| Title: | Sports Memorabilia |
| Notice: | Wanted: 3.*; For_sale: 4.*; Traded: 5.* |
| Moderator: | SCHOOL::KOPACKO |
| Created: | Wed Aug 27 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu May 08 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 730 |
| Total number of notes: | 8547 |
There were three articles in my local (Knoxville TN) sunday paper about
collecting 1) about a local dealer who just opened 2) about the value
of cards and their theft and 3) about the card companies.
The 3rd article mentioned Topps '91 promo and the headline was drawn
from that. No availability dates mentioned.
The theft article described a robbery of a RI dealer. The cards aren't
easily traceable and theives are seldom caught. The RI dealer is
looking for a rare football card that was taken to show up. Other
local dealers have been notified. An invisible serial number is being
discussed as a preventative/corrective action. How does everybody feel
about that!
Steve
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| 217.2 | Rotman's was robbed! | CRUISE::JBONIN | Technical Surgeon, AYS | Tue Dec 04 1990 13:56 | 6 |
Noone heard about the trailer truck full of cards stolen from Rotman's
last week. The cards were to be sent out to dealers awaiting shipment.
John
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| 217.4 | NUTMEG::JACUNSKI | Tue Dec 04 1990 16:01 | 1 | ||
Probably 1990 Upper Deck 1-800 factory sets at $16 each. | |||||
| 217.5 | Inside job?? | AKOCOA::GASPARONI | Tue Dec 04 1990 16:26 | 11 | |
Sounds like an inside job to me. Thieves just happened to know that 50
cases of cards were coming in via Yellow Freight, to a Furniture store
show room. Ya, right! There stashed away in someones cellar, probably
all Topps Cases. Think you've seen robberies now, wait until this
Topps promo hits, and people start getting $50 and $1000 cards in
packs. They'll be robbing CVS and Cumberland Farm stores of cards, not
money. If they get caught, its only shop lifting, a misdeamenor. The
5 packs of cards are only worth retail, $2.50. Imagine going to jail
for stealing baseball cards??
By the way, how are Rotmans' prices of late?
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| 217.6 | I ain't pickin up the soap | OAW::ITZKO | Topps '73 #613 | Wed Dec 05 1990 01:29 | 10 |
I believe that truck hijacking is a Federal offense no matter what is
in the truck.
It's not worth ending up in a cell with a 300 pound roommate named
Bubba, who hasn't seen a woman in three years!
-pj-
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| 217.8 | Rumor on stolen cards | PHAROS::SYSTEM | Wed Dec 05 1990 11:56 | 8 | |
I heard from a dealer that detectives from the Worcester police
were paying visits to all the Worcester shops and the stuff taken
was Donruss and Fleer BaseBall. And there out there seting up tables
at the fea markets to see if they can get any leads or see if someone
is trying to unload some baseball cards cheap.
I don't know the truth behind this so take it as rumor not fact.
MAM
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| 217.9 | Unhappy Card Collector | EBBV03::MONDALTO | Wed Dec 05 1990 13:09 | 3 | |
Had to be an inside job,or it was somebody (collector) who does
not like paying top dollar (inflated) prices for cards. :-)
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| 217.10 | It was an insider allright!! | WRKSYS::SCHWARTZ | Wed Dec 05 1990 14:55 | 4 | |
Looks like a collector finally ripped off a dealer.:>):>) The cards
are in NY by now. Rottman's probably laughing all the way to the
insurance co. Those rare collectables must have been worth millions.:>)
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