The Baseball Card Thread

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

tempo_n_groove said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

on2legs said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

on2legs said:

Amazing result! 

Pretty wild!

I would love to find an entire set of 1956 Topps in that condition. It just simply peeled away. Easier than any dings, dents, and crease I've dealt with. 

I imagine there has to be some more cards out there in similar condition.  Most people probably have no idea there’s a solution and they’ve given up on them.  

Agreed 100%.
And the solution literally took less than 5 minutes.

I will find more.
At some point I will find 100-200 more. 

buddy of mine has a 51 Mantle like that.  I asked if he wanted to gamble and "fix it".

He declined.

Really? If at anytime you can get a picture of that card, please send my way. I would love to see it. 

He is a big time dealer.  He most likely sold it already.

You should see the stuff he goes through...

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

on2legs said:

Amazing result! 

Are you interested in any of my cards? Free of charge? I've got some 60s and 70s HOFers that didn't clean up to the point where I would get them graded. But they are still 60s and 70s HOFers. Im not giving any names. LOL

You interested? 
Plus I have a 2026 base set you can have. No charge.

Let me know.

Just give me an address and they are yours. 

I'd take you up if he doesnt/

I also want to send you some cards to work on.

  

on2legs said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

on2legs said:

Amazing result! 

Are you interested in any of my cards? Free of charge? I've got some 60s and 70s HOFers that didn't clean up to the point where I would get them graded. But they are still 60s and 70s HOFers. Im not giving any names. LOL

You interested? 
Plus I have a 2026 base set you can have. No charge.

Let me know.

Just give me an address and they are yours. 

Thank you! I appreciate it but I’ve purged a lot of my collection and I’m mostly a basketball guy these days.  You’ve done a fantastic job with these cards and I’m enjoying seeing the before and after photos.  Keep ‘em coming!

My new project? I am putting together 2 complete sets of 1959 Topps baseball. I've spent the last couple months buying the 59 cards in bulk, with only trying to purchase in ex-mnt-or better. Then I have started cleaning every card. I had most of the expensive hard to get cards already, so that was nice. So I have to work on getting 2nd copies of those. But Ive got most of those covered. Still plenty of harder to get all-star cards and short print. But I have done real well with the auction houses and a couple new connections I have. Check out these pics. 

The 1st pic is 12 cards getting ready to be flattened between 2 card boxes. After cleaning and drying, I will flatten for 6- 8 hours. Quite the process. Haha

The last 2 cards I will purchase will probably be Gibson. Just because.
Although I look daily for whats available. 

tempo_n_groove said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

The last 2 cards I will purchase will probably be Gibson. Just because.
Although I look daily for whats available. 

Try going to a show.

I will probably never walk in to a show.
I have enough of the card dealers trying to rip me off when I sell on ebay. I dont need to be in a room full of them. 

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

The last 2 cards I will purchase will probably be Gibson. Just because.
Although I look daily for whats available. 

They look great! A 59 set would be an huge accomplishment, especially after you’ve cleaned it up.   I like that you’re enjoying the effort of  being purposeful with the cards.  It will be worth the effort in the end. 

This one I need to take a good look at when it shows up in the mail in a few days. It was graded a 2, I cracked the case, cleaned,and only received a 2.5. I must be missing something. Obviously. 

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Brokers, auction houses, certain dealers is the way i will go. Dealing with the card shop owners? Who offer me $49 for a $500 card? No thank you. 

Go to a Card Show, not Shop.