Slightly OT- You never know what kind of collection your neighbor has.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by timber63401

Was hitting yard sales with the wife today and was at this older couples sale (mid 80s) less then 2 miles from my house. While the wifey was talking to her about cake pans me and the man got to talking about baseball which got to talking about cards. After a little bit he said he had some older ones that I probably have never seen before. He goes into the house and after about 10 minutes comes out with 2 Tupperware containers and ends up pulling out about 2000 T206 and 200 T205 cards wrapped in ziplock bags. He said about 2400 total by his count. He wasn't too keen in showing them off too much but I did see 2 green back Cobbs and 1 red back Cobb. He said by his count he had 7 different backs. He said his dad gave most of them to him when he was young and he picked up the rest from a guy he worked with in the early 70s. It was neat just to talk to the guy much less get a glimpse of such a original collection.

This is the type of shit I dream of.

[timber63401]

Originally Posted by Joshchisox08

This is the type of shit I dream of.

Better dream if there were sitting on a table with a price on them lol. Was super cool just to see some of them and got me thinking there is still undiscovered collection out there.

[egbeachley]

Helps confirm my belief that more than 1/2 of T-cards are still "undiscovered".

[7nohitter]

I wish this was the case for me. My neighbor is 95 and I've talked to him many times about baseball and cards...never once has the old prick offered up a hoard of T cards. Don't know what the old bastard did back in the '30's and '40's, but he certainly wasn't smart enough to collect cards.

[Joshwesley]

Originally Posted by 7nohitter

I wish this was the case for me. My neighbor is 95 and I've talked to him many times about baseball and cards...never once has the old prick offered up a hoard of T cards. Don't know what the old bastard did back in the '30's and '40's, but he certainly wasn't smart enough to collect cards.

Goodness lol

[Orioles1954]

T206 are like the 1987 Topps of the pre-war world. They are EVERYWHERE. Far be it from me to tell the old fellow what to do with his collection, but I would sell sell sell and go see the world.

[iwantitiwinit]

Originally Posted by Orioles1954

T206 are like the 1987 Topps of the pre-war world. They are EVERYWHERE. Far be it from me to tell the old fellow what to do with his collection, but I would sell sell sell and go see the world.

100 years from now 1987 Topps will still be worthless. If you disagree I have several vending cases I can offer at very attractive prices.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by 7nohitter

I wish this was the case for me. My neighbor is 95 and I've talked to him many times about baseball and cards...never once has the old prick offered up a hoard of T cards. Don't know what the old bastard did back in the '30's and '40's, but he certainly wasn't smart enough to collect cards.

Saved the world? Just joking. That post made me laugh.

[insidethewrapper]

My dad is age 93 ( born 1922), he collected the 1933 Goudey's and remembers trying to complete the set, but couldn't get the # 106. When he returned from WWII all his cards had been thrown out. He told me, he never knew tobacco cards existed when he was growing up in the 1930's . Just like me in the 1950's, all I knew was TOPPS, I never would have heard of Goudey's as a kid in the '50's.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

He told me, he never knew tobacco cards existed when he was growing up in the 1930's . Just like me in the 1950's, all I knew was TOPPS, I never would have heard of Goudey's as a kid in the '50's.

This is interesting. I wonder if the vast majority of adults in this era who collected as kids never thought enough of their collecting days to share their memories with their children?

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by 7nohitter

I wish this was the case for me. My neighbor is 95 and I've talked to him many times about baseball and cards...never once has the old prick offered up a hoard of T cards. Don't know what the old bastard did back in the '30's and '40's, but he certainly wasn't smart enough to collect cards.

Probably did a little gambling, a little drinking, and chasing tail.