It's fantastic to see these cards showing up in collections.
A very nice family consigned an original owner collection to LOTG last fall. Ernest Born was the lady's father, he grew up outside Philly and passed in the 1970s, I believe. I believe William Born was Ernest's brother. The collection consisted of a few handfuls of N172s, several hundred T cards, a pile of strip cards and some nonsports cards as well. The T206s included about 250 T206s with a nice selection of Cycle 460 backs, and also some nice rare-backed T207s. About a third of the cards were stamped with one of the Born's names. Oddly enough, there wasn't a Ty Cobb in the collection.
The consigning family was absolutely lovely, and these well-loved cards were saved by the lady when she cleared out her father's house after he passed. The cards remained in her attic until last fall.
It makes me so glad to see these cards generating interest.
-Al
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