Vintage collection finds

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Don't forget the original "Southern Find" in which an elderly man from Louisiana sold a large box of beautiful T213-2s and 3s in the mid 80's. I was one of the 4 buyers and almost every high grade Coupon in the hobby derived from this find. I don't remember the exact number of cards or the breakdown but I believe each of the 4 of us had 4-5 Series 2 Cobbs. I went with T213-3s after the HOFers were divied out and missed by one card having a complete creaseless T213-3 set with an additional card which Lipset said was only rumored to exist. Unfortunately I sold the set in the late 80's to Bill Mastro for a pittance compared to what it would sell for now. I spotted a lot of the HOFers in lots in subsequent Mastro auctions and at least once Bill referred to the "Southern Find."
A footnote- there were several overprinted back T213-3s. I know I had two Cobbs, McGraw, Bender and some commons. The overprinted factory backs are extremely tough!