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  • Jamminonthe1
    Jamminonthe1 Posts: 1,243
    MayDay10 wrote:
    not yet. They are in my garage. They sold brackets with them that you install to make them stand. In the arena, they were bolted to concrete on the back & bottom. I need to do some restoration (find the exact shade of the Blue seats) and then make them suitable for sitting.

    My Shea seats are the same style and came with brackets, but then I bought the additional feet brackets to make them really sturdy. I sit in them all the time. It's awesome. Of course you have to go through a turnstile to get into my basement room first...
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    Eric Lindros rookie card
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • Jamminonthe1
    Jamminonthe1 Posts: 1,243
    smarchee wrote:
    Eric Lindros rookie card

    His score traded Toronto Blue Jays card?
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    Jamminonthe1 wrote:
    smarchee wrote:
    Eric Lindros rookie card

    His score traded Toronto Blue Jays card?

    this card?

    1990ScoreTraded100T.jpg

    WTF? I have never seen this, awful
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    I do have this one lol

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    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    smarchee wrote:
    Jamminonthe1 wrote:
    smarchee wrote:
    Eric Lindros rookie card

    His score traded Toronto Blue Jays card?

    this card?

    1990ScoreTraded100T.jpg

    WTF? I have never seen this, awful

    I've never seen that either. I read up on it though. Turns out Lindros never actually attempted a baseball career, that picture was taken when he took batting practice with them for fun. He was very popular at the time, so Score put out a baseball card to try and capitalize on that. It's funny though, the back of the card compares him to other "two sport athletes" like Deion Sanders and Bo Jackson.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    I've never seen that either. I read up on it though. Turns out Lindros never actually attempted a baseball career, that picture was taken when he took batting practice with them for fun. He was very popular at the time, so Score put out a baseball card to try and capitalize on that. It's funny though, the back of the card
    compares him to other "two sport athletes" like Deion Sanders and Bo Jackson.[/quote]

    Again WTF that is hilarious and why did they put him at 3B? Kelly gruber had that position blocked lol

    Can't believe the back of the card compared to him to sanders and Jackson lol talk about hype
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    Here's the back...

    http://blogimages.thescore.com/nhl/files/2012/08/Lindros-Jays-2.jpg
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,193
    smarchee wrote:
    Jamminonthe1 wrote:
    smarchee wrote:
    Eric Lindros rookie card

    His score traded Toronto Blue Jays card?

    this card?

    1990ScoreTraded100T.jpg

    WTF? I have never seen this, awful

    i have that :oops: as well as his score card. :lol:
    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
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    I have nine Rickey Henderson rookie cards.


    Is that good?
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    rollings wrote:
    I have nine Rickey Henderson rookie cards.


    Is that good?


    It's better than having eight but not as good as having ten. :lol:
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    i stopdoing it years ago..cant afford my madness..i have enough aslready im collecting!
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Jamminonthe1
    Jamminonthe1 Posts: 1,243
    Regular baseball and sports cards from the 80s-now (and 99.999999999999 percent from the 70s) are virtually worthless. You really need 60s and older, or from the 2000s it's all about the chase, variant, SP, game-used and autographed stuff. I have thousands upon thousands of cards from the 80s and 90s that I don't want that I'm only saving just in case my kids want them. The only ones I'm really keeping are Mets cards — I managed to collect every regular and traded Mets card for the team's entire history, including decent Seaver and Ryan rookies. But those are the only ones with any type of value. Plus the 2008 Santana no-hitter card, which was an SP 661 and extremely rare.

    And I had never seen that Lindros card before either until I Googled it and wrote that.
  • PJFAN13
    PJFAN13 Posts: 1,422
    Jamminonthe1 wrote:
    Regular baseball and sports cards from the 80s-now (and 99.999999999999 percent from the 70s) are virtually worthless. You really need 60s and older, or from the 2000s it's all about the chase, variant, SP, game-used and autographed stuff. I have thousands upon thousands of cards from the 80s and 90s that I don't want that I'm only saving just in case my kids want them. The only ones I'm really keeping are Mets cards —
    Correct - but I'm also of the mind frame if you are collecting them with the thought of $$$ down the road, you'll end up disappointed.
    I could care less what any of my stuff is worth. The sentimental value, the history of the hunt, etc... is more priceless than any Beckett/collector journal.
    I had an "old-timer" collector tell me once, as I was buying a few cards from his store - "so what if the 'book' says its worth $100, it's worth nothing but what it means to you until cold hard cash is in your hand". He was/is right.
    Let's Go Mets!
    Enjoy the hunt and have fun going through your cards from time to time.
    11.30.93~10.2.96~9.13.98~9.1.00~8.25.00~7.3.03~7.5.03
    7.9.03~9.28.04~10.1.05~5.12.06~5.13.06~5.27.06~5.28.06
    8.5.08(EV)~10.9.09~5.21.10~6.20.11(EV)~7.5.11(EV)~7.9.11(EV)
    11.21.13~8.27.16(EV)~11.14.16(TOTD)~4.13.20~9.27.20~9.26.21~10.2.21
    2.15.22 (EV)~2.25.22 (EV)~2.27.22 (EV)~5.3.22~5.7.22~9.17.24~9.29.24
  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    PJFAN13 wrote:
    Jamminonthe1 wrote:
    Regular baseball and sports cards from the 80s-now (and 99.999999999999 percent from the 70s) are virtually worthless. You really need 60s and older, or from the 2000s it's all about the chase, variant, SP, game-used and autographed stuff. I have thousands upon thousands of cards from the 80s and 90s that I don't want that I'm only saving just in case my kids want them. The only ones I'm really keeping are Mets cards —
    Correct - but I'm also of the mind frame if you are collecting them with the thought of $$$ down the road, you'll end up disappointed.
    I could care less what any of my stuff is worth. The sentimental value, the history of the hunt, etc... is more priceless than any Beckett/collector journal.
    I had an "old-timer" collector tell me once, as I was buying a few cards from his store - "so what if the 'book' says its worth $100, it's worth nothing but what it means to you until cold hard cash is in your hand". He was/is right.
    Let's Go Mets!
    Enjoy the hunt and have fun going through your cards from time to time.

    This may be true, but the problem I have is most of the branding that happened in the 1980s ruined the aesthetic experience of collecting. I don't necessarily collect for value, but it does depreciate my experience when there are 9 different brands of the same players and each one uglier than the last. No offense or anything, but I can't imagine ever displaying any cards from the 80s or beyond. Just too ugly and unless they're valuable (which most aren't), the impetus to keep collecting them is gone.
    1998-06-30 Minneapolis
    2003-06-16 St. Paul
    2006-06-26 St. Paul
    2007-08-05 Chicago
    2009-08-23 Chicago
    2009-08-28 San Francisco
    2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
    2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
    2011-09-03 PJ20
    2011-09-04 PJ20
    2011-09-17 Winnipeg
    2012-06-26 Amsterdam
    2012-06-27 Amsterdam
    2013-07-19 Wrigley
    2013-11-21 San Diego
    2013-11-23 Los Angeles
    2013-11-24 Los Angeles
    2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
    2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
    2014-10-09 Lincoln
    2014-10-19 St. Paul
    2014-10-20 Milwaukee
    2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
    2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
    2018-06-18 London 1
    2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
    2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
    2022-09-16 Nashville
    2023-08-31 St. Paul
    2023-09-02 St. Paul
    2023-09-05 Chicago 1
    2024-08-31 Wrigley 2
    2024-09-15 Fenway 1
    2024-09-27 Ohana 1
    2024-09-29 Ohana 2
    2025-05-03 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
  • Jamminonthe1
    Jamminonthe1 Posts: 1,243
    vant0037 wrote:
    PJFAN13 wrote:
    Jamminonthe1 wrote:
    Regular baseball and sports cards from the 80s-now (and 99.999999999999 percent from the 70s) are virtually worthless. You really need 60s and older, or from the 2000s it's all about the chase, variant, SP, game-used and autographed stuff. I have thousands upon thousands of cards from the 80s and 90s that I don't want that I'm only saving just in case my kids want them. The only ones I'm really keeping are Mets cards —
    Correct - but I'm also of the mind frame if you are collecting them with the thought of $$$ down the road, you'll end up disappointed.
    I could care less what any of my stuff is worth. The sentimental value, the history of the hunt, etc... is more priceless than any Beckett/collector journal.
    I had an "old-timer" collector tell me once, as I was buying a few cards from his store - "so what if the 'book' says its worth $100, it's worth nothing but what it means to you until cold hard cash is in your hand". He was/is right.
    Let's Go Mets!
    Enjoy the hunt and have fun going through your cards from time to time.

    This may be true, but the problem I have is most of the branding that happened in the 1980s ruined the aesthetic experience of collecting. I don't necessarily collect for value, but it does depreciate my experience when there are 9 different brands of the same players and each one uglier than the last. No offense or anything, but I can't imagine ever displaying any cards from the 80s or beyond. Just too ugly and unless they're valuable (which most aren't), the impetus to keep collecting them is gone.

    My comment was more in response to the Rickey Henderson rookies, etc.

    One of my favorite things about the card market this century is the vintage and heritage sets where they are using the old designs with current players. I think that was a brilliant idea that actually started with Upper Deck and Fleer. Topps eventually caught up and then set up a monopoly on the overall market.
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Wilds wrote:
    DS1119 wrote:
    Wilds wrote:
    and Barry Bonds (on a card that is already signed by Andy Van Slyke).


    Good luck with that one. :lol:

    True.

    A. Those two hated each other and (through eyewitnesses) both have refused to sign that card at certain times.
    B. Barry has always despised signing autographs in general, at least post 1990.

    I had the chance to buy a real one in 2005, but passed, cause I was low on funds. Totally regret that decision.


    VanSlyke was born in my hometown and I know his father. He's told me some stories about Bonds and VanSlyke. :lol:
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,822
    It is very confusing these days with so many types of baseball cards.....you need to be a semi-genius to open a pack of cards and determine the rarity of each variant/refractor/autograph card.

    Back in my day, we only had Topps, and we were thankful! :?
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,193
    anyone remember starting lineup figures from the 80's-90's?
    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
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,274
    edited January 2013
    I've picked up a few things over the years

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    Post edited by Wobbie on
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24

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