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HUGE collection stolen over 4th
MintMoondog
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Hey all, I was in Phili at a chess tournament with my sons, over the weekend, someone broke into my home and stole my entire collection of baseball cards (mainly from the 70s) this included 14 psa 9 and 2 psa Yzerman 10 rookies, huge numbers of Cabrera, pulhols and Barry Sanders rookies and about 30K plus psa cards from the 70s (my collection is under MintMoondog and spans 60 through 70s many are registered here) for example have almost 3 complete 1972 psa sets, complete 73 set, almost 5 complete mini sets, 73s, 74s etc. Please get the word out, I suspect the idiots will find it a bit harder to unload these than they thought. I also had 2 sealed 77 topps vending (bought from BBCE) and 2 sealed 1975 mini cases...a sealed 81 (theycould have just asked for those
- and a sealed 79...its hard to think of everything (Kaline rookie and 2nd year in 8) and police are on the way as I type. Any help is greatly appreciated - please keep an eye out and spread the word among dealers...
Henry
- and a sealed 79...its hard to think of everything (Kaline rookie and 2nd year in 8) and police are on the way as I type. Any help is greatly appreciated - please keep an eye out and spread the word among dealers...Henry
75 Minis - GET IN MY BELLY!
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Sorry for your loss.
Shane
I'm really sorry to hear this. That is why we should all be careful who you know that you'll be out of town. Personally, I have a close neighbor collect my mail and don't tell anyone else...not the mailman, post office, newspaper. As a kid, someone broke in my house twice and both times nearly cleared out my card collection.
Rgs,
Greg M.
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Please tell me you had collectible insurance?
Jim
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Hope the collection turns up, so sorry to hear this.
"If I ever decided to do a book, I've already got the title-The Bases Were Loaded and So Was I"-Jim Fregosi
Get in touch with some of the local cards shops in your area and make them aware of it. That is usually where they would go to unload collections.
Good luck...Donato
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I have a question: If you give PSA all your cert #s will they put the cards on a hot list the same way law enforcement does for vin #s on stolen cars?
One other thing to think about, did your sons show off your collection to their freinds. Have some of their freinds had brushes with the law before? Does anyone in your extended family have a drug problem?
The best of luck on recovering your collection.
Tom
Sorry this happened to you.
Alert every card shop in the area ASAP.
Also wouldn't hurt to offer them a reward if they assist in the apprehension.
"How about a little fire Scarecrow ?"
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Good luck...
That is terrible news. I know this won't help you in this instance, but I still feel safe deposit boxes are the way to go. I spend over $400 per year on three monster boxes at my bank. Any card that I spend over $20 goes in there once a week. If they want my 1990 Pro Set hockey, please come and get it.
There is the age old debate of safe deposit vs. being able to display. I can see both sides. Theft is not the only issue of course. I saw a neighbors house burn down a few years ago so that is always a rare concern.
Of course a wax case is not able to fit in a safe deposit box. I hope you had your cards in some sort of registry. That is one of the side values of PSA's registry.
In any event I hope for the best to you in this situation. These low lifes have no morals.
Frank
Whenever I go out of town, I also have a house sitter who is an off duty police officer, armed and ready for any nefarious activitiy. I'm not kidding.
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That's what I was going to suggest.
Also, do an eBay search for some of the key cards and make sure to include the PSA grade in your search. Then add them to your saved searches in "My eBay". You will receive an email each time one is listed that matches the search criteria.
The cert numbers should be easy to track if the ever pop up on the grid again, and they will. Since he had most/all of the cards in the Set Registry, they are already "written down".
and you get those morons.. people are amazingly selfish
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Henry
Please post (or PM upon request) a list of all of the cert numbers you have. There is little possibility they can move all of those cards without it leaving some kind of a traceable trail back to the thief.
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This reminds me of a local story where a couple guys broke into a paintball store, and stole a bunch of stuff including a couple custom guns. There were one-of-a-kind (like the PSA cert numbers are) and the thieves posted them on ebay a few weeks later. The local sheriff's department was notified, the sheriff's department bid on the items and won, drove to the seller's payment address, and made the arrest. They recovered all of the property.
My god if this happened to me I would have to be committed into a mental hospital...
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collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
I hope the perps are NAILED and justice is served VERY swiftly!!!
Best of luck in retrieving your massive collection
I live in Cornelia/Baldwin (Habersham County). If I see anything up this way I'll be sure to contact you and the authorities.
Go Phillies
the good news is that I believe (and so does the detective) that we know who took all my stuff - once this is resolved I will relay the story, it is a doozy. However, it has been over 10 days since the theft so I am afraid that my collection might already be partially liquidated. Please keep a eye out for PSA stuff being sold out of the GA area. There are very few if any sellers of PSA from my state.
BTW thank you all for your kind words and encouragement, I apologize for not replying to all of you yet personally,
Henry
Shows the need for insurance. No one likes to pay for it...and you may never need it..but............
Just renewed my policy ...covers everything up to $243,000. Cost? $1,000 per year.
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Shows the need for insurance. No one likes to pay for it...and you may never need it..but............
Just renewed my policy ...covers everything up to $243,000. Cost? $1,000 per year.
Do you have to provide a video or documentation of the value? What compnay do you use? Sounds like it's worth the piece of mind. Is the premium based on the total value of the collection?
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
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By the way I also was born in Detroit and lived there 27 years.I have many great memmories of the old neighborhoods.I am sorry for you losses.I hope they catch the SOBS and put them away for a looonnnnggg Time.
a couple of nice safe deposit boxes are actually cheaper than insurance. no dealing with adjusters, because the stuff never gets stolen.
i know the downside is that you cannot display them, or hold them on a moment's notice-I TOTALLY AGREE. however there are weeks that go by that i don't even give my collection a spare thought. when i get into the mood i head up to the bank, go into one of their rooms and no one bothers you for hours.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.