$50,000 stolen from card shop

[todeen]

Personally, this seems like something that would be akin to bicycle robbery or chop shops. Cops have bigger fish to fry, and this could be put on the back burner. Still, I hope the best for the owner.

[rsst206]

To each there own. I collect vintage but 10 years ago i bought these 2 boxes because my kids were playing baseball So i bought series 1 and 2 and by the time series 3 came out kids weren't interested in them so i
put away in there closet. I believe i was into them for $120
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303954864323
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303929995197
some may say i sold to cheap Was able to pay my Hunt auction winning of some silks i needed.

[TobaccoKing4]

The value of the cards once opened are irrelevant. The bottom line is that the boxes sell for a certain amount in the marketplace. It doesn't matter if you think it is a good buy or not, the store owner is now out tens of thousands of dollars. I'm sure there are plenty of people that think the prices of the Prewar cards that we all love are ridiculous too

[egri]

Originally Posted by todeen

Personally, this seems like something that would be akin to bicycle robbery or chop shops. Cops have bigger fish to fry, and this could be put on the back burner. Still, I hope the best for the owner.

Several years ago, my grandmother fell for a variation of the Publishers Clearing House scam. After she had sent the thieves a sum roughly equivalent to this heist, she told my dad, who alerted the police. From talking with them, the sentiment he got was that if they got any leads, they would follow them, but on their priority list, it wasn't very high up. I hope the best for this owner, but hopefully he's got insurance to cover this.