Posted By:
Tom BatchelorHey Martin,
I think that close to one thousand cards is accurate. We arranged them alphabetically and Marco and Jeff (Prillaman) graded them several times over.
Those of us that worked there were allowed to cherry pick any cards we wanted and pay a reasonable fee. I took 3 nrmt-mt commons and 3 HOFers (Bender port, Griffith port, and Joss port). I sold 3 years later to a radiologist in Philadelphia who ended up buying many of those cards. I needed money for med school tuition and my wedding.
The bulk of the HOFers went to a dozen or so high end investors. I only remember the radiologist in Philly who bought my 6 cards sight unseen.
Jeff Prillaman is still in Charlottesville (owner of Cavalier Cards) and was much more intimately involved with the whole find and sale of the find.
It was such a tremendous experience to see all those cards sitting on one big table at once.