So I was at the Philly card show this weekend and I FINALLY found a 2014 Trout card. This completes my run for Mike trout refractor cards.
I have the latest SP cards that I need to have graded to add in too.
Collecting a “project” has been made this hobby extremely satisfying for me. I like collecting runs of a certain type of card.
I used to go to the philly card shows for awhile (it's been about 10 years or so since I went to the last one). Where are they being held now? The ones I went to were mainly held at Valley Forge convention center and then at Oaks.
They moved it over to the expo center a few miles away. Nice big venue. It was packed as hell.
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it was this one....from what I remember it was just in an envelope in a box in his closet. It may have been in his dad's closet...which makes more sense.
That is actually his second card but beloved and most expensive card. That one pictured is worth a few hundred thousand.
When my buddy and I were at the National convention in Atlantic City last summer we got to see the 52 Mantle that sold for $12 million. 🤩
Yep, I took my picture with it too, lol!
Wait… you took a photo with a non PSA graded card?!?? 🤣
1996: Randall's Island 2 1998: East Rutherford | MSG 1 & 2 2000: Cincinnati | Columbus | Jones Beach 1, 2, & 3 | Boston 1 | Camden 1 & 2 2003: Philadelphia | Uniondale | MSG 1 & 2 | Holmdel 2005: Atlantic City 1 2006: Camden 1 | East Rutherford 1 & 2 2008: Camden 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 | Newark (EV) 2009: Philadelphia 1, 2 & 4 2010: Newark | MSG 1 & 2 2011: Toronto 1 2013: Wrigley Field | Brooklyn 2 | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore 2015: Central Park 2016: Philadelphia 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 | Fenway Park 2 | MSG (TOTD) 2017: Brooklyn (RnR HOF) 2020: MSG | Asbury Park2021: Asbury Park 2022: MSG | Camden | Nashville 2024: MSG 1 & 2 (#50) | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore
it was this one....from what I remember it was just in an envelope in a box in his closet. It may have been in his dad's closet...which makes more sense.
That is actually his second card but beloved and most expensive card. That one pictured is worth a few hundred thousand.
When my buddy and I were at the National convention in Atlantic City last summer we got to see the 52 Mantle that sold for $12 million. 🤩
Yep, I took my picture with it too, lol!
Wait… you took a photo with a non PSA graded card?!?? 🤣
it was this one....from what I remember it was just in an envelope in a box in his closet. It may have been in his dad's closet...which makes more sense.
That is actually his second card but beloved and most expensive card. That one pictured is worth a few hundred thousand.
When my buddy and I were at the National convention in Atlantic City last summer we got to see the 52 Mantle that sold for $12 million. 🤩
Yep, I took my picture with it too, lol!
Wait… you took a photo with a non PSA graded card?!?? 🤣
I actually hate PSA.
why is that? I don't understand much about it other than I have heard you mail your stuff to them and pay them to grade it.
I assume that is an official appraisal? What do they charge?
Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago 2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy 2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE) 2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston 2020: Oakland, Oakland:2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana 2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville 2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
it was this one....from what I remember it was just in an envelope in a box in his closet. It may have been in his dad's closet...which makes more sense.
That is actually his second card but beloved and most expensive card. That one pictured is worth a few hundred thousand.
When my buddy and I were at the National convention in Atlantic City last summer we got to see the 52 Mantle that sold for $12 million. 🤩
Yep, I took my picture with it too, lol!
Wait… you took a photo with a non PSA graded card?!?? 🤣
I actually hate PSA.
why is that? I don't understand much about it other than I have heard you mail your stuff to them and pay them to grade it.
I assume that is an official appraisal? What do they charge?
So. I've been into cards since I was 2. I understand how to grade a card and what they will get and what their guidelines are. I sent in a few hundred cards that they held for almost 2 years. Those cards I spent a few thousand on, all but 3 came back undergraded. so in 400 cards, that I inspected with a magnifying glass, only 3 came back 10's.
I am not the only one who has complained. I had an 85% gem rate prior to that. They changed how they graded cards or hired newer people whom weren't on the same page.
I understand that grading is subjective but you held my cards for 2 years like a lot of people and then you decided to change the way you did from previous times.
it was this one....from what I remember it was just in an envelope in a box in his closet. It may have been in his dad's closet...which makes more sense.
That is actually his second card but beloved and most expensive card. That one pictured is worth a few hundred thousand.
When my buddy and I were at the National convention in Atlantic City last summer we got to see the 52 Mantle that sold for $12 million. 🤩
Yep, I took my picture with it too, lol!
Wait… you took a photo with a non PSA graded card?!?? 🤣
I actually hate PSA.
why is that? I don't understand much about it other than I have heard you mail your stuff to them and pay them to grade it.
I assume that is an official appraisal? What do they charge?
So. I've been into cards since I was 2. I understand how to grade a card and what they will get and what their guidelines are. I sent in a few hundred cards that they held for almost 2 years. Those cards I spent a few thousand on, all but 3 came back undergraded. so in 400 cards, that I inspected with a magnifying glass, only 3 came back 10's.
I am not the only one who has complained. I had an 85% gem rate prior to that. They changed how they graded cards or hired newer people whom weren't on the same page.
I understand that grading is subjective but you held my cards for 2 years like a lot of people and then you decided to change the way you did from previous times.
That is why.
wow...did they have some sort of contact person for you? How do you know what stage of the process your stuff is in?
Two fucking years is insane.
And out of curiosity....what do they charge you to evaluate 400 cards?
is there a different company that does the same thing? I see that "SGC" listed on the Mantle card.
Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago 2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy 2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE) 2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston 2020: Oakland, Oakland:2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana 2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville 2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
it was this one....from what I remember it was just in an envelope in a box in his closet. It may have been in his dad's closet...which makes more sense.
That is actually his second card but beloved and most expensive card. That one pictured is worth a few hundred thousand.
When my buddy and I were at the National convention in Atlantic City last summer we got to see the 52 Mantle that sold for $12 million. 🤩
Yep, I took my picture with it too, lol!
Wait… you took a photo with a non PSA graded card?!?? 🤣
I actually hate PSA.
why is that? I don't understand much about it other than I have heard you mail your stuff to them and pay them to grade it.
I assume that is an official appraisal? What do they charge?
So. I've been into cards since I was 2. I understand how to grade a card and what they will get and what their guidelines are. I sent in a few hundred cards that they held for almost 2 years. Those cards I spent a few thousand on, all but 3 came back undergraded. so in 400 cards, that I inspected with a magnifying glass, only 3 came back 10's.
I am not the only one who has complained. I had an 85% gem rate prior to that. They changed how they graded cards or hired newer people whom weren't on the same page.
I understand that grading is subjective but you held my cards for 2 years like a lot of people and then you decided to change the way you did from previous times.
That is why.
wow...did they have some sort of contact person for you? How do you know what stage of the process your stuff is in?
Two fucking years is insane.
And out of curiosity....what do they charge you to evaluate 400 cards?
is there a different company that does the same thing? I see that "SGC" listed on the Mantle card.
I'll answer in order.
There is a "contact" person but their policy is you'll get it when we are done with it. yes they have a look up of what stage the cards are in. Unfortunately there were hundreds of people in this same predicament if not thousands.
2 years is insane.
$25 a card. You can do the math. Just so you get an idea, If one of 30 cards that I had came back a 10 it would have paid for all of the grading in one swoop. 1 in 30. Naturally the 3 cards I got in a 10 weren't one of those.
There is Beckett and SGC, yes. I used to do solely with BGS/Beckett but just before the pandemic when newer people came in to the hobby they all wanted PSA slabs so you do what you can to make your cards more appealing.
I’m slowly uncovering my collection… have lots of cards from the 60s and some from the 50s. Mostly Yankees. Collected a ton in the 80s and bailed out in the early 90s.
Also have a ton of autographs… this is a 28x43 poster they did for the 1961 Yankees reunion show in Atlantic City in 1990. They had 30 of the remaining players there to sign… Mantle, yogi, whitey Ford, etc. Signed by the artist too.
Why did Mantle forget to sign yours?
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I’m slowly uncovering my collection… have lots of cards from the 60s and some from the 50s. Mostly Yankees. Collected a ton in the 80s and bailed out in the early 90s.
Also have a ton of autographs… this is a 28x43 poster they did for the 1961 Yankees reunion show in Atlantic City in 1990. They had 30 of the remaining players there to sign… Mantle, yogi, whitey Ford, etc. Signed by the artist too.
Why did Mantle forget to sign yours?
You need glasses.
1996: Randall's Island 2 1998: East Rutherford | MSG 1 & 2 2000: Cincinnati | Columbus | Jones Beach 1, 2, & 3 | Boston 1 | Camden 1 & 2 2003: Philadelphia | Uniondale | MSG 1 & 2 | Holmdel 2005: Atlantic City 1 2006: Camden 1 | East Rutherford 1 & 2 2008: Camden 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 | Newark (EV) 2009: Philadelphia 1, 2 & 4 2010: Newark | MSG 1 & 2 2011: Toronto 1 2013: Wrigley Field | Brooklyn 2 | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore 2015: Central Park 2016: Philadelphia 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 | Fenway Park 2 | MSG (TOTD) 2017: Brooklyn (RnR HOF) 2020: MSG | Asbury Park2021: Asbury Park 2022: MSG | Camden | Nashville 2024: MSG 1 & 2 (#50) | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore
I’m slowly uncovering my collection… have lots of cards from the 60s and some from the 50s. Mostly Yankees. Collected a ton in the 80s and bailed out in the early 90s.
Also have a ton of autographs… this is a 28x43 poster they did for the 1961 Yankees reunion show in Atlantic City in 1990. They had 30 of the remaining players there to sign… Mantle, yogi, whitey Ford, etc. Signed by the artist too.
Why did Mantle forget to sign yours?
You need glasses.
HA! He didn't sign it on his body like everyone else, that's why I missed it.
I'm staring at this thing saying, that's Mantle in the middle but did his sig fade? Not even looking at the emblem for it.
I’m slowly uncovering my collection… have lots of cards from the 60s and some from the 50s. Mostly Yankees. Collected a ton in the 80s and bailed out in the early 90s.
Also have a ton of autographs… this is a 28x43 poster they did for the 1961 Yankees reunion show in Atlantic City in 1990. They had 30 of the remaining players there to sign… Mantle, yogi, whitey Ford, etc. Signed by the artist too.
Why did Mantle forget to sign yours?
You need glasses.
HA! He didn't sign it on his body like everyone else, that's why I missed it.
I'm staring at this thing saying, that's Mantle in the middle but did his sig fade? Not even looking at the emblem for it.
Hahahahaha!!!!
He actually requested to sign it there. I guess when you’re Mickey Mantle you like to stand out. Plus it allowed him to sign it bigger than everyone else. 😁
Yogi Berra was awesome. Such a nice guy. I was able to get his autograph twice… for this one and another about 10 or so years later. The first time he had a giant gold ring on that looked like a World Series ring so I asked him which year it was from… and he told me it was his Hall of Fame ring. And then he took it off and let me hold it and try it on! Really sweet guy.
1996: Randall's Island 2 1998: East Rutherford | MSG 1 & 2 2000: Cincinnati | Columbus | Jones Beach 1, 2, & 3 | Boston 1 | Camden 1 & 2 2003: Philadelphia | Uniondale | MSG 1 & 2 | Holmdel 2005: Atlantic City 1 2006: Camden 1 | East Rutherford 1 & 2 2008: Camden 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 | Newark (EV) 2009: Philadelphia 1, 2 & 4 2010: Newark | MSG 1 & 2 2011: Toronto 1 2013: Wrigley Field | Brooklyn 2 | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore 2015: Central Park 2016: Philadelphia 1 & 2 | MSG 1 & 2 | Fenway Park 2 | MSG (TOTD) 2017: Brooklyn (RnR HOF) 2020: MSG | Asbury Park2021: Asbury Park 2022: MSG | Camden | Nashville 2024: MSG 1 & 2 (#50) | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore
I’m slowly uncovering my collection… have lots of cards from the 60s and some from the 50s. Mostly Yankees. Collected a ton in the 80s and bailed out in the early 90s.
Also have a ton of autographs… this is a 28x43 poster they did for the 1961 Yankees reunion show in Atlantic City in 1990. They had 30 of the remaining players there to sign… Mantle, yogi, whitey Ford, etc. Signed by the artist too.
Why did Mantle forget to sign yours?
You need glasses.
HA! He didn't sign it on his body like everyone else, that's why I missed it.
I'm staring at this thing saying, that's Mantle in the middle but did his sig fade? Not even looking at the emblem for it.
Hahahahaha!!!!
He actually requested to sign it there. I guess when you’re Mickey Mantle you like to stand out. Plus it allowed him to sign it bigger than everyone else. 😁
Yogi Berra was awesome. Such a nice guy. I was able to get his autograph twice… for this one and another about 10 or so years later. The first time he had a giant gold ring on that looked like a World Series ring so I asked him which year it was from… and he told me it was his Hall of Fame ring. And then he took it off and let me hold it and try it on! Really sweet guy.
wow....those are some kickass brushes with greatness
Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago 2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy 2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE) 2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston 2020: Oakland, Oakland:2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana 2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville 2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
So I was at the Philly card show this weekend and I FINALLY found a 2014 Trout card. This completes my run for Mike trout refractor cards.
I have the latest SP cards that I need to have graded to add in too.
Collecting a “project” has been made this hobby extremely satisfying for me. I like collecting runs of a certain type of card.
I used to go to the philly card shows for awhile (it's been about 10 years or so since I went to the last one). Where are they being held now? The ones I went to were mainly held at Valley Forge convention center and then at Oaks.
They moved it over to the expo center a few miles away. Nice big venue. It was packed as hell.
ah, that's what I thought they did but wasn't sure.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
CSG is probably the 2nd best in card grading now and growing, a lot of their grades are tougher than PSA. Many 9.5s cross over to PSA 10 when submitted ....They're #1 in graded Comics
"The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera." - Yusuf Karsh
I don’t see anyone at shows clamoring about CSG or in any card group I’m in and I’m in a bunch.
FCG is known to also have good crossovers. You know what that means? You buy the cheaper slabs then crack them out and get them in the one that makes you more money.
CGC gets a lot of crap in comics too but they get the most money for their slabs.
It will be interesting to see what happens going forward but the older collectors prefer PSA and SCG first with Beckett third depending on what you are sending. CSG has always been 4th on everyone’s list.
So take a Pete Rose rookie card as an example....what would someone look for?
Like a PSA 4 or 5 because the cost is lower?
Does it make sense to even bother buying one that isn't graded? I see some on ebay for a few hundred bucks that look ok.
A Rose card was a highly faked back in the day. Google it if you really want one but I wouldn’t buy one raw unless you have it authenticated or can see it in person.
That being said if you don’t want to throw down a few grand for a high grade buy a lower grade with good eye appeal. You can buy a 3 that looks amazing sometimes.
I'd like to get these in better slabs... I hear good things about this guy...haha (Not a bad investment for about $20 a piece back in 2011-12
That bccg slab should be upgraded. People that own them claim they are worth it but the people that buy don’t.
Edit: Nice cards by the way. The psa 10 was up to 4K at its peak. That’s just crazy.
I"ll re-slab the BCCG eventually, if I planned on selling I'd do it sooner, but haven't planned on selling.. , To be honest it looks great. I think it will cross-over to a PSA 10.. centering is perfect and corners are all sharp. it as good or better than the 9.5 Beckett one.
"The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera." - Yusuf Karsh
I don’t see anyone at shows clamoring about CSG or in any card group I’m in and I’m in a bunch.
FCG is known to also have good crossovers. You know what that means? You buy the cheaper slabs then crack them out and get them in the one that makes you more money.
CGC gets a lot of crap in comics too but they get the most money for their slabs.
It will be interesting to see what happens going forward but the older collectors prefer PSA and SCG first with Beckett third depending on what you are sending. CSG has always been 4th on everyone’s list.
Didn't say people were clamoring, said they are getting more respectble... seeing more and more of them. Their labels look better now than the old green ones.
"The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera." - Yusuf Karsh
I don’t see anyone at shows clamoring about CSG or in any card group I’m in and I’m in a bunch.
FCG is known to also have good crossovers. You know what that means? You buy the cheaper slabs then crack them out and get them in the one that makes you more money.
CGC gets a lot of crap in comics too but they get the most money for their slabs.
It will be interesting to see what happens going forward but the older collectors prefer PSA and SCG first with Beckett third depending on what you are sending. CSG has always been 4th on everyone’s list.
Didn't say people were clamoring, said they are getting more respectble... seeing more and more of them. Their labels look better now than the old green ones.
They do look much better. The reason for seeing more of them was people needed another option from the big 3 so when they put their hat in the ring collectors came to them. Time will tell.
As for the BCCG, those were always advertised as mint or better so an BGS8 could be a bccg 10 and not uncommon to crack them out and not get a 10.
Beautiful cards though. I'm a Trout collector so i appreciate them. I picked up an BGS 8.5 Finest this weekend that I plan to crack and resub.
As for the others like KSA, HGA and GMA I don't bother.
I appreciate your comments. Would love to chat in a PM about cards some more!
Haven't bought a pack of cards in over 45 years, but back in the day I had some gems. I was more into the football cards. At one point I had 3 rookie Walter Payton cards Rookie Jim Brown, 2nd and 3rd year Brown. Rookie Fran Tarkenton, also 2nd and 3rd year. 3rd year Johnny Unitas Rookie Gale Sayers Rookie Dick Butkus Had many different Mays, Mantle, Aaron, Clemente, and other big names from the 50's and 60's. I still have a bunch of Ernie Banks from the 50 and 60's.
Still have most of the baseball cards but the football cards are long gone.
Take me piece by piece..... Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Haven't bought a pack of cards in over 45 years, but back in the day I had some gems. I was more into the football cards. At one point I had 3 rookie Walter Payton cards Rookie Jim Brown, 2nd and 3rd year Brown. Rookie Fran Tarkenton, also 2nd and 3rd year. 3rd year Johnny Unitas Rookie Gale Sayers Rookie Dick Butkus Had many different Mays, Mantle, Aaron, Clemente, and other big names from the 50's and 60's. I still have a bunch of Ernie Banks from the 50 and 60's.
Still have most of the baseball cards but the football cards are long gone.
Those are great. I have every topps set from 1984 through 1994 along with various fleers, donruss, score, bowman and a set of minor league cards. Also had the pro set cards and various NBA and NHL cards in the 1990s. Topps turned me off by selling the complete set as series one and two and I haven't bought one since then.
Reading 2004
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
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I assume that is an official appraisal? What do they charge?
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
I am not the only one who has complained. I had an 85% gem rate prior to that. They changed how they graded cards or hired newer people whom weren't on the same page.
I understand that grading is subjective but you held my cards for 2 years like a lot of people and then you decided to change the way you did from previous times.
That is why.
Two fucking years is insane.
And out of curiosity....what do they charge you to evaluate 400 cards?
is there a different company that does the same thing? I see that "SGC" listed on the Mantle card.
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
There is a "contact" person but their policy is you'll get it when we are done with it. yes they have a look up of what stage the cards are in. Unfortunately there were hundreds of people in this same predicament if not thousands.
2 years is insane.
$25 a card. You can do the math. Just so you get an idea, If one of 30 cards that I had came back a 10 it would have paid for all of the grading in one swoop. 1 in 30. Naturally the 3 cards I got in a 10 weren't one of those.
There is Beckett and SGC, yes. I used to do solely with BGS/Beckett but just before the pandemic when newer people came in to the hobby they all wanted PSA slabs so you do what you can to make your cards more appealing.
I'm staring at this thing saying, that's Mantle in the middle but did his sig fade? Not even looking at the emblem for it.
Hahahahaha!!!!
Like a PSA 4 or 5 because the cost is lower?
Does it make sense to even bother buying one that isn't graded? I see some on ebay for a few hundred bucks that look ok.
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
Yogi Berra was awesome. Such a nice guy. I was able to get his autograph twice… for this one and another about 10 or so years later. The first time he had a giant gold ring on that looked like a World Series ring so I asked him which year it was from… and he told me it was his Hall of Fame ring. And then he took it off and let me hold it and try it on! Really sweet guy.
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Chicago; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
Edit: Nice cards by the way. The psa 10 was up to 4K at its peak. That’s just crazy.
FCG is known to also have good crossovers. You know what that means? You buy the cheaper slabs then crack them out and get them in the one that makes you more money.
CGC gets a lot of crap in comics too but they get the most money for their slabs.
It will be interesting to see what happens going forward but the older collectors prefer PSA and SCG first with Beckett third depending on what you are sending. CSG has always been 4th on everyone’s list.
That being said if you don’t want to throw down a few grand for a high grade buy a lower grade with good eye appeal. You can buy a 3 that looks amazing sometimes.
As for the BCCG, those were always advertised as mint or better so an BGS8 could be a bccg 10 and not uncommon to crack them out and not get a 10.
Beautiful cards though. I'm a Trout collector so i appreciate them. I picked up an BGS 8.5 Finest this weekend that I plan to crack and resub.
As for the others like KSA, HGA and GMA I don't bother.
I appreciate your comments. Would love to chat in a PM about cards some more!
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
The plastic sleeves are usually called "Penny Sleeves"
Hard plastic cases where the cards slides into it is a "Top Loader"
Then you have magnetic "One Touch" holders that have replaced the old screw down version..
I was more into the football cards. At one point I had
3 rookie Walter Payton cards
Rookie Jim Brown, 2nd and 3rd year Brown.
Rookie Fran Tarkenton, also 2nd and 3rd year.
3rd year Johnny Unitas
Rookie Gale Sayers
Rookie Dick Butkus
Had many different Mays, Mantle, Aaron, Clemente, and other big names from the 50's and 60's. I still have a bunch of Ernie Banks from the 50 and 60's.
Still have most of the baseball cards but the football cards are long gone.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."