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

[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.

[familytoad]

My collection is so unorganized right now that if I bought the house next door too..and moved in, I wouldn't know what my neighbor has for a collection

Good thing I posted some scans on my SGC sets, as my external HDD died a while back too, so 3/4 of my scans are gone.

[pawpawdiv9]

My grandpa is around 90-ish and he smoked tobacco cigars. He lives up in Ny. Boy i wish he collected baseball cards. Never really know,he might of and forgot. All i know he collected stamp, coins and stones and trains as well as swords and some guns. His house is a old rustic one and has many numerous hidden spots and secret holes in walls. I always enjoy the stories when he served in Pearl Harbor.

[mybuddyinc]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

My grandpa is around 90-ish and he smoked tobacco cigars. He lives up in Ny. Boy i wish he collected baseball cards. Never really know,he might of and forgot. All i know he collected stamp, coins and stones and trains as well as swords and some guns. His house is a old rustic one and has many numerous hidden spots and secret holes in walls. I always enjoy the stories when he served in Pearl Harbor.

Always wanted to lament on this topic, and here's my chance. My maternal grandfather (1896-1972) was from a wealthy (until Oct. 29, 1929) Philadelphia family, i.e able to afford better than Piedmont and Sweet Cap. So in the 1909-1911 years he was at the age of both smoking and candy buying. He died when I was 12, and I never had interest or talked to him about cards. But, it just blows my mind to think of the cards that passed through his hands.

[1952boyntoncollector]

1987 topps will clarks I sold a bunch of in 1988 to card shops...like 4 bucks a piece...made a fortune

[1880nonsports]

your neighbor has some of your stolen collection. True story dat.............

[mark evans]

Most of my neighbors are nerds, like most of us, so I suspect some may have cards.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by iwantitiwinit

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.

Not unless they are Will Clark

[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.