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cccc wrote:it's very cool that your grandfather smoked these straight out of the polar bear pouches and saved these cards. just blows my mind that your family has that link to these cards. as collectors here we treasure those little guys and are just fascinated about anything that has to do with them. did he also pull the cracker jacks after eating the candy? where is your family from? i also see some philadelphia e96 caramels and e90-1s. please take some pics of the e90-1s. there are a few toughies in there and hof'ers that are worth some money also.

m-mac wrote:Actually, if you don't have an account with Heritage, you might sign up for one. Whenever I am high bidder, I always feel like I just paid better than top dollar. At least I have the item, right? More seriously, we received an unusual coin collection sort of as a cast off. We did a little research, actually a lot of research, thought we might have something ha.com could market, and sent their coin specialist an excel file and jpegs of what we had. About 5 days later they told us they weren't interested. The point is, at least we knew where we stood with a large seller of coins of all types from all places. We would have called their expert to discuss their viewpoint, but we really are not that motivated.

I feel you will not have the same response from them. I want to assure you, but I cannot. Nevertheless, since they have a regular auction that should handle your business, there are plenty of other auction houses, like Sterling, that I would expect want your business. I can't speak for any of them, Sterling or ha.com, but you have what appears to be a fresh accumulation, and we collectors love those.

sabrjay wrote:To give you a bit history of the board, the biggest find to show up here became known as the Louisiana Find. It's included some incredibly rare t207s with Red Cross backs, a large group of T215 Red Cross cards and some t213 Coupons. This group was collector grade like yours and was sold by REA as one of their featured collections in the auction. It wouldn't hurt to talk to them and see what they have to offer.

pariah1107 wrote:The Exhibits will bring good $$$ (fractional compared to the CJ's & t206's). IMO they are perfect for Sterling or LOTG. I can only vouch for Lee (Sterling), he does great work with making the most of what you have. Sold a nice lot of w513's recently through his auction. My 25 w513's; I was expecting $350 he delivered $460. VERY HAPPY WITH HIS SERVICE.

sabrjay wrote:Mantle was a drunken bum. Why would anyone want his cards?

ullmandds wrote:Where's the beef...er i mean vintage?

jbonie wrote:

sabrjay wrote:Mantle was a drunken bum. Why would anyone want his cards?

The Mick really is a sad story in some ways. In spite of all his fame, he drank his life away. Goes to show, as we have seen so many times with pop stars, how fame is such a temporary elixir, and no real replacement for intrinsic self-worth.

That said, his baseball career, along with the championships he won, was incredible. There is no taking that away from the man - his accomplishments speak for itself. It's a lot more homeruns than any of us have hit.

ullmandds wrote:Wow...I have been out of the loop here for a spell...those CJ's are beautiful..the cobb and the jackson! What a collection you have there! Best of luck with the ultimate sale. Might I ask which e102's you have?

pete

cccc wrote:some of them are definitely more cut-throat over there and will test you to see if you know what you have value-wise for their own benefits...instead of just being helpful and pointing you in the right direction.