"Discovery" of the year for 2013

[Vintagecatcher]

The other thread for "2013 Thread of the Year" got me thinking that picking a "discovery" of the year might make for a fun thread.

My pick for discovery of the year is the thread which identified the cards assumed by the hobby to be issued by Derby Cigars as actually nothing more than "cutouts" from a period scorecard.

What other discoveries would you pick?


Patrick

[wonkaticket]

Jim B's N167 checklist additions.

[philliesphan]

I'd say Jim's "discovery" of the remaining (not seen in decades!) N167 cards and pulling off a once-in-a-lifetime feat of reuniting an entire set of N167 Old Judges. Amazing, legendary work that took tons of research and searching-

[dstudeba]

Jim's feat is incredible.

Thanks for the thread Patrick, I missed the Derby Cigars discovery. That is a great picture.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by dstudeba

Jim's feat is incredible.

Thanks for the thread Patrick, I missed the Derby Cigars discovery. That is a great picture.

Not so sure on this one. We need to see the back of that scorecard. If it isn't blank (most scorecards have something on all sides for advertising) then that isn't where they came from.

[Al C.risafulli]

I think every discovery in this hobby is amazing; the fact that we're still finding out things about century-old cards is incredible to me.

That said, Jim's N167s are pretty incredible, simply due to their value and rarity. That would be my vote.

-Al

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli

I think every discovery in this hobby is amazing; the fact that we're still finding out things about century-old cards is incredible to me.

That said, Jim's N167s are pretty incredible, simply due to their value and rarity. That would be my vote.

-Al

Have to agree. I will go with Jim's N167 also. The more we know about a set the more intriguing it is to "discover" something we didn't know. I am in the camp of us learning a ton more over time. A few years ago the Blanke Wenneker Nadja box was a pretty big deal in that we never knew where Nadja's came from. Also, the T202 with Jackson sliding was pretty cool.....