Card losses, sad but true...

[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.

Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

[NiceDocter]

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...

Your mom the first card doctor!!! Lol 😆

[LEHR]

November of 2022 I had a return package coming back from PSA/DNA. It contained four key photos from my collection, three of Fred Clarke and one of Vic Willis from 1909, all Type 1's. All four were taken by Louis Van Oeyen, and I'd never seen these images anywhere else. I tracked the package every day and couldn't wait to get the photo's back. Long story short, FedEx delivered them to someone else. They were not signed for by me or anyone else at my company. FedEx maintained they were delivered to me even though I did not know the person who supposedly signed for them, and the fact that I have video footage of the front and back of my building showing no FedEx trucks on the premises within three hours before or after the stated time of delivery.
For all the shit they get I will say that PSA stepped up and paid me for the declared value of my photos, and also refunded me all shipping, authentication, and encapsulation fees.
I've since reached out to every card shop within 100 miles, searched local Craigslist, KSL Classifieds, and Facebook market place adds, as well as weekly eBay searches looking for the photos to turn up, but they seem to have disappeared. At this point I don't care who has them or how they obtained the photos, I'd just like to have the opportunity to buy them back. As a Pirates, photo, and deadball collector, this was a major loss to me as I could care less about the money.

[Seven]

Chalk it up to a Card I never had in hand, but a couple of years ago I won a 1953 Bowman Mickey Mantle in a PSA 2.5. The card was delivered by USPS, to the wrong house. I never received it, someone tried reselling the card on ebay about a week later, in New Jersey (for reference I live in NY). Contacted ebay, eventually got my money back, I'm still upset about it though.

It presented much nicer than a 2.5 and I got it for a good price, a little over $650. Now that card in the same grade goes for over $1000. I was eventually able to purchase another 1953 Bowman Mantle, this one also presents nicely, however it is a PSA Altered Authentic. I got it for a little over $300 which in my opinion, is a steal. However I'd still rather have the 2.5. I'd imagine it was broken out of its original slab, and resubmitted by now.

[Bill77]

Around the time I joined Net54 I bought a T206 Heinie Wagner Bat on Right with a Sovereign Apple Green back. It was a few days before Christmas, and I knew the card was out for delivery. On my way home from work, I passed the mail man and really excited to get the mail knowing the card was in the box. Open the mailbox and no card just bills. Checked the tracking and saw that the card was delivered about an hour away from my house. Who ever got my card apparently either kept it or threw it away. Still pisses me off when I have miss delivered mail.

[slightlyrounded]

Originally Posted by LEHR

November of 2022 I had a return package coming back from PSA/DNA. It contained four key photos from my collection, three of Fred Clarke and one of Vic Willis from 1909, all Type 1's. All four were taken by Louis Van Oeyen, and I'd never seen these images anywhere else. I tracked the package every day and couldn't wait to get the photo's back. Long story short, FedEx delivered them to someone else. They were not signed for by me or anyone else at my company. FedEx maintained they were delivered to me even though I did not know the person who supposedly signed for them, and the fact that I have video footage of the front and back of my building showing no FedEx trucks on the premises within three hours before or after the stated time of delivery.
For all the shit they get I will say that PSA stepped up and paid me for the declared value of my photos, and also refunded me all shipping, authentication, and encapsulation fees.
I've since reached out to every card shop within 100 miles, searched local Craigslist, KSL Classifieds, and Facebook market place adds, as well as weekly eBay searches looking for the photos to turn up, but they seem to have disappeared. At this point I don't care who has them or how they obtained the photos, I'd just like to have the opportunity to buy them back. As a Pirates, photo, and deadball collector, this was a major loss to me as I could care less about the money.

Ugh - this one hurts.

(and if they ever catch this Louis Van Oeyen guy, I hope his punishment is substantial)

[NiceDocter]

He didn’t mean they were stolen by Louis Van Oeyen lol he meant that he was the photographer !!! Nice play on words there…… and just in case you think he is still a suspect….. he passed away in 1946!