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  • KendallCatKendallCat Posts: 2,966 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just showed it to the wife who is next to me while I am reading the article. Asked her how many of these cards does she want us to buy at auction and she said all of them. 😉

  • 76collector76collector Posts: 986 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @KendallCat said:
    Just showed it to the wife who is next to me while I am reading the article. Asked her how many of these cards does she want us to buy at auction and she said all of them. 😉

    SHES A KEEPER...

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  • lwehlerslwehlers Posts: 860 ✭✭✭✭✭

    that is a really impressive collection. disappointing that it has to be sold because the man died.

  • bobbybradyjrbobbybradyjr Posts: 95 ✭✭✭

    @KendallCat said:
    Just showed it to the wife who is next to me while I am reading the article. Asked her how many of these cards does she want us to buy at auction and she said all of them. 😉

    My wife would ask why I don't have any of those cards that we could sell.😂

  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @AlanAllen said:
    Pretty amazing. Is it just me or does that Goudey Ruth have awfully narrow left and right borders?

    at first glance, i thought the m101-4 did too...

    my shoeless for comparison:

  • KendallCatKendallCat Posts: 2,966 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @76collector said:

    @KendallCat said:
    Just showed it to the wife who is next to me while I am reading the article. Asked her how many of these cards does she want us to buy at auction and she said all of them. 😉

    SHES A KEEPER...

    She definitely is and thank you for the nice compliment. She has gone to about 6-7 Nationals with us until work schedule did not permit her to go the last couple of years. Never once has she asked how much did you spend on a Mantle or Aaron, and only time she busted my chops was when I sold my Cracker Jack Cobb 😄

  • VagabondVagabond Posts: 551 ✭✭✭✭

    @AlanAllen said:
    Pretty amazing. Is it just me or does that Goudey Ruth have awfully narrow left and right borders?

    It does. Not the same comparison as the Joe Jackson. I don't even know what to believe anymore. The name of the game these days is "get the card in the holder".

  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Vagabond said:

    @AlanAllen said:
    Pretty amazing. Is it just me or does that Goudey Ruth have awfully narrow left and right borders?

    It does. Not the same comparison as the Joe Jackson. I don't even know what to believe anymore. The name of the game these days is "get the card in the holder".

    theres a slight optic illusion w the tilt of the shoeless, but the difference in overall ltr border size is there.

  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,680 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 18, 2021 5:33AM

    Interesting that this Mr. Mint Mantle wasn’t graded until 2013. Are most of the Mantles from that find in early flips? I guess people came around to the idea of grading at their own pace.

  • Mickey71Mickey71 Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 18, 2021 7:20AM

    The Babe is skinny and so are the borders. Awesome stuff. Was looking at some of his cards. WOW.

  • KendallCatKendallCat Posts: 2,966 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very hard to judge the always tricky 80-30 centering these days. 🤣 same with cards that are centered 45-45 in a slab.

  • ReggieClevelandReggieCleveland Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • CakesCakes Posts: 3,450 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ndleo said:
    This actually makes me feel sad in some ways. I don't want to be buried and my descendants hauling off grandpa's treasure to Kenny Goldin.

    I want to package the last slab in a bubble envelope and then ride off into the sunset.

    I know right. In another thread a guy has over 5,000, 86 Topps Traded, Barry Bonds cards. If something happens to him they will go straight to the LCS or auction.

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  • habs007habs007 Posts: 128 ✭✭✭

    look forward to seeing the hockey cards in his collection - high end vintage l hope !

  • TabeTabe Posts: 5,920 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @AlanAllen said:
    Pretty amazing. Is it just me or does that Goudey Ruth have awfully narrow left and right borders?

    That was the first thought I had when I saw the card, too.

  • CakesCakes Posts: 3,450 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 24, 2021 6:02AM

    Seems a little harsh! You are making a lot of assumptions and he can't really defend himself.

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  • PaulMaulPaulMaul Posts: 4,680 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 24, 2021 6:03AM

    He died in January, he may have become ill before the vaccine was available.

  • surfyfunsurfyfun Posts: 75 ✭✭

    @PaulMaul said:

    @surfyfun said:

    @Cakes said:
    Seems a little harsh! You are making a lot of assumptions and he can't really defend himself.

    What I was really looking for when I found that article was how a 70+ year old doctor dies when he should have been among the very first humans to be eligible for a shot. Either an interesting/amusing story there about why he didn’t get one or a worrying story about how the shot didn’t work on him. We shall never know…

    He died in January, he may have become ill before the vaccine was available.

    Good point.

  • mrmoparmrmopar Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭✭

    I loved reading about the Uncle Jimmy find. That is a collectors dream story, both how it came to be and how it was disclosed to the public.

    This story/collection is simply another well off professional who had the means (and some foresight, of course) to buy quality stuff. I would imagine there are a fraction of Uncle Jimmy types compared to the flood of doctors, lawyers, professional athletes/celebrities and those who simply have much more money than the average collector at their disposal. Nothing against them, but it's a lot easier to build an amazing collection when you can buy the best.

    I collect Steve Garvey, Dodgers and signed cards. Collector since 1978.
  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 24, 2021 6:03AM

    extremely poor taste, imo

  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 24, 2021 6:03AM

    >

    no, you talking on behalf of his kids. i didnt even click your lil link, but to stomp on a dead man when he cant defend himself and then presume that even if his professional life wasnt up to par that he was a terrible father and his kids would say “dad who?” is a completely classless move. regardless what he did, he’s still their dad.

  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 24, 2021 6:04AM

    even if they did, thats nothing short than sad. you gloating or finding joy about it is cause for some serious mental concerns.

    i hope though, if given the chance, theyd say the same about you. perhaps even worse.

  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @surfyfun said:

    @blurryface said:

    @surfyfun said:
    I would not at all be surprised to find it later confirmed his kids thought he was a giant turd as well.

    im sure given the chance, theyd say the same about you. and probably worse.

    I’m not thinking that’s so.

    great.

  • CakesCakes Posts: 3,450 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @blurryface said:

    @surfyfun said:

    Worker’s comp fraud? Agreed. I have little doubt this guy was a turd.

    no, you talking on behalf of his kids. i didnt even click your lil link, but to stomp on a dead man when he cant defend himself and then presume that even if his professional life wasnt up to par that he was a terrible father and his kids would say “dad who?” is a completely classless move. regardless what he did, he’s still their dad.

    It's shows poor character to attack and make fun of someone who has died. I am not saying surly has poor character just that it shows poor character in that situation. Let the man rest in peace.

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  • surfyfunsurfyfun Posts: 75 ✭✭

    @blurryface said:

    @surfyfun said:

    @blurryface said:

    @surfyfun said:
    I would not at all be surprised to find it later confirmed his kids thought he was a giant turd as well.

    im sure given the chance, theyd say the same about you. and probably worse.

    I’m not thinking that’s so.

    great.

    yep

  • emaremar Posts: 697 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 24, 2021 7:09AM

    @surfyfun The CU board is for collectors.
    Save your classless commenting for social media

  • AFLfanAFLfan Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good morning. I've amended a few of the recent quoted posts in this thread, but only deleted the comments of a certain member. It makes the conversation look a bit disjointed. Thank you for understanding.

    Todd Tobias - Grateful Collector - I focus on autographed American Football League sets, Fleer & Topps, 1960-1969, and lacrosse cards.
  • blurryfaceblurryface Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @AFLfan said:
    Good morning. I've amended a few of the recent quoted posts in this thread, but only deleted the comments of a certain member. It makes the conversation look a bit disjointed. Thank you for understanding.

    no explanation needed for those that saw it.

  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,127 ✭✭✭

    @ndleo said:
    This actually makes me feel sad in some ways. I don't want to be buried and my descendants hauling off grandpa's treasure to Kenny Goldin.

    I want to package the last slab in a bubble envelope and then ride off into the sunset.

    Honestly, when I sold my signed HOF rookies two+ years ago to buy my house, there was some relief in knowing I got max value and she wouldn't have to deal with it god forbid

  • 80sOPC80sOPC Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Exactly, the way to handle these collections is to sell them while still alive. This Doc caught COVID and died unexpectedly so not on him, but who would expect a wife to keep around sports cards that are worth 8 figures?

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