Famous "Finds"

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Posted By: barry arnold

Some of you know how my find really got me into vintage cards.
Back in 1982, a best friend of mine had a death in her family--
a very old and revered great,great aunt.
My friend said that i was to have anything I wanted from this old,
beautiful farmhouse in rural Georgia.
Believe it or not, the first thing I found was a large display of
stuffed parakeets. I thought to myself(eerily)--what's next.
Then in the chest of drawers I found some 25 or so perfect 205's,203's,
206's, and 210's. Admittedly, at the time, I didn't know what they
really were---i knew Mantle,Mays,Aaron,etc.(and those weren't there!)
So like a really bright grad. student, I picked those cards as my
inheritance. And like a really not so bright grad.student, I hustled
to put them in one of those albums with 'frames'.
Then I started doing research and loving them--even selling off anything
i had that was not 205,210,206,203.
Years later when i realized that i'd better get them out of those
albums, i was able to salvage them pretty well--losing the gold around
the 205's here and there (ouch!) and causing a crease here and there
(the pain!).
Still, the Mathewson, the Bender, the Tinker,etc. got me hooked and
probably explains why i have all my cards slabbed religiously.

a great question

all the best

Barry Arnold