Alert.....HUGE baseball card collection stolen!
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Here's a link to a thread over on Network54 about the recent theft of a large baseball card collection in New York:
Please Read!
I ask everyone to please keep their eyes and ears open, so this collection can be returned to its rightful owner.
Steve
Please Read!
I ask everyone to please keep their eyes and ears open, so this collection can be returned to its rightful owner.
Steve
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Collection was uninsured and alarm system was disabled by cutting two wires.
People, if you have a comparable collection; get it fully insured, keep it in a secured location (either in a bank safety deposit box or fireproof safe), and invest in a dependable and reliable alarm system. Let this terrible experience be a valuable lesson learned for you.
A lot of people do not insure collectibles for either of two reasons I know of: 1) it can be costly to get good insurance and/or 2) the reason they have a million dollar collection of stuff is because they are really rich so they just "self insure." The financial loss is not great to some. In my line of work I talk to many wealthy people with multi-million dollar collections of art, cards, coins, etc... and the majority are not insured.
1st off, the electric was cut and the phone line was cut right? Okay, well alarms have backup batteries in them. Should keep the system armed regardless of the phone line and elctricity. The perpetrator had to know 1) where the alarm panel was located. If the key wasn't left in the alarm panel, they'd have to pop it open, find the leads to the battery backup and cut them/disconnect them within the 45 seconds most alarms give before going off. Either that or just the doors on the house were protected and not the windows. If the alarm wasn't set to go off with the slightest movements, the perp had a lifetime in the house. 2) they'd have to know where the collection was to swipe it. With that much stuff, it's not just a smash and grab--it would take time. Whoever took that poor guy's stuff knew a lot more than the owner realized.
If and when anyone here goes and gets their house armed with an alarm, make sure you take the key out of the alarm panel!
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Collection was uninsured
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Is that from personal knowledge? I hadn't read that in the original post....
<< <i>People, if you have a comparable collection; get it fully insured, keep it in a secured location (either in a bank safety deposit box or fireproof safe), and invest in a dependable and reliable alarm system. Let this terrible experience be a valuable lesson learned for you.
A lot of people do not insure collectibles for either of two reasons I know of: 1) it can be costly to get good insurance and/or 2) the reason they have a million dollar collection of stuff is because they are really rich so they just "self insure." The financial loss is not great to some. In my line of work I talk to many wealthy people with multi-million dollar collections of art, cards, coins, etc... and the majority are not insured. >>
True but I would think they have a better security system and safe/box.
Feel bad for the guy but to have an uninsured million $ (?) collection and inferior security.... He should know better.
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Steve
Steve
<< <i>People, if you have a comparable collection; get it fully insured, keep it in a secured location (either in a bank safety deposit box or fireproof safe), and invest in a dependable and reliable alarm system. Let this terrible experience be a valuable lesson learned for you.
A lot of people do not insure collectibles for either of two reasons I know of: 1) it can be costly to get good insurance and/or 2) the reason they have a million dollar collection of stuff is because they are really rich so they just "self insure." The financial loss is not great to some. In my line of work I talk to many wealthy people with multi-million dollar collections of art, cards, coins, etc... and the majority are not insured. >>
Insurance just takes the value of your collectibles away from you more slowly than a thief.
I am downsizing and selling raw cards and getting organized and focusing on completing my graded card sets and not starting new ones until I complete one at a time. For the graded cards that I own I am taking front and back pictures of all cards that I own of value. Hopefully this will be a learning lesson for us collectors of cards. Times are getting crazy folks!
Ryan
1951 Topps Red backs psa 8 only!
1960 Golden Press Presidential set Psa 8 's - Psa 9's
1961 Golden Press psa 9's
1976 Topps baseball psa 9 Stars
1980 Kelloggs baseball Psa 9's - Psa 10's
1988-1989 Fleer Basketball psa 9's
1988-1989 Fleer Stickers psa 9's
1989-1990 Fleer Basketball psa 10's
1992 Coca-Cola Donruss Nolan Ryan 1-26 Psa 10 only Gpa 9.80++ E-mail Newyork00007@aol.com
<< <i>For the graded cards that I own I am taking front and back pictures of all cards that I own of value. Hopefully this will be a learning lesson for us collectors of cards. Times are getting crazy folks!
Ryan
That's a good idea Ryan. At the absolute least, any PSA or SGC graded cards you own should be loaded into the set registry, whether you're working on any sets with the card(s) or not. That way, there's a record of you owning the card. Then if, Heaven forbid, your cards get stolen, you'll be notified if the thief or their buyer tries to load it into the registry themself. Of course, this won't help if the cards are broken out of the slabs, but it's a good step none-the-less
Steve
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<< <i>For the graded cards that I own I am taking front and back pictures of all cards that I own of value. Hopefully this will be a learning lesson for us collectors of cards. Times are getting crazy folks!
Ryan
That's a good idea Ryan. At the absolute least, any PSA or SGC graded cards you own should be loaded into the set registry, whether you're working on any sets with the card(s) or not. That way, there's a record of you owning the card. Then if, Heaven forbid, your cards get stolen, you'll be notified if the thief or their buyer tries to load it into the registry themself. Of course, this won't help if the cards are broken out of the slabs, but it's a good step none-the-less
Steve >>
Yes I have all cards registered onto my Psa registry
How about a May special anyone??
Ryan
1951 Topps Red backs psa 8 only!
1960 Golden Press Presidential set Psa 8 's - Psa 9's
1961 Golden Press psa 9's
1976 Topps baseball psa 9 Stars
1980 Kelloggs baseball Psa 9's - Psa 10's
1988-1989 Fleer Basketball psa 9's
1988-1989 Fleer Stickers psa 9's
1989-1990 Fleer Basketball psa 10's
1992 Coca-Cola Donruss Nolan Ryan 1-26 Psa 10 only Gpa 9.80++ E-mail Newyork00007@aol.com