Vintage collection finds

[bbcard1]

Some years old, but the Southern Cards find redefined the tobacco market. An old dude walked into a minor show in richmond with a K-Mart bag full of the most pristine T-206s ever seen. Several folks were involved in the original buy...if only I had done that show. Marco Rol and Kent Garnett ended up being two of the three who eventually bought the others out...don't remember the exact details...but the cards were unimaginably beautiful.

[barrysloate]

Jon- the Jackson actually graded an SGC 98!
And it was a 1914 CJ set.
The Oregon find of roughly 1400 Old Judges certainly was one of my favorites. And for post war, the 1952 Topps unopened case was truly amazing.

[tbob]

Don't forget the original "Southern Find" in which an elderly man from Louisiana sold a large box of beautiful T213-2s and 3s in the mid 80's. I was one of the 4 buyers and almost every high grade Coupon in the hobby derived from this find. I don't remember the exact number of cards or the breakdown but I believe each of the 4 of us had 4-5 Series 2 Cobbs. I went with T213-3s after the HOFers were divied out and missed by one card having a complete creaseless T213-3 set with an additional card which Lipset said was only rumored to exist. Unfortunately I sold the set in the late 80's to Bill Mastro for a pittance compared to what it would sell for now. I spotted a lot of the HOFers in lots in subsequent Mastro auctions and at least once Bill referred to the "Southern Find."
A footnote- there were several overprinted back T213-3s. I know I had two Cobbs, McGraw, Bender and some commons. The overprinted factory backs are extremely tough!

[canjond]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Jon- the Jackson actually graded an SGC 98!
And it was a 1914 CJ set.
The Oregon find of roughly 1400 Old Judges certainly was one of my favorites. And for post war, the 1952 Topps unopened case was truly amazing.

Thanks Barry - I hadn't recalled it was a 1914 set - even more amazing.

[tbob]

One of the 4 collectors who were in The Southern Find was John England. He later sold his card collection to Larry Fritsch for a huge chunk of change. I wonder if those T213s are still in Larry's personal collection or if they were sold over the years.