1956 Topps horde

[pete zouras]

[swarmee]

Sounds like a good pickup. Any of those rarer white back Mantles?

[pete zouras]

[swarmee]

Well, the Mantle specifically is much rarer in white back. It's a white back short print. Not sure all the white backs are like that. Check COMC to see the difference in amount for sale and selling prices for the rest of them.

[MikeGarcia]

..back in the day , whenever I had rented a place , it never crossed my mind to sell anything that was already in the place...
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[midmo]

Originally Posted by MikeGarcia

..back in the day , whenever I had rented a place , it never crossed my mind to sell anything that was already in the place...
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lol. That's what I was thinking. Even though my landlord in college was kind of a dbag I never thought about selling the stuff he had stored in our basement.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by pete zouras

The whites are rarer. Good to know thanks. BTW this never happens to me. BTW 56 Topps totally outside my wheelhouse collecting interest-wise.

Only cards 101-180. Cards 1-100 the white backs are slightly easier but no difference in price.

[seanofjapan]

This story raises a legal red flag to me. If this guy was just renting the house, then he wouldn't be the legal owner of stuff contained in the attic. That would be the property of the home owner, unless the home owner explicitly gave it to him.

So it could be that the guy was selling you stuff he didn't own, in which case those cards still belong to the home owner. Unless I am missing something.

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by seanofjapan

This story raises a legal red flag to me. If this guy was just renting the house, then he wouldn't be the legal owner of stuff contained in the attic. That would be the property of the home owner, unless the home owner explicitly gave it to him.

So it could be that the guy was selling you stuff he didn't own, in which case those cards still belong to the home owner. Unless I am missing something.

I was thinking the same thing.