in a closed off area.