Posted on 12/20/2010 8:10:38 PM PST by jackspyder
BALTIMORE – It's been a blessed year for the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who catapulted to prominence when they put a rare Honus Wagner baseball card up for auction to support their charitable mission. Problem was, the winning bidder never paid up.
On Monday, the Baltimore-based order of Roman Catholic nuns got their $220,000 — the original bid — but have a different collector to thank.
Dr. Nicholas DePace, a Philadelphia cardiologist, wired them the money and owns the card. He's been collecting sports memorabilia for 30 years, and he's a longtime client of Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. A staff member at the auction house reached out to him in early December after the winning bidder missed a 30-day deadline to purchase the card, and DePace agreed immediately to buy it.
"God bless him," said Sister Virginia Muller, the former treasurer of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who was entrusted with the card.
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Sister Virginia Muller, treasurer for the Atlantic-Midwest province of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, displays a photocopy of a T206 Honus Wagner baseball card
Nice story. I am on a paid on call fire department in the community where the SSND are headquarted. We have been watching over these sister for almost 60 years.
i guess this help explains why joe average can lose his life savings on a week or two in the hospital.
wtf are you talking about? the nuns inherited the card.
Can you read???
“the Baltimore-based order of Roman Catholic nuns got their $220,000 — the original bid — but have a different collector to thank.
Dr. Nicholas DePace, a Philadelphia cardiologist, wired them the money and owns the card.”
That’s a great story, thanks for posting it.
A really great, really American story!
he’s talking about how the cardiologist had almost a quarter mil to spend on a baseball card - he’s making big bucks because we the sick are overcharged
can you think?
when you have a loved one on the table and it is life or death, tell me then he is overpaid.
can you think?
when you have a loved one on the table and it is life or death, tell me then he is overpaid.
No problem for me (and maybe you?) as i have good insurance and a nice savings account.
But you tell that to bankrupt Joe Average.
Hahaha, I love blackmail.
Love this stuff; I recall when Wayne Gretzky’s went for $451k; I think it was with him and Barry McFall? It was in perfect condition, however.
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