A small scale collector's nightmare

[kurri17]

OK, I know I am getting older (51, not that old), but I simply have no explanation where one of my Kurri cards has gone. It took me a dozen or more years to acquire the 93/94 Stadium Club First Day Issue Kurri. It has been in a screw down holder in the same box since I got it. Until now, apparently. It is simply gone. I may be unorganized in other parts of my life, but from seated downstairs I can retrieve ANY Kurri card I own from upstairs in my hobby room (walk in closet) in less than a minute. I could probably verbally guide anyone to it in less than two. I know my Kurri collection to a fault. But as Herb said "not this one....not....tonight." Or actually this weekend. I have turned every end of my collection upside down and can't find it. Now, I know what you are saying, I have forgotten something, and of course it is a possibility. But, it is just the strangest thing. It's like it was simply plucked from the box. Most cards are replaceable, but I simply don't know if I will ever find another one.

In the grand scheme of things, life will go on. But, for the hardcore Kurri collector that I am, it is simply a nightmare.

[creasecollector]

Hmm, can't say I've ever been in the same position, but I feel for you.

Hopefully your card turns up soon. Depending on how many cards you may own, maybe sort through and organize your collection within the next few days? I know when I sort through/Organize my cards I always find 1 or 2 cards that I have lost track of over time. Who knows, maybe the Kurri will turn up when you re-organize a few boxes of cards or so?

Hoping this story has a happy ending. Lost cards are not fun.

[sedinfan]

Doh, hope it turns up somewhere soon!

I know when I misplaced a handful of cards I couldn't sleep until I found them (and boy did Ms. Sedinfan think I was nuts rummaging around after 2am) - luckily I found them tucked away behind my paper shredder for some bizarre reason, but I probably would've gone a sleepless night had they not turned up. Fingers crossed for ya, let us know if you find it!

[kurri17]

Thanks guys, and my story sounds almost exactly like yours "sedinfan", with my wife asking me what I was doing so late before I went to bed. I'm going nuts, or maybe already was.

[creasecollector]

Thanks guys, and my story sounds almost exactly like yours "sedinfan", with my wife asking me what I was doing so late before I went to bed. I'm going nuts, or maybe already was.

We pay money for scribbled on cardboard, I think all of us collectors are in the "nutty" category already ;)

[joshpackham]

I know it seems silly but in the past I have misplaced cards, and it turned out they were still sitting on my scanner

[kurri17]

I know it seems silly but in the past I have misplaced cards, and it turned out they were still sitting on my scanner

Well, if I had a scanner..... Here I sit a work, still trying to figure out where the heck it could be.

[folignofan71]

I know it seems silly but in the past I have misplaced cards, and it turned out they were still sitting on my scanner

I was just about to post this!!! i thought i was the only one that this happened to!!

[Tripredacus]

A similar thing has been happening to me over the past 10 years or so. I have 2 Kevin Stevens autographed cards. I keep planning on taking a picture of them together (either 1 or both have fake autos) but I can only seem to find one at a time (find one, misplace the other). Currently I'm not certain where either of them are.

[RGM81]

Every collector's nightmare, regardless of scale, is to lose one of their prized cards.

For the life of me I never did find out where my childhood copies of my Guy Lafleur and Ken Dryden RC's disappeared to. Probably some jerk "friend" stole them.