It looks like we're gonna need a bigger boat.

[insidethewrapper]

Any reason indicated why they are selling everything ? Illness, bored , financial problems etc ? Just read a recent article and they stated they loved the museum . Any insights ?

[prewarsports]

Doug

PLEASE Break up the Cameo Pepsin pin collection into lots so I can win the Louis Sockalexis! Pretty Please!

Rhys Yeakley

[terjung]

Originally Posted by prewarsports

Doug

PLEASE Break up the Cameo Pepsin pin collection into lots so I can win the Louis Sockalexis! Pretty Please!

Rhys Yeakley

His Sockalexis pin is a real beauty too... let alone ridiculously rare.

[glchen]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Any reason indicated why they are selling everything ? Illness, bored , financial problems etc ? Just read a recent article and they stated they loved the museum . Any insights ?

According to the Legendary release, they are selling because of the time it takes to maintain the collection, which they want to put into other others. Here's a quote from the release:

“It sounds cliché but it’s true,” said Chad Dreier. “It is just time. Maintaining a collection of this caliber and size requires a considerable amount of energy that I want to put other places at this stage in my life. I can’t think of a better thing to do with our collection at this point than make it available for other collectors to appreciate.”

[mrvster]

did anyone see any t206 printer scrap??

[t206hound]

Originally Posted by mrvster

did anyone see any t206 printer scrap??

I was waiting for you to chime in...

[E93]

Originally Posted by mrvster

did anyone see any t206 printer scrap??

I did not look in the T206 binder, but I would be more surprised if there were NOT some examples.
JimB

[mrvster]

THANKS GUYS!!...i'm excited!!

[dstudeba]

This is really a monumental event. For those who haven't been fortunate enough to see the collection I will describe my impression of it when I was lucky enough to see it for the first time.

I had been putting together a collection of tough 50s regionals and pre-war PCL cards for about 5 years. I worked on my collection almost daily and had put significant funds into it. When I visited the collection, my entire collection was housed in a one or two binders in their collection.
There were shelves full of binders.
There were 4 or 5 rooms full of shelves full of binders.
There was a main showroom which a few of my cards would have been good enough to be displayed in.

The main showroom is larger than my house.

[Jewish-collector]

Originally Posted by dstudeba

...and had put significant funds into it.

Your "significant funds" is probably their pocket change.