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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 43,444
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:
    ^^^^
    Nice Curry!!

    Trout and Curry
    A couple of autos I need to get. 
    TY TY. I believe it's like my 20th Trout auto.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947

    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947
    That Mays cost me $40


    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 43,444
    You sir have become a Rembrandt and Houdini.

    Bravo!

  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947
    1st graded cards.
    Let's just say Im very happy with my new hobby. 
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947
    I bought those cards for 30% of value that they are now. 
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947
    The next submissions, that should be back to me within 2 weeks, should be HUGE PROFIT!
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947
    The miscut killed me! 
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947
    And I've been in contact with a card broker with connections to auction houses. So I will not be cleaning other people's cards for free.

    If you are good at something 
    Never do it for free. 
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947

    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947
    Again my objective was to get everything to a 4-5.
    And I can do that. 
    And make a very nice profit, if I want to sell right away. But I may just sit on my vintage collection and see what happens over the next 2-3 years. 

    I'll keep buying and fixing as much as possible I guess. But it's not that easy to find the cards that I know will clean up. 

    Cracked paint? Forget it 
    A crease with cracked paint? Forget it
    Some stains? Just never come out.
    Those corner triangles due to dings? 75% of those have cracked paint...Forget it

    But I can tell the difference from what will improve and what won't. At 1st not so much. But it didn't take long to figure out. 

    And my microscope ROCKS!!!!!

    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 43,444
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:
    Again my objective was to get everything to a 4-5.
    And I can do that. 
    And make a very nice profit, if I want to sell right away. But I may just sit on my vintage collection and see what happens over the next 2-3 years. 

    I'll keep buying and fixing as much as possible I guess. But it's not that easy to find the cards that I know will clean up. 

    Cracked paint? Forget it 
    A crease with cracked paint? Forget it
    Some stains? Just never come out.
    Those corner triangles due to dings? 75% of those have cracked paint...Forget it

    But I can tell the difference from what will improve and what won't. At 1st not so much. But it didn't take long to figure out. 

    And my microscope ROCKS!!!!!

    You have done some amazing work!
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 43,444
    I should receive my 130 card PSA submission today.  From what I understand there is a lot of pain in there.

    To be continued...
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947
    tempo_n_groove said:
    I should receive my 130 card PSA submission today.  From what I understand there is a lot of pain in there.

    To be continued...
    Oh boy!
    How long have you waited?
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947
    tempo_n_groove said:
    I should receive my 130 card PSA submission today.  From what I understand there is a lot of pain in there.

    To be continued...
    Mostly Pokémon?
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 16,499
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:
    1st graded cards.
    Let's just say Im very happy with my new hobby. 
    Congratulations on those grades! Amazing transformation.  What was the turnaround time from SGC for those?
    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 (#25) | 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 Park  2021: Asbury Park  2022: MSG | Camden | Nashville  2024: MSG 1 & 2 (#50) | Philadelphia 1 & 2 | Baltimore  2025: Raleigh 2


  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947
    on2legs said:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:
    1st graded cards.
    Let's just say Im very happy with my new hobby. 
    Congratulations on those grades! Amazing transformation.  What was the turnaround time from SGC for those?
    90 days exactly. 
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947
    My new adventure. 
    Through Ebay and auctions I have purchased about 500 or so 1959 baseball cards.
    Im going to clean and put together the entire set. I already have a bunch of the expensive HOF cards. Mays, Mantle, Aaron etc etc. After going through the 500 bulk I was able to instantly sell 200 or so duplicates on Ebay for $200. So that worked out nice. Im guessing that more than half of the 300+ cards I now have going towards the collection are in EX CONDITION. But Im cleaning them anyway.

    Might take a year.
    Might take 3 years.
    572 cards
    The rookie Gibson will cost me some money. 

    I've done a boatload of research on the set.
    Going to keep me busy. 


    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947
    Cleaning what I have at basically 10 cards a day will take more than a month. But 10 a day I have found out is my perfect limit.

    I just cleaned about 120 1959 cards for a broker/dealer. Let's just say he was fucking blown away. How we go about doing further business together is being discussed. 
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,947
    Tempo?
    The suspense is killing me! 
    Whats the PSA situation?
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....

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