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Collector Zone _ Hobby Headlines _ Treasure Trove of 1909-1911 T206 Cards
Posted by: sasports Sep 2 2014, 01:40 PM
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/don-throw-baseball-cards-article-1.1923889
Memo to Moms everywhere: Here’s why you don’t throw out old baseball cards.
The family of a Brooklyn man stands to reap millions from an auction of a treasure trove of cards collected from 1909 to 1911.
The Kings County man amassed 1,400 cards, which came in cigarette packages back then, into a collection that includes legendary Hall of Famers such as Cy Young, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson and Chief Bender.
“Every time he got a card, he threw it in a box,” said Troy Thibodeau, manager and auctioneer at Saco River Auction Co., which is handling the sale.
Posted by: pogue_mahone Sep 2 2014, 03:23 PM
Great story. Gets me drooling almost as much as the story of how some guy stumbled upon a few cases of mint, unopened 1952 Topps baseball cards.
Christy Mathewson T-206 on left side of second pic.
Memo to Moms everywhere: Here’s why you don’t throw out old baseball cards.
The family of a Brooklyn man stands to reap millions from an auction of a treasure trove of cards collected from 1909 to 1911.
The Kings County man amassed 1,400 cards, which came in cigarette packages back then, into a collection that includes legendary Hall of Famers such as Cy Young, Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson and Chief Bender.
“Every time he got a card, he threw it in a box,” said Troy Thibodeau, manager and auctioneer at Saco River Auction Co., which is handling the sale.
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