Not Your Run of the Mill Collection The sports card and the collecting community is vast. Being in this hobby, we've developed a great many friendships and connections. Recently, one of those relationships provided us with a lead to a sizable collection assembled by a long time collector, Stan Marks, who resided in the Scottsdale,
Arizona area for more than 50 years. Stan, originally from Pennsylvania, also worked
Repeat Business We at Just Collect love being able to make multiple purchases from the same sellers. We've had some success with several sellers across the country that have returned to sell more of their collection. We've shared some of the stories with in previous blogs. This collection is one that was several years in the making. Last Fall, we were able to meet with a seller from New England and purchase a portion of his collection as highlighted in our December
It's not everyday that someone shows up at your office with a baseball card that's more rare than a T206 Wagner, and worth more than a Lamborghini. However, a few weeks ago, the baseball card gods were on our side, and we had one of those days that we'll remember forever. That's right, this little guy showed up in our office:
Two Birds - One Stone Not to offend any animal rights folks, but to use an old adage, looking back on this blog's deal, "we killed two birds with one stone." Just Collect already planned a trip and while on the trip, another opportunity presented itself and we were able to act upon that as well. We closed the primary reason for the trip and then added the second portion before returning home to our Somerset, NJ office. Just Collect was escorting
Music to Our Ears We've used song lyrics to describe some collections that we've seen and/or purchased in the past. Well, this collection reminds us of the Rolling Stones classic with the lyric, "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need." We traveled down along the Atlantic Shore to view a tobacco collection that had been in the family for more than a century. We met them at