Thanks for all the Heads-up messages I've been getting

[MyGuyTy]

Glad I could give you a couple leads......man that's a bummer he won't close a deal with you! I'll keep an eye out for more

[Howe’s Hunter]

Right after the t206 centennial issue of SGC magazine came out, a seller on eBay actually put my name in the listing twice as being a collector of nothing by Howe McCormick cards when he listed one among a group of six cards in a lot.

Before he had any bids, I contacted him and asked him to sell me just the one card and he refused. Said that by using the reference to the article in the magazine, and drawing attention to my collection, it would be worth more money to him to sell as a group rather than sell me the one. After that, I didn't even bid on the lot.

Four years later, the same card showed up on eBay again (I save scans of the cards I miss, just so I can try and identify them later as new or the same ones). Picked it up for less than half what I had offered the original seller in the first place.

Sometimes, sharing what you know doesn't turn out to be the best. But in the long run, things work out.

Again, thanks to everyone who has helped in this reassembling.

[T206Collector]

It's important to be able to draw lines on some of this stuff. When people find out I collect signed T206 cards, it usually helps me find new ones; but, sometimes the new ones come with a steep price tag because they believe I'll pay anything for one. You have to be prepared to walk away, even if it means that you can't add to the collection. You just have to understand that you can't just have all of them.