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Posted By: Huge Finds. How often do they happen.
How often does a huge find of quantity or quality get published on the net? |
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Posted By: Gilbert Maines
Of course, "huge" is a term which warrants definition, but I'd say it averages out to two per year. |
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Posted By: Rich Klein
Remember; some huge finds are kept very quiet; they could go into a private collection or not be publicized |
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Posted By: Gilbert Maines
Certainly Rich, |
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Posted By: peter chao
Would people consider a huge find to be a collection valued at over a million. If so, I would agree that it is approximately 2 times a year. |
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Posted By: JK
Peter, |
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Posted By: peter chao
You are right, I was thinking more about collections that I find out about. That's quite different than a find. A more realistic value for a find would be approximately $100,000. |
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Posted By: dennis
i don't think you would classify a collection as a "find". i think a find would be more of a non-collector coming across a collection that was put together by someone years ago and then forgot about only to be discovered. like the oregon trail ojs,mr. mints 1955 bowman boxes,etc... |
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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
A lot of us have experienced "finds" to varying degrees, it all depends what we like to collect. |
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Posted By: Clint
Ted, do you have any of the plates left? I would like to see one if you could. I've never seen one of the plates before. |
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Posted By: dennis
ted what you found were "finds" and fine finds indeed! |
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Posted By: JimB
I think one of the most incredible finds of the last ten years or so has to have been REA's find of five T206 Cobb/Cobb backs. It brought the total known population at the time from six to eleven. Amazing! |
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Posted By: barrysloate
I agree Jim, that one was extraordinary. Two others of note were Ron Oser's Kalamazoo Bats find- that's where most of the N.Y. Giants come from; and Rob's other find of six Four Base Hits from one source. |
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Posted By: dennis
where did the cobb/cobbs come from? |
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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Each of the 7 plates were large tin plates with the 32 front images of the cards. Rizzuto (#1) was the 1st card and Del Crandall (#32) |
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Posted By: History Of Baseball Fan
Weren't those 5 Cobb with Cobb backs found in an old book ? |
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Posted By: barrysloate
Yes- the Cobbs were found in a book, in the Atlanta area. |
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Posted By: JimB
Yes, they were in the scrapbook of a former general store owner if I remember correctly. I think they were found by the grandson in the 80's and held for a while before he realized their enormous value and decided to sell them. One of the examples has the initials "JH" written on the back. They were the initials of the original owner of the cards. |
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Posted By: Randy Trierweiler
I found a complete set of 1952 "To a Royal Fan" B&W Premiums in an antique shop in St. Charles, MO in 1976 for $2. I sold the set for $50! |
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Posted By: Clint
Thanks for the info Ted. Those were incredible finds indeed. I also never tire of seeing your uncut sheets. Thanks for sharing. |
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Posted By: peter chao
Any more wild theories on how 5 T206 Cobb/Cobb backs could end up in the hands of one collector? |
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Posted By: Jimmy
On the internet I would say I here of a few every year. Outside the internet I come across at least one good find a year that keeps me going that I am able to purchase. |
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Posted By: peter chao
Jimmy, |
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Posted By: Jimmy
I attend at least a few shows a month helping other dealers and I travel through New England most of the year on weekends sometimes - you just never know. I also have a website now and just got a call from a person with a collection in Florida. Having a website and doing eBay auctions, attending shows, getting around helps a lot with contacts and opportunities. I also conduct free appraisals on my website and at my local antique shop which helps. I have been collecting for years, but turned to buying and selling because it was hard to purchase all the nice items I was seeing. I also have other contacts willing to buy collections with me which helps me make a quick decision if I needed to |
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Posted By: peter chao
Those are a bunch of good ideas. How about a small ad in a local paper? Have you tried that recently? |
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Posted By: boxingbaseballgolf33
I work with some other local dealers and they work on getting ads for us in local papers and other sources, while I do most of the internet tasks, listings and website developing. In the past I have had some luck, but nothing recently. |
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Posted By: Fred C
The last two large OJ finds seem to belong to Dave Levin. I think people find him via an internet search. You can create a web presence and then set up search engines to seek out your site. The internet is the greatest method of reaching more people than local news papers. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that most people would use the internet to research the value of "things". If the person doesn't have a clue about it then I'm sure they know someone that does and an internet search will probably be made on something that may "appear" to hold/have value. |
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Posted By: peter chao
Fred C., |
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Posted By: Zach S.
Does anyone have an update on the recent find that was brought up on this board (the skydash find)? |
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Posted By: JimB
Peter, |
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Posted By: Fred C
Peter, |
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Posted By: peter chao
Here's what I don't understand, when the T206 Cobb backs came out, Ty was already a superstar. You would think that people would keep his cards and throw away the commons. If that happened then why aren't there more Cobb backs out there. |
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Posted By: dennis
they were never inserted into cig packs for people to acquire. speculation is that they were samples or perhaps a one of a kind sheet etc...not much known about them. |
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