Card losses, sad but true...

[Leon]

My desk has a ton of raw (large and small) and slabbed cards on it, where I work from everyday. I am a procrastinator and there are piles of stuff I have almost forgotten about. Around a month or two ago, I spilled a semi full cup of coffee on it. Yes, cards and all.....Not a good morning. Live and learn to be more careful.
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[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by Leon

My desk has a ton of raw (large and small) and slabbed cards on it, where I work from everyday. I am a procrastinator and there are piles of stuff I have almost forgotten about. Around a month or two ago, I spilled a semi full cup of coffee on it. Yes, cards and all.....Not a good morning. Live and learn to be more careful.
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Ouch!

[Rhotchkiss]

I bought a gorgeous T206 Clark Griffith Red Hindu PSA 2 (picture below) a few years ago (I think it was in one of the david Hall Heritage auctions). That sucker has up and vanished like a fart in the wind! I cannot find it anywhere. I put it with all my other cards, locked in a room locked in a safe, but I dont know what happened to it. I keep hoping one day ot will just pop up, but I am losing hope.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I bought a gorgeous T206 Clark Griffith Red Hindu PSA 2 (picture below) a few years ago (I think it was in one of the david Hall Heritage auctions). That sucker has up and vanished like a fart in the wind! I cannot find it anywhere. I put it with all my other cards, locked in a room locked in a safe, but I dont know what happened to it. I keep hoping one day ot will just pop up, but I am losing hope.

Have faith Ryan, I recall the postwar post recently, and the members name escapes me, but he lost his Mays, Aaron, Ruth, signed ball for 25 years, it showed up at his dads house if I recall.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Have faith Ryan, I recall the postwar post recently, and the members name escapes me, but he lost his Mays, Aaron, Ruth, signed ball for 25 years, it showed up at his dads house if I recall.

Doug Goodman. Anddon't forget Saduhara Oh! What a story! I tell it to everyone I know. Someday when I get a chance, I'm going to tell it over the pulpit for God to hear how happy I am for Doug. LOL

As for my own story, I got adhesive stuck on my only Ruth, a 1934 Butterfinger. They are extremely fragile. I can't believe it existed 90 years, essentially a flimsy piece of paper, and someone who cared about it and took extreme pride in it is the one who ruined it.

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[pwang100]

When I was a kid, I used to look at my cards while I was in the bath tub. Until, one day, the tray holding my cards fell into the bath water. I still remember crying, and crying; and my mom pressing all my cards between towels to 'salvage' them.. 45 yrs later, I still have those cards...

[seanofjapan]

Originally Posted by pwang100

When I was a kid, I used to look at my cards while I was in the bath tub. Until, one day, the tray holding my cards fell into the bath water. I still remember crying, and crying; and my mom pressing all my cards between towels to 'salvage' them.. 45 yrs later, I still have those cards...

Thats a heartbreaker, I would have cried too!

[orioles70]

Originally Posted by pwang100

When I was a kid, I used to look at my cards while I was in the bath tub. Until, one day, the tray holding my cards fell into the bath water. I still remember crying, and crying; and my mom pressing all my cards between towels to 'salvage' them.. 45 yrs later, I still have those cards...

Moms are the best...mine would have done the same.

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[arcadekrazy]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I bought a gorgeous T206 Clark Griffith Red Hindu PSA 2 (picture below) a few years ago (I think it was in one of the david Hall Heritage auctions). That sucker has up and vanished like a fart in the wind! I cannot find it anywhere. I put it with all my other cards, locked in a room locked in a safe, but I dont know what happened to it. I keep hoping one day ot will just pop up, but I am losing hope.

I miss that card.

[Chris-Counts]

I once returned a broken scanner to Staples. When I got home, I realized there were four cards still in it, and they were some good ones. I quickly drove back to the store, and was able to retrieve three of the cards, including a one-of-kind Play Ball color proof, but one was missing, a 1952 Berk Ross rookie card of Minnie Minoso.