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Thanks gentlemen.
Much appreciated.Take me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....0 -
on2legs said:I’m sure you’ll get lots of great suggestions, but I’ve been using these holders lately and love them. No more screws - they have a magnetic closure and they make for a nice presentation of cards that you’re not going to be getting graded. I included an eBay link - not my auction - for some of the holders.0
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Well, for $4500 I am contemplating going on ebay and purchasing a T206 TyCobb.
And YES IM FUCKING SERIOUS.
Damn that would be nice to have.
Take me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....0 -
Gern Blansten said:SPEEDY MCCREADY said: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.
I have a memory of having a bunch of my cards laid out on the floor and my grandma rolling over them with a vacuum cleaner because she told me to pick them up and I didn't. At least she warned me.
I have decided to have some fun and build up what's left of my baseball/football card collection. I went on ebay this weekend and purchased some cards. I stuck with the PSA 4-7 graded cards, and still spent way too much money! hahaha
I did plenty of homework on completed listings and visited some websites that list card values according to psa grades. I also visited a few of the online stores and looked at their inventory, and their sales history as far as pricing goes. I actually think I did pretty damned good. I realized that the Mickey Mantle cards are just too damn overpriced, no matter what the cards graded. Also the Mays cards were expensive. But I got some beautiful 1959 cards that were affordable.
Koufax
Banks
Aaron
Picked up a 1955 Ernie Banks, a 1956 Ernie Banks and a 1960 Banks.
Picked up a couple other Aarons, another Koufax, and a Mays.
YEAH, I spent some money, but oh well.
Ill slow it down for a month and work on how I want to display these.
Post edited by SPEEDY MCCREADY onTake me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....0 -
And before anyone asks, I have ZERO INTENTION of purchasing any cards from the 80s 90s 2000s, 2010 or 2020.
Not interested in the least.Take me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....0 -
SPEEDY MCCREADY said:Gern Blansten said:SPEEDY MCCREADY said: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.
I have a memory of having a bunch of my cards laid out on the floor and my grandma rolling over them with a vacuum cleaner because she told me to pick them up and I didn't. At least she warned me.
I have decided to have some fun and build up what's left of my baseball/football card collection. I went on ebay this weekend and purchased some cards. I stuck with the PSA 4-7 graded cards, and still spent way too much money! hahaha
I did plenty of homework on completed listings and visited some websites that list card values according to psa grades. I also visited a few of the online stores and looked at their inventory, and their sales history as far as pricing goes. I actually think I did pretty damned good. I realized that the Mickey Mantle cards are just too damn overpriced, no matter what the cards graded. Also the Mays cards were expensive. But I got some beautiful 1959 cards that were affordable.
Koufax
Banks
Aaron
Picked up a 1955 Ernie Banks, a 1956 Ernie Banks and a 1960 Banks.
Picked up a couple other Aarons, another Koufax, and a Mays.
YEAH, I spent some money, but oh well.
Ill slow it down for a month and work on how I want to display these.
Bench/Perez/Morgan/Concepcion/Rose/Griffey/Foster/Geronimo
I tried to score a Bench rookie on ebay and the bids were going above recommended value so I backed offRemember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 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; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt20 -
SPEEDY MCCREADY said:Well, for $4500 I am contemplating going on ebay and purchasing a T206 TyCobb.
And YES IM FUCKING SERIOUS.
Damn that would be nice to have.Post edited by MayDay10 on0 -
SPEEDY MCCREADY said:Gern Blansten said:SPEEDY MCCREADY said: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.
I have a memory of having a bunch of my cards laid out on the floor and my grandma rolling over them with a vacuum cleaner because she told me to pick them up and I didn't. At least she warned me.
I have decided to have some fun and build up what's left of my baseball/football card collection. I went on ebay this weekend and purchased some cards. I stuck with the PSA 4-7 graded cards, and still spent way too much money! hahaha
I did plenty of homework on completed listings and visited some websites that list card values according to psa grades. I also visited a few of the online stores and looked at their inventory, and their sales history as far as pricing goes. I actually think I did pretty damned good. I realized that the Mickey Mantle cards are just too damn overpriced, no matter what the cards graded. Also the Mays cards were expensive. But I got some beautiful 1959 cards that were affordable.
Koufax
Banks
Aaron
Picked up a 1955 Ernie Banks, a 1956 Ernie Banks and a 1960 Banks.
Picked up a couple other Aarons, another Koufax, and a Mays.
YEAH, I spent some money, but oh well.
Ill slow it down for a month and work on how I want to display these.
IMO, they should always hold value as they will always be scarce and in-demand unless some sort of apocolypse happens or something0 -
SPEEDY MCCREADY said:Well, for $4500 I am contemplating going on ebay and purchasing a T206 TyCobb.
And YES IM FUCKING SERIOUS.
Damn that would be nice to have.
For 4500 it will be a poor grade I think but as long as it looks good.
Enjoy!!!0 -
tempo_n_groove said:SPEEDY MCCREADY said:Well, for $4500 I am contemplating going on ebay and purchasing a T206 TyCobb.
And YES IM FUCKING SERIOUS.
Damn that would be nice to have.
For 4500 it will be a poor grade I think but as long as it looks good.
Enjoy!!!Take me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....0 -
Gern Blansten said:SPEEDY MCCREADY said:Gern Blansten said:SPEEDY MCCREADY said: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.
I have a memory of having a bunch of my cards laid out on the floor and my grandma rolling over them with a vacuum cleaner because she told me to pick them up and I didn't. At least she warned me.
I have decided to have some fun and build up what's left of my baseball/football card collection. I went on ebay this weekend and purchased some cards. I stuck with the PSA 4-7 graded cards, and still spent way too much money! hahaha
I did plenty of homework on completed listings and visited some websites that list card values according to psa grades. I also visited a few of the online stores and looked at their inventory, and their sales history as far as pricing goes. I actually think I did pretty damned good. I realized that the Mickey Mantle cards are just too damn overpriced, no matter what the cards graded. Also the Mays cards were expensive. But I got some beautiful 1959 cards that were affordable.
Koufax
Banks
Aaron
Picked up a 1955 Ernie Banks, a 1956 Ernie Banks and a 1960 Banks.
Picked up a couple other Aarons, another Koufax, and a Mays.
YEAH, I spent some money, but oh well.
Ill slow it down for a month and work on how I want to display these.
Bench/Perez/Morgan/Concepcion/Rose/Griffey/Foster/Geronimo
I tried to score a Bench rookie on ebay and the bids were going above recommended value so I backed off
I spent the last weekend looking at a ton of cards from the Big Red Machine.Take me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....0 -
MayDay10 said:SPEEDY MCCREADY said:Well, for $4500 I am contemplating going on ebay and purchasing a T206 TyCobb.
And YES IM FUCKING SERIOUS.
Damn that would be nice to have.
Im also looking at the Goudey 1933 Lou Gehrig. For $2500 I can have a psa 1, miscut, beat to hell card. But I would have a LOU GEHRIG!!!!Take me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....0 -
SPEEDY MCCREADY said:Gern Blansten said:SPEEDY MCCREADY said:Gern Blansten said:SPEEDY MCCREADY said: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.
I have a memory of having a bunch of my cards laid out on the floor and my grandma rolling over them with a vacuum cleaner because she told me to pick them up and I didn't. At least she warned me.
I have decided to have some fun and build up what's left of my baseball/football card collection. I went on ebay this weekend and purchased some cards. I stuck with the PSA 4-7 graded cards, and still spent way too much money! hahaha
I did plenty of homework on completed listings and visited some websites that list card values according to psa grades. I also visited a few of the online stores and looked at their inventory, and their sales history as far as pricing goes. I actually think I did pretty damned good. I realized that the Mickey Mantle cards are just too damn overpriced, no matter what the cards graded. Also the Mays cards were expensive. But I got some beautiful 1959 cards that were affordable.
Koufax
Banks
Aaron
Picked up a 1955 Ernie Banks, a 1956 Ernie Banks and a 1960 Banks.
Picked up a couple other Aarons, another Koufax, and a Mays.
YEAH, I spent some money, but oh well.
Ill slow it down for a month and work on how I want to display these.
Bench/Perez/Morgan/Concepcion/Rose/Griffey/Foster/Geronimo
I tried to score a Bench rookie on ebay and the bids were going above recommended value so I backed off
I spent the last weekend looking at a ton of cards from the Big Red Machine.Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 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; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt20 -
Gern Blansten said:SPEEDY MCCREADY said:Gern Blansten said:SPEEDY MCCREADY said:Gern Blansten said:SPEEDY MCCREADY said: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.
I have a memory of having a bunch of my cards laid out on the floor and my grandma rolling over them with a vacuum cleaner because she told me to pick them up and I didn't. At least she warned me.
I have decided to have some fun and build up what's left of my baseball/football card collection. I went on ebay this weekend and purchased some cards. I stuck with the PSA 4-7 graded cards, and still spent way too much money! hahaha
I did plenty of homework on completed listings and visited some websites that list card values according to psa grades. I also visited a few of the online stores and looked at their inventory, and their sales history as far as pricing goes. I actually think I did pretty damned good. I realized that the Mickey Mantle cards are just too damn overpriced, no matter what the cards graded. Also the Mays cards were expensive. But I got some beautiful 1959 cards that were affordable.
Koufax
Banks
Aaron
Picked up a 1955 Ernie Banks, a 1956 Ernie Banks and a 1960 Banks.
Picked up a couple other Aarons, another Koufax, and a Mays.
YEAH, I spent some money, but oh well.
Ill slow it down for a month and work on how I want to display these.
Bench/Perez/Morgan/Concepcion/Rose/Griffey/Foster/Geronimo
I tried to score a Bench rookie on ebay and the bids were going above recommended value so I backed off
I spent the last weekend looking at a ton of cards from the Big Red Machine.Take me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....0 -
If you don't feel like spending 2G for a Gherig here is a cheaper and very nice alternative. Still has that vintage feel and very nicely done cards.
1960 Fleer. I own one of these. Beautiful cards.
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SPEEDY MCCREADY said:Gern Blansten said:SPEEDY MCCREADY said:Gern Blansten said:SPEEDY MCCREADY said: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.
I have a memory of having a bunch of my cards laid out on the floor and my grandma rolling over them with a vacuum cleaner because she told me to pick them up and I didn't. At least she warned me.
I have decided to have some fun and build up what's left of my baseball/football card collection. I went on ebay this weekend and purchased some cards. I stuck with the PSA 4-7 graded cards, and still spent way too much money! hahaha
I did plenty of homework on completed listings and visited some websites that list card values according to psa grades. I also visited a few of the online stores and looked at their inventory, and their sales history as far as pricing goes. I actually think I did pretty damned good. I realized that the Mickey Mantle cards are just too damn overpriced, no matter what the cards graded. Also the Mays cards were expensive. But I got some beautiful 1959 cards that were affordable.
Koufax
Banks
Aaron
Picked up a 1955 Ernie Banks, a 1956 Ernie Banks and a 1960 Banks.
Picked up a couple other Aarons, another Koufax, and a Mays.
YEAH, I spent some money, but oh well.
Ill slow it down for a month and work on how I want to display these.
Bench/Perez/Morgan/Concepcion/Rose/Griffey/Foster/Geronimo
I tried to score a Bench rookie on ebay and the bids were going above recommended value so I backed off
I spent the last weekend looking at a ton of cards from the Big Red Machine.0 -
Bought a set of 800 mixed cards from the 1980s for 4.99 in one of those discount stores last week. A lot of them are ones I already had but there were some from the early 80s sets like 1981 Donruss that I didn't have. Plus you couldn't beat the price for that many cards.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
MSG 2024, MSG 2024
Philadelphia 2024
"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."0 -
trying to score these twoRemember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 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; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt20 -
Gern Blansten said:
trying to score these two
Those are really clean 7's. Good luck!
I'm buying up Bobby Witt Jr cards.0 -
This thread made me want to go through my cards. I think it's the first time in about 15 years that I looked at them. Outside of a Shaquille O'Neal 2nd or 3rd year card, I have a big old pile of nothing lol. I bought a complete set of baseball cards (Donruss, I think) from the late 80s for $20. Looked up the value and it's now worth $15. Great return on investment
I know I spent a lot of allowance money on cards. Even though they're pretty much worthless, the nostalgia was worth every penny.0
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