Father Passed and Left me his collection. Please Help.

[GoldenAge50s]

-----for posting your thoughts. I never will be as expert on old tobacco cards as are MANY here on N54, which is why I posted the larger scans.

Doesn't the huge white borders & bottom line printing on Brown look very funny & unreal to anyone? It doesn't seem to be close to the printing on my Brown.

Hope others chime in--I'm just trying to educate myself!

[charlietheexterminator]

Sorry for your loss guy. You don’t normally see so many great looking cards in one collection, wish you supplied better pics. I could be wrong, but I’m not feeling the black ink the names were printed in.

[xplainer]

Originally Posted by charlietheexterminator

Sorry for your loss guy. You don’t normally see so many great looking cards in one collection, wish you supplied better pics. I could be wrong, but I’m not feeling the black ink the names were printed in.

Yeap.

[LincolnVT]

Does the McGraw CJ look a bit long to anyone else? Maybe just the angle.

[Skatehabitat24]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

-----for posting your thoughts. I never will be as expert on old tobacco cards as are MANY here on N54, which is why I posted the larger scans.

Doesn't the huge white borders & bottom line printing on Brown look very funny & unreal to anyone? It doesn't seem to be close to the printing on my Brown.

Hope others chime in--I'm just trying to educate myself!

Not sure about the printing being any different. Same placement, color and position. My pictures suck, but the writing when im looking at it in my hands seems to match exactly especially the color. Your card has perfect side to side centering while mine is off by a decent margin. The up and down seems a little skinny and suspect on the top of the card because our bottoms look very similar in regards to spacing I do agree. I could measure my card pretty accurately. When I hold it on its side and look at the sides themselves I just dont see any evidence of trimming, but again I have no idea. Thank you guys.

Edit: I put the brown card on top of the green cobb card to compare sizes and it looks the exact same size if not a nano meter(idk what to call it) bigger. Both side to side and up and down seems to be same size. Again I have no idea if that helps or if it proves anything.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Skatehabitat24

Not sure about the printing being any different. Same placement, color and position. My pictures suck, but the writing when im looking at it in my hands seems to match exactly especially the color. Your card has perfect side to side centering while mine is off by a decent margin. The up and down seems a little skinny and suspect on the top of the card because our bottoms look very similar in regards to spacing I do agree. I could measure my card pretty accurately. When I hold it on its side and look at the sides themselves I just dont see any evidence of trimming, but again I have no idea. Thank you guys.

Edit: I put the brown card on top of the green cobb card to compare sizes and it looks the exact same size if not a nano meter(idk what to call it) bigger. Both side to side and up and down seems to be same size. Again I have no idea if that helps or if it proves anything.

What does that gold sticker on the case of the card of M Brown say?

[xplainer]

Originally Posted by bnorth

What does that gold sticker on the case of the card of M Brown say?

Good question.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by xplainer

Good question.

It looks familiar but I just can't remember what it is. I PMed the OP for pics sent directly from their phone to my email. If they can do that it should be pretty easy to see what they are with full size pictures. Most cell phones take very high quality pictures. The ones that have been posted on here are good pics that have been greatly reduced in size.

[xplainer]

Originally Posted by bnorth

It looks familiar but I just can't remember what it is. I PMed the OP for pics sent directly from their phone to my email. If they can do that it should be pretty easy to see what they are with full size pictures. Most cell phones take very high quality pictures. The ones that have been posted on here are good pics that have been greatly reduced in size.

Here is a copy.
Looks like magnetic corners or a screw down. Made for modern cards. So this T206 would float round and corners damaged, as the case was turned or moved. It would move around freely.
Just my take, and I hope, I am wrong.

[GoldenAge50s]

---I can't get past how fantastic these edges & borders look, like no wear at all!

Where did your Father get his cards??

[CobbSpikedMe]

The Evers looks short top to bottom for sure.

[Skatehabitat24]

Originally Posted by bnorth

What does that gold sticker on the case of the card of M Brown say?

It says Goober's

Most of my fathers cards came from Cooperstown and auctions from what I know. He built most if not all of the collection before I was born.

[xplainer]

A quick check on google brings up yaz sportcards. Yaz, you want to jump in here? I know you are a member.
Please explain it all. What do you know about this guys dads cards?

[Yastrzemski Sports]

Originally Posted by xplainer

A quick check on google brings up yaz sportcards. Yaz, you want to jump in here? I know you are a member.
Please explain it all. What do you know about this guys dads cards?

Hi. I am here. If he says they were bought before he was born I am assuming 20+ years ago - probably sometime in the 80s or 90s. I have only had a store here since 2006. I had family in Cooperstown and spent a couple of weeks here every summer but I was a kid myself and don’t remember seeing anything like this. Probably likely that his dad picked up some items here and at the Albany shows at the Polish Community Center and he also mentioned auctions. But it’s before my time to know exactly where they came from.
I did send him a message with an offer to help if he was in the area. I carry card savers and can help him get a submission ready for psa, to determine which are appropriate for grading, give an estimate of value, etc. I haven’t heard back but the offer is still out there.

[xplainer]

Originally Posted by Yastrzemski Sports

Hi. I am here. If he says they were bought before he was born I am assuming 20+ years ago - probably sometime in the 80s or 90s. I have only had a store here since 2006. I had family in Cooperstown and spent a couple of weeks here every summer but I was a kid myself and don’t remember seeing anything like this. Probably likely that his dad picked up some items here and at the Albany shows at the Polish Community Center and he also mentioned auctions. But it’s before my time to know exactly where they came from.
I did send him a message with an offer to help if he was in the area. I carry card savers and can help him get a submission ready for psa, to determine which are appropriate for grading, give an estimate of value, etc. I haven’t heard back but the offer is still out there.

Thanks Adam.

[Skatehabitat24]

Originally Posted by Yastrzemski Sports

Hi. I am here. If he says they were bought before he was born I am assuming 20+ years ago - probably sometime in the 80s or 90s. I have only had a store here since 2006. I had family in Cooperstown and spent a couple of weeks here every summer but I was a kid myself and don’t remember seeing anything like this. Probably likely that his dad picked up some items here and at the Albany shows at the Polish Community Center and he also mentioned auctions. But it’s before my time to know exactly where they came from.
I did send him a message with an offer to help if he was in the area. I carry card savers and can help him get a submission ready for psa, to determine which are appropriate for grading, give an estimate of value, etc. I haven’t heard back but the offer is still out there.

Thank you very much for the offer. I really appreciate it. I have been in your store before when I visited last visited the Hall. Great place. Im still deciding and working on what I want to do. Ill be down again to visit Copperstown with or without the cards most likely this summer! Such an awesome place.

Adding a few more photos (still shitty sorry) Going to be continuing to take better photos as I transfer the cards, Ive been very busy at work and doing projects around my house, but I will continue to try to update when I can, thank you guys.

[boneheadandrube]

Originally Posted by Skatehabitat24

It says Goober's

Most of my fathers cards came from Cooperstown and auctions from what I know. He built most if not all of the collection before I was born.

Goobers was a high end dealer and sometimes auction house in the late 1980's to early 1990's. San Francisco area father and son company.