Cards stolen, please look out for D310, D380, Mono, and Derby Cigar

[Anthony S.]

Running daily searches for anyone selling very old baseball cards on Craigslist for the San Diego and Los Angeles areas might be beneficial, as well. I'd assume the most likely sections they'd be listed in would be "collectibles" or "sporting." I've done so the past 2 days, but haven't noticed anything yet.

[bh3443]

Hi Dan, Sorry to hear you lost some of your collection. I hope that you recoveer them and press charges and get restitution and/or your cards back.
I had a similar thing happen way back in 1984 when my store was robbed of what was left while we were at a show. Never found the culprits and insurance screwed us big time.
I just want to say that we should thank God it was not a home invasion armed robbery. As long as your family is safe, that is all that counts.
Good luck and again, best wishes from the Boston area.
Bill Hedin
bh3443@aol.com

[JamesGallo]

Dan

Been there and recently.

My suggestion check your local card stores, pawn shops, antique stores any place like that.

I had better luck tracking my stolen cards down myself and I knew who took them. The cops didn't seem to do too much in my case. I would also alert some of the big auction houses as they will almost always help with stuff like this.

best of luck and I hope you get the stuff back.

James G

[leftygrove10]

Dan:

My sister was robbed several years ago. Her car was broken into in a hospital parking lot. About 13 CD's were stolen. She put up flyers. The parents of the kids who took the CD's figured out that their kids had taken the CD's. The parents wisely took the CD's, wrapped them in a paper bag or envelope, put my sister's name, address and phone number on them (from the flyer) and took them to the nearest post office after hours and left them by the door. That way, it was never discovered who actually took the CD's, but my sister got them back. Nobody went to jail (unfortunately).

You might consider an approach like that, especially if you think that some kids took your cards. Put out some flyers in your neighborhood. Maybe the cards will turn up at your local post office. Who knows.

[GoSoxBoSox]

This really stinks Dan. Shit like this really scares everybody. We see too many events like this and it's frankly the reason I got most items of value out of the house. I just don't trust alarms system enough. The worst part about this approach is you can't enjoy the items when they sit in a bank vault.

I hope these turn up and suspect they eventually will. They are rare enough they will get noticed by one of us when they do.

Did you happen to let grading companies know? I don't know if they would ever look-out for people crossing stolen cards but it sure would be great if they did.

[jimm]

Originally Posted by leftygrove10

Dan:
You might consider an approach like that, especially if you think that some kids took your cards. Put out some flyers in your neighborhood. Maybe the cards will turn up at your local post office. Who knows.

Sounds good, but you might be inadvertently telling other bad people you have vintage baseball cards!