Stolen pre-war collection in VT? (Link to a thread at BO)

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by calvindog

$30,000 reward offered but the collection wasn't catalogued or scanned even for insurance purposes. Crazy.

Imagine the letter to the judge if it had been consigned to Mastro in the day.

[egbeachley]

This is totally ridiculous. He knows it's valued at $300,000, they are all pre-1933, mostly near-mint, and yet no pictures or even an inventory listing. I'm calling BS on this one. Probably fakes if they even existed. Insurance fraud anyone?

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by egbeachley

This is totally ridiculous. He knows it's valued at $300,000, they are all pre-1933, mostly near-mint, and yet no pictures or even an inventory listing. I'm calling BS on this one. Probably fakes if they even existed. Insurance fraud anyone?

Well, if he has insurance he would have to keep some kind of inventory of the cards and some proof he bought them.

[chipperhank44]

How you do not have pictures of a 300K collection is beyond me. But perhaps someone found out that this guy had no pictures, a completely raw collection, and saw it as a golden opportunity.

This should serve as a reminder to all of us. If you expect insurance money or a decent chance at recovery you need pictures. And possibly also a reminder to be careful who you tell about your collection and its value.

[Fred]

Just out of curiosity, were Lionel Carter's cards cataloged and photo documented? Were any of his cards graded before the theft?

I bet there are a few collections out there owned by older collectors that are not tech savvy and these collectors just never thought about insuring or otherwise inventorying the cards. I know that sounds unrealistic in today's world, but I'm going to guess it's not totally unusual.

How many of you have a full photodocumented inventory, or even close to a fully documented inventory complete? How many of you have the slab numbers of all the cards you own? Just curious.

[rhettyeakley]

So what exactly are people even supposed to be on the lookout for other than a "Murderers Row" baseball? How would we even know we were looking at said collection?

I can understand not having photos or a typed inventory but you gotta give us more than there were "a bunch ($300K is a LOT) of old baseball cards stolen"? Which sets, mostly T's, E's or R's. Any extreme rarities/unique cards that if they show up would really help to point to this particular collection. Seems strange but hopefully if they were stolen they eventually find their rightful home.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

So what exactly are people even supposed to be on the lookout for other than a "Murderers Row" baseball? How would we even know we were looking at said collection?

I can understand not having photos or a typed inventory but you gotta give us more than there were "a bunch ($300K is a LOT) of old baseball cards stolen"? Which sets, mostly T's, E's or R's. Any extreme rarities/unique cards that if they show up would really help to point to this particular collection. Seems strange but hopefully if they were stolen they eventually find their rightful home.

This has been bothering me too. Surely, this guy has a few other items with distinguishing characteristics.