The Top 10 Collections of All Time

[batsballsbases]

Thanks Jay!!!!!!!!!!!

[barrysloate]

Am I supposed to list ten names or pick the best from Bruce's list of ten? Either way, while there are huge card collections out there- you can add Richard Masson to the list- Corey's is the most important ever assembled. But since he prefers his privacy I will leave it at that.

How come the Dorskind Collection isn't on the list?

And don't forget Gary Cypres.

[terjung]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

you can add Richard Masson to the list

+1

[Joe_G.]

Richard Masson should certainly be on the list. I still don't understand how he assembled so many complete sets and near sets. He's building sets that even advanced collectors merely hope to obtain type cards from.

83% complete Yum Yum
http://www.sgccardregistry.com/set.a...0&userset=1188

69% complete G&B
http://www.sgccardregistry.com/set.a...1&userset=1190

And the list continues, just click on "User's Other Sets" to view them (I guess Richard is an SGC guy).

Note, if the "Top 10 Collections of All Time" criteria were focussed to certain eras or sets, the list could markedly change.

[uffda51]

[QUOTE=Joe_G.;770608]Richard Masson should certainly be on the list. I still don't understand how he assembled so many complete sets and near sets. He's building sets that even advanced collectors merely hope to obtain type cards from.

Unbelievable. I had no idea that Richard had so many of these babies. Or that most of them even existed.

[tbob]

And then there is the inevitable question- do you rate collections by scarcity of cards or condition of the cards? There are a lot of collectors out there with lower graded cards which many of the whales have never even seen. Do you give huzzahs to the guy with the highest graded E90-1 set or the guy with the complete T210 set, even though many of the cards are low grade?
Very subjective...

[drdduet]

And to all the major collections we don't know a hoot about. I know of 2 collector's who will not reveal their collections/habits. I had the privilege of seeing one of the collections first hand and it was spectacular to say the least.

It was assembled mostly in the 40's and 50's and includes some of the hobby's greatest treasures and rarities. I can tell you it includes a complete T206 set minus the Doyle variation--with many rare backs, hundreds of T210's with a Joe Jackson (and a Stengel), complete T202, T207, T205 sets'; a Cobb with Cobb back, a 1933 Goudey Lajoie and complete set, an apparent complete Old Judge HOFer set, several Victory tobacco's including a Cobb, Coupons galore--all 3 types, some Mino's, Pirates, ...complete Topps baseball and football sets through 1972, all the Bowman sets, 1914 & 1915 Cracker jack sets, etc, etc, etc....

The collection is heavy in 1930 through 1950's stuff. Many of the "older" cards are "kept in the back" as the collector is most proud of the cards of his day. Not one of the cards is graded--at least none that I saw. The T206 Wagner is likely a strong 4. He likely has 10000+ tobacco cards of all sorts--what I found most interesting is that he does not have a single duplicate of any of his cards.

I viewed the collection in the mid 1990's.

I know another guy who won't show me his collection. What I do know is that when I "called him out" by asking him to validate his claims of having a Super Collection he came over to my office with a small box. In it he had a a few gems--1952 Topps Mantle, 1933 Goudey Ruth, 1934 Goudey Gehrig, and some E Wagners and Cobbs. This was supposedly just a sample (kinda of convincing at that) of his 'vast' collection in which he claims to have many more spectacular specimens--including the T206 Wagner. He claims to have assembled his collection in the 1970's.

I've heard of other super collector's in the South as well, but you know how that can go. I just believe there are many spectacular collections out there that go unknown by the mainstream collectors and dealers.

[Jay Wolt]

Here are some cards that were previously owned by 3 men on Bruce's list

Frank Nagy


Lionel Carter


Buck Barker

[olsport]

I think John Kashmanian should definately be on the list, after seeing his amazing memorabilia collection in his book "Baseball Treasures" http://www.amazon.com/Baseball-Treas.../dp/0887404928 One of the greatest books ever produced on vintage baseball memorabilia!
I also believe the collection of "Dick Dobbins" who lived in the bay area, had one of the greatest collections also. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7c6037n5/