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An example of a rare baseball card is this 1952 Bowman #101 Mickey Mantle card in mint 10 condition. It sold for $37,500 + buyer's premium at Robert Edward Auctions' May 1, 2004 sale. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and Robert Edward Auctions.

Collector says USPS lost his valuable baseball cards

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
An example of a rare baseball card is this 1952 Bowman #101 Mickey Mantle card in mint 10 condition. It sold for $37,500 + buyer's premium at Robert Edward Auctions' May 1, 2004 sale. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and Robert Edward Auctions.
An example of a rare baseball card is this 1952 Bowman #101 Mickey Mantle card in mint 10 condition. It sold for $37,500 + buyer’s premium at Robert Edward Auctions’ May 1, 2004 sale. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and Robert Edward Auctions.

GROSSE POINTE, Mich. (AP) – A Detroit-area baseball card collector has a question for the U.S. Postal Service: Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?

Anthony Johnson is suing the agency, claiming it lost his jewelry and card collection valued at $329,000. He says the valuables were stolen in 2009 by a houseguest and shipped to California.

Johnson says he alerted the Postal Service, which intercepted the goods. But the Grosse Pointe man says he’s only recovered cash that was taken, not the collection. The memorabilia include mint cards of DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron.

Johnson tells the Detroit Free Press, it’s been a “three-year runaround.” The Postal Service has denied any negligence. Johnson says the collection was sent to an Atlanta postal site where it sat for months.

Today’s whereabouts? Unknown.

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Information from: Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com

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An example of a rare baseball card is this 1952 Bowman #101 Mickey Mantle card in mint 10 condition. It sold for $37,500 + buyer's premium at Robert Edward Auctions' May 1, 2004 sale. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and Robert Edward Auctions.
An example of a rare baseball card is this 1952 Bowman #101 Mickey Mantle card in mint 10 condition. It sold for $37,500 + buyer’s premium at Robert Edward Auctions’ May 1, 2004 sale. Image courtesy of LiveAuctioneers.com Archive and Robert Edward Auctions.