Identity of the Titus Hoarder Revealed!

[mettoy66]

Originally Posted by Leon

Seems to have gone somewhat unnoticed ...(except for Brent, who didn't quote ) ...and I might add it's kind of cool knowing provenance. I offer my sympathy for your cousin passing if these are in fact those cards? A lot of times that is the way the cards come out, unfortunately.

Thank you for the kind words. My cousin was not a baseball card collector. He was an accumulator of things that interested him. His Father was the same way. He had a vast interest in all things St. Clair, PA and our cousin Titus fell right into that genre.

I do know he started his Titus "hoard" with the advent of eBay. Buy stuff and never get out of your chair! He also had a lot of local history items and it is a shame as many went off to auction last summer. I was living out of state for several years and was out of the loop on all this.

To be quite honest, I think he would be rather amused at the huge interest in Titus's T206 and his newfound popularity. I know for a fact he did not buy these to corner the market or anything like that. He bought them because they where Titus's.

From what I can gather Titus was a very private man in his retirement. Not much is known of his life after baseball other then he left a widow when he died in 1943. That is the era I am interested in, but all the people that would have the answers have passed. Sadly I was not interested in Titus when they where alive.

[jbsports33]

Thanks for the info Brain! Wow - maybe this will mean the prices will come down a bit for the T206 - unless the real hoarder buys them all

Jimmy

[yanksfan09]

Originally Posted by jbsports33

Thanks for the info Brain! Wow - maybe this will mean the prices will come down a bit for the T206 - unless the real hoarder buys them all

Jimmy

Not unless he can beat my bid of.....