Lost and Stolen cards posted here

[BeanTown]

Not sure if we have had a thread like this, it would be nice to have other eyes looking out for cards that have disappeared. I’ll start out and show this 1891 Cy Young rookie cab8net card which magically walked out of my closet years ago.

[oldjudge]

LOL, check your boxes in the basement

[Fred]

What makes you think that is Cy? Is it the ears? Just kidding

Nice cabinet! Not sure I would have misplaced something like that, but I've done crazier things, but not with a cool cabinet like that. I hope you find it.

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by BeanTown

Not sure if we have had a thread like this, it would be nice to have other eyes looking out for cards that have disappeared. I’ll start out and show this 1891 Cy Young rookie cab8net card which magically walked out of my closet years ago.

Jay,

Wow, what a card to be missing. What is the story? Or what do you suspect happened? Hope you get it back.

Regards,

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

Jay,

Wow, what a card to be missing. What is the story? Or what do you suspect happened? Hope you get it back.

Regards,

Card was in my house and was going to the bank box. My guess is my ex GF deadbeat Son went thru my house one time when I wasn’t home. I didn’t discover it missing until later. Was hoping it might turn up at auction. My hope is it’s missing and will be found, but my fear is it’s gone and the person who took it has no idea who or what it is. It could have ended up at some antique place with a price tag of 10.00 on it.

Very funny Jay on the basement comment.. hahahaha. Insert sarcasm

[LEHR]

I sent these four 1908-09 Pirate HOF photos to PSA for slabbing (I know, I know). FedEx misdelivered the photos on the return. They were signed for by someone who doesn't work in my office, and the security cameras showing all four sides of the building recorded no FedEx deliveries that day. I will say that PSA stepped up and reimbursed me for the full declared value of the photos, plus my shipping and slabbing fees; and were very helpful once I was finally put in contact with the right people. To this day I could care less about the money, I'd much rather have the photos back as they were important to my Pirates/Deadball era collection. This happened in December 2022 and I still check eBay, auction sites, local Facebook marketplace, etc. at least monthly hoping they will turn up so I can possibly buy them back. It still makes me sick when I think about them.

[calvindog]

Those are phenomenal photos.

[NiceDocter]

Man I feel for both the posters so far.... I bet these things will surface eventually and now with more eyes on them thanks to this thread. Keep hope alive! I know a lot of us will be on the lookout and both being such unique items they should be easy to remember and spot when they do show up. BTW I think this thread is a great idea IMHO.

[brooklynbotter]

Not quite the same theme but both of these were snatched off my porch on Saturday.

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by LEHR

I sent these four 1908-09 Pirate HOF photos to PSA for slabbing (I know, I know). FedEx misdelivered the photos on the return. They were signed for by someone who doesn't work in my office, and the security cameras showing all four sides of the building recorded no FedEx deliveries that day. I will say that PSA stepped up and reimbursed me for the full declared value of the photos, plus my shipping and slabbing fees; and were very helpful once I was finally put in contact with the right people. To this day I could care less about the money, I'd much rather have the photos back as they were important to my Pirates/Deadball era collection. This happened in December 2022 and I still check eBay, auction sites, local Facebook marketplace, etc. at least monthly hoping they will turn up so I can possibly buy them back. It still makes me sick when I think about them.

Not a lot of good Vic Willis photos out there, those are great images!!!

I also don’t think I realized how tall Willis was…6’2” was exceptionally tall for the time period.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Not a lot of good Vic Willis photos out there, those are great images!!!

I also don’t think I realized how tall Willis was…6’2” was exceptionally tall for the time period.

Rhett, it surprises me to learn that Willis was apparently taller than WaJo, whose height was 6'1" per baseballreference.com.

[brianp-beme]

The T3 for Willis definitely makes him seem pretty lanky.

Brian (edited to add a 'not my lanky Willis' T3 image)

[Seven]

Including this one from a couple of years ago, I previously made posts about it. It was delivered to the wrong house, immediately showed up about a week later in a new auction, on ebay, in New Jersey (For reference I live in NY).

Ended up finding a replacement for it, in a lower grade, but still to this day, I'd rather have the card. Probably long since been cracked and reslabbed. It is what it is. If anyone sees it, please let me know.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by Seven

Including this one from a couple of years ago, I previously made posts about it. It was delivered to the wrong house, immediately showed up about a week later in a new auction, on ebay, in New Jersey (For reference I live in NY).

Ended up finding a replacement for it, in a lower grade, but still to this day, I'd rather have the card. Probably long since been cracked and reslabbed. It is what it is. If anyone sees it, please let me know.

When that card last sold in an ebay auction (after the probstein sale) the seller of the card was from Oregon.

[Seven]

Originally Posted by Pat R

When that card last sold in an ebay auction (after the probstein sale) the seller of the card was from Oregon.

Yes, you are correct. The seller that I purchased it from was located in Oregon. It was shipped to Brooklyn, New York, and misdelievered to the wrong house. I made a detailed post about it, that garnered many responses a while back.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=285378