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Posted By: shemp

About 15 years ago, I was showing my granddad (then 94) my T206 cards. They brought back great memories and he knew all of the players - even once shook Wagner's hand. Told me he had all of the cards, as he and his brothers would search the trains after rush hour in Boston, and pick them out of discarded cigarette packs. Then he said he may still have them, and to come back tomorrow and he would give them to me - what a thought!!! I was soooo excited, and rushed over the next day and he said, "I looked in the attic...then it dawned on me....when I was off to France during the war, my mom cleaned out my room - she must have tossed them away. Sorry" I was crushed, but it was nice of him to share the stories with me about the cars I had - made the players seem much more real!!!