Vintage collection finds

[tbob]

About 10 years ago I was contacted by a guy who sells on ebay and lives in the area about a guy who wandered in to his business (the guy used to have a restaurant with tons of 60's cards displayed on the walls) and said he had some cards for sale, pre-war. I walked down there and he had a handful of T205s. I bought 2 Mattys, one VG+ the other EXMT and a NRMT Dooin. The guy who called me bought a common and a HOFer also. The seller was from Louisiana and he supposedly had a whole set of T205s plus some Victorys and Kottons and was going to be back. We started wondering about the cards the more we talked to him because we had the sneaky feeling the cards were actually his brother's He was supposed to get back with us but never did. I STILL feel that one of these days someone from Louisiana is going to turn loose of a large collection of Victorys in to the hobby but it hasn't happened yet....

[gabrinus]

Bob, most of the T213s went back to Delong but there are about 25 left along with a few General Baking, Kottons, etc. If Mr. Delong had not sold his collection before ebay he would be one of the top collectors in US-------I bought a T216 Wagner and E98 Cobb from him as a kid for roughly $20 apiece, a D303 Lajoie for $15. He had a T207 Lowdermilk in the store. Great guy.....those were the days.