T206 Sacrifice by Fire

[Bpm0014]

Horrible idea. Kind of reminds me of that clown Adrien Broner (boxer) who burns $100 bills on Youtube and flushes $20s and $50s down his toilet to show how rich he is.....

[t206blogcom]

Dumbest idea I've ever heard.

[bnorth]

BURN IT!!! It is a very plain ugly set that is about as common as a 1990 Donruss.

[boneheadandrube]

One rat chewy common? Go ahead and burn it, its just a "spent" baseball card...and this kid everyone wants you to give it to would forget about it as soon as something better came along. Give the kid a choice between a Bunk Congalton with no face and 1 hour of playtime with the video game he wants but doesn't have and I'd bet he'd choose the hour.

[Econteachert205]

If you use it to light a 20 dollar cigar while on your yacht that's pretty cool.

[cliftons8]

Think of it this way:What if someone else had one with an authentic signature and was going to burn it?
There are a lot of collectors that collect beaters and would really appreciate it as a gift.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

If you use it to light a 20 dollar cigar while on your yacht that's pretty cool.

Why do I see this picture...?

[Peter_Spaeth]

I wish your 51 Mantle was centered just a hair better -- beautiful card.

[boneheadandrube]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

If you use it to light a 20 dollar cigar while on your yacht that's pretty cool.

...or lighting a little cigar taken from a previously unopened Dogs Head pack.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

Horrible idea. Kind of reminds me of that clown Adrien Broner (boxer) who burns $100 bills on Youtube and flushes $20s and $50s down his toilet to show how rich he is.....

$100? Pish-posh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6q4n5TQnpA

[egri]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

If you use it to light a 20 dollar cigar while on your yacht that's pretty cool.

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

Horrible idea. Kind of reminds me of that clown Adrien Broner (boxer) who burns $100 bills on Youtube and flushes $20s and $50s down his toilet to show how rich he is.....

At the outset of World War II, when it became evident that the Japanese were going to take the Philippines, the US garrison there was ordered to destroy several million dollars of US currency so as to keep it out of Japanese hands. One of the officers who was there remembered using a couple $500 bills to light his cigar, and dumping huge bricks of large bills into an oil drum, where they were incinerated.

[Rich Klein]

was formed; we agreed to find a T206 Dick Egan carfd (our opinion as the ugliest player in the set) and sacrrifice the card to ensure the success of the committee.

When I started to do that at the SABR convention committee meetting, we ended up selling the card for $21 (more than I paid) for seed for one of the yearly prizes.

So, I'm owed a chance at burning a T206 caard;

Rich