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The 'Delaware Find'

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  • dtkk49adtkk49a Posts: 2,490 ✭✭✭

    Wow, Amazing how much old stuff is still out there.

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  • FINESTKINDFINESTKIND Posts: 374 ✭✭✭

    I hope finds like that never end.

  • seebelowseebelow Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭

    so very cool

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  • BaltimoreYankeeBaltimoreYankee Posts: 3,109 ✭✭✭✭✭

    One thing I think is interesting: Why is the '53 Topps Mantle in a screw-down holder? If the cards were socked away for 6 decades they obviously didn't have screw downs back then and nobody uses them now. Maybe the original owner kept that one with him and screwed it down in the '80's or something.

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  • miwlvrnmiwlvrn Posts: 4,273 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BaltimoreYankee said:
    One thing I think is interesting: Why is the '53 Topps Mantle in a screw-down holder? If the cards were socked away for 6 decades they obviously didn't have screw downs back then and nobody uses them now. Maybe the original owner kept that one with him and screwed it down in the '80's or something.

    Same thing on the '55 Bowman Mantles too.

  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭

    great find... I agree I hope they never stop coming

    Fred

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  • bbcemporiumbbcemporium Posts: 684 ✭✭✭

    @BaltimoreYankee said:
    One thing I think is interesting: Why is the '53 Topps Mantle in a screw-down holder? If the cards were socked away for 6 decades they obviously didn't have screw downs back then and nobody uses them now. Maybe the original owner kept that one with him and screwed it down in the '80's or something.

    The owner also had a 1974 topps Mike Schmidt in a screwdown holder :). I'm not sure when or why these cards were placed in those holders. I can tell you that most of the t206s were sitting loose (neatly stacked) in a box.

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  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, very cool find. Always awesome to read about stuff like this.

    Thanks for sharing. Donato

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