Father Passed and Left me his collection. Please Help.

[scottglevy]

I’ll add my opinion here. I STRONGLY encourage you to consign the collection to a reputable auction house - there are quite a few of them but REA and Love of the game are the two that come to mind immediately.

You are admittedly not an expert in cards - which is exactly why you should hire an expert auction company to act in your best interest and the two above ones will.

I also recommend that you save a small handful of cards for yourself - even if it just sits in a drawer - one day you may want to pull it out and remember dad.

I’m very sorry about your loss - but dad left behind a remarkable “card legacy”

My best wishes
Scott

[Skatehabitat24]

[ullmandds]

beautiful cards...being a yankees fan i like your dads style!!! Love the chesbro and the matty...SHARP!!!!!

[seablaster]

Your father had good taste; I can tell you that.

[Skatehabitat24]

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Skatehabitat24

AWESOME!!! Sharp highlanders!

[Skatehabitat24]

I apologize again for the shitty photos guys... Scanner didn't work too well, so is my phone for now, but Ill figure it out. Everyone here is amazing and I thank you so much for everything. Its been amazing interacting with these cards so far and you guys were the ones who pushed me to at least start. I was too nervous to touch them before let alone open them take pictures and reholster. Thank you guys my old man wouldve been happy as hell here with all of you.

[jbsports33]

Your Dad had some great cards! There is so much history which is why I enjoy talking about them - looks like you got a great response already!

scanning the photos can be a good option as well

Jimmy

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Yeah it' a shame he didn't know about us. He would've been a collecting brother to all of us for sure.

[GoldenAge50s]

---to enlarge a couple of the scans. What do you think?

I just added my Brown for comparison.

[GoldenAge50s]

----93 posts in the 1st day and a half and not a peep by ANYONE since I put up some scans yesterday? (Not even the OP).

I'm amazed & perplexed at the same time.

[brianp-beme]

I have found that overall the weekend is a slower period of Net54 traffic than during the week...perhaps people like to check out and post while they are on the job instead of doing what they are paid to do.

By the way, those large scans really do hint at how nice a batch of vintage cards the OP has inherited.

Brian

[Ricky]

I hate to say it, but I'm skeptical of some of those cards...

[xplainer]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

----93 posts in the 1st day and a half and not a peep by ANYONE since I put up some scans yesterday? (Not even the OP).

I'm amazed & perplexed at the same time.

I am a little skeptical too.
However, I am watching and waiting for expert comments. Which I can not provide.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

By the way, those large scans really do hint at how nice a batch of vintage cards the OP has inherited.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think that's the point that Fred was trying to convey with the large scans.

I'll go ahead and say it. To me, the Brown appears trimmed and the the Young appears to have re-colored corners. The borders on Brown are too thin and no way Young has that much border wear, but barely any wear on the corners.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think that's the point that Fred was trying to convey with the large scans.

I'll go ahead and say it. To me, the Brown appears trimmed and the the Young appears to have re-colored corners. The borders on Brown are too thin and no way Young has that much border wear, but barely any wear on the corners.

The gold borders on T205 cards flake easily, and can be exclusive to corner wear. It is possible that the corners have been recolored.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

The enlarged scans of the Plank and Young tell my eyes that they are 100% great, original cards, and that the T206 Brown is original but has incredibly crisp borders and sharp corners (possibility of trimming, but also could just be a top condition card).

Brian

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

----93 posts in the 1st day and a half and not a peep by ANYONE since I put up some scans yesterday? (Not even the OP).

I'm amazed & perplexed at the same time.

I'm guessing there have been many many PMs exchanged. Some folks like to keep it on the down low if they sense there is a good opportunity to be had.

[Skatehabitat24]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

----93 posts in the 1st day and a half and not a peep by ANYONE since I put up some scans yesterday? (Not even the OP).

I'm amazed & perplexed at the same time.

Thank you for the enlarged photos.

To give a little bit more information the writing on the bottom of the piedmont and sports life cards are more of a light/dark brown rather than a black. Idk if that helps? Both cobbs the speaker and the others have brown writing. The caramel plank has black writing on the bottom of the card.

On the Cy young card and the coloring of the corners, I looked at the gloss in the light and it all seems super consistent (the gold border) and the corners have slight wear to them so if they were colored I dont think there would be any white wearing to them at all? As one member said it looks like the gold border is fragile and prone to chipping as there are several slight "chips" in the border.

I could provide measurements on the brown card as well I really don't see any evidence of trimming the sides of the card look absolutely untouched, but I am absolutely no expert I have no clue.

I am still gathering a lot of information as the days go on as I talk with people to learn more about the cards and get ready to make the decision on grading or whatever the future is. Thank you everybody for looking, discussing and telling me your opinions. I really appreciate the enlarged photos too!!!!

Any more info regarding the cards I can provide just ask thank you.

[xplainer]

Originally Posted by scottglevy

I’ll add my opinion here. I STRONGLY encourage you to consign the collection to a reputable auction house - there are quite a few of them but REA and Love of the game are the two that come to mind immediately.

You are admittedly not an expert in cards - which is exactly why you should hire an expert auction company to act in your best interest and the two above ones will.

I also recommend that you save a small handful of cards for yourself - even if it just sits in a drawer - one day you may want to pull it out and remember dad.

I’m very sorry about your loss - but dad left behind a remarkable “card legacy”

My best wishes
Scott

Best post on this thread. Some have said some of this, but this sums it up in quick terms.
Exactlly what I would say.
-Jimmy