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Posted By: Bryan

Joann,

You make excellent points.

I wish items in private collections were more publically visible but that is the nature of the beast when it comes to collecting. Steven Wong's book made that obvious. In a perfect world we would have access to all of those items. But that isn't the case.

However, as long as a specific jersey isn't destroyed there is a chance it and I may cross paths later down the road. Or it and others may cross paths. Once it is destroyed and encased in a piece of cardboard it's significance is almost entirely deminished.

Private collections do turn over to museums. Barry Halper's t206 Wagner is on display in Cooperstown. In fact it is safe to say all baseball related items found in museums were once in a private collection. Some items just take longer to get there than others.

Bryan