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Posted By: Steve Tuttle

I was living in Charlottesville at the time of the great Southern Cards Find and I used to go over to the the store and just stare at them through the glass. I bought a few commons and still have them, but the T3s were what I most remember. They were perfect. They looked fake. The colors were just unbuhleevable. Sigh. The story, as I remember it, was an older gentleman in Richmond had them in a shoebox in his closet for 75 years, untouched. They sure looked that way.

Does anyone on the list know what happened to the owner of that store? He was a great guy who indulged my frequent visits and infrequent purchases but his name escapes me. The store either moved or went out of business not long before I left town.

Thanks

Steve Tuttle