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Thread Title: The Greg Maddux Master/Basic set thread
Created On Sunday March 22, 2009 7:09 AM


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richtree
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Thursday March 26, 2009 1:01 PM

Hey LSU boy,

I got this one, you wanna trade ?

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Buying:
1990 Fleer Dave Martinez with the yellow 90' on Front,
1990 Upper Deck Black Box #702 Mike Witt (will pay a premium for this),
1991 Topps Mark Whiten "hand out of the border" on front error,
1990 Juan Gonzalez Donruss Aqueous test card
2006 Topps Alay Soler RC1 short print
2006 Topps Heritage Cut out Alex Gordon
2006 Topps White Out (silver) letters Alex Gordon
1984 Topps Proof Steve Carlton/Gary Mathews
*I will pay premium* richtree@gmail.com

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CrimsonTider
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Thursday March 26, 2009 2:33 PM

That's right, BOY!!!

Real men are from Bama.

Just rambling and ranting

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lsutigers1973
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Friday March 27, 2009 5:56 AM

<< Hey LSU boy, >>

Show some respect and you will receive respect in return.

<< That's right, BOY!!!

Real men are from Bama. >>

Little Joey, I will let you slide on this one. Based on the cards you sub to PSA, we may be related. My dad did live in Alabama for a few months, so it's possible.

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Greg Maddux PSA 9 or 10
Yaz Basic Set

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cyots82
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Friday March 27, 2009 7:25 AM

<< Hey LSU boy,

I got this one, you wanna trade ?

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Tacky post my friend, not a good way to induce a trading/buying situation with anyone.

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Le Mieux Collection
#11 All Time 500 Goal Scorers
#27 All Time 3000 Strikeouts Club
#15 Cal Ripken Jr. Basic Topps
#2 Greg Maddux Basic Topps
#4 Ryne Sandberg Basic Topps
#1 Fank Thomas Rookies 100%
#1 Chipper Jones Rookies 100%

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1960toppsguy
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Friday March 27, 2009 7:55 AM

you waited a while to hear about AROD, it's coming

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cyots82
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Friday March 27, 2009 11:21 AM

<< you waited a while to hear about AROD, it's coming >>

Look man, unless you have an article or something with some proof to point to, quit posting this junk trying to run down Maddux.

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Le Mieux Collection
#11 All Time 500 Goal Scorers
#27 All Time 3000 Strikeouts Club
#15 Cal Ripken Jr. Basic Topps
#2 Greg Maddux Basic Topps
#4 Ryne Sandberg Basic Topps
#1 Fank Thomas Rookies 100%
#1 Chipper Jones Rookies 100%

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Boopotts
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Friday March 27, 2009 11:52 AM

<< you waited a while to hear about AROD, it's coming >>

Oh, we get it now-- 'there's a rumor' is 60'sGuy speak for 'It's my opinon that--'. Thank you for the clarification.

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Goethe

"When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it."

Norman MacLean

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CrimsonTider
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Saturday March 28, 2009 10:44 AM

If you want proof that Maddux was NOT on roids, look at his guns in the card pictured above.

Maddux was a control artist, he did not have to rely on power to get a batter out. Percision, accuracy, and movement was his mainstay.

I have a feeling that the 60's guy has some other ax to grind.

It's not polite to hijack another person's player thread unless it E. Smith, then you have my permission. Only because he dates Ryan Seacrest.

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cyots82
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Saturday March 28, 2009 6:56 PM

I think you all will enjoy this. I swung by the local Target today to pick up a few things for around the house and saw that they still had a box of series two 2008 Topps sitting at the check out. Packs were only $1.99. Since I just started the Maddux Basic Topps set up two weeks ago and I knew his card was in series two, I figured why not. I hadn't ripped a pack in a long, long time. It was going to be a crazy but cheap thrill. I got home and sat down to open the packs with excitement. I hadn't felt like that since I was a kid, that unkown feeling of ripping a fresh pack of new cards. I was so carefull with them, opening the pack gently down the factory seal, trying my best not to pinch the sides or ding the corners. Nothing like I did when I was a kid, tearing wildly into a pack with no patience! The first two packs were fun, I landed Francisco Rodriguez and a Delmon Young RC in the first pack. The next pack had some good star power with Derek Jeter, Ken Griffey Jr. and a Hideki Okajima RC. I know these cards aren't worth anything, barely the cardboard they are printed on, but the last pack made it worth it. Filled with the modest dissapointment of letting my inner child take advantage of my calculating, realistic side, I picked up the last pack. As I was trying to work the seal of the pack open, I droped it and shouted out a quick four letter word thinking to myself, man what if that Maddux is in there. Then, the realistic part of me said no way and I just picked it up and went back to work on the seal. Finally, wrapper open and cards free of the pack I turn the cards over and slid the first card off the stack to examine it further, because the top card's navy and gold team lettering of the Brewers looks much like that of the Padres, Maddux's 07-08 team. After the reality of it not being Maddux set in, I looked down to my other hand holding the remainder of the pack. Then it seemed as if my heart stopped...

Staring me right in the face is a crisp, perfectly centered image of Greg Maddux mid way into his follow through. YES, I shouted out as it seemed I had just won the lottery and to the child in my head and heart at that moment, I had! I have never and don't know if I will ever be that excited again over a fifty cent common card of a regular old Topps pack! All I could think is, it'll make a 10 and I can add it to my set! There was so much joy for a handful of seconds while the kid in me was grinning widely at the adult that ran the show day in and day out. After examing the card closer before I placed it in a top loader, I'm not too sure if it'll make a 10. I have one corner that I question, but it's so hard to say what a grader would think. I'd love for it to, because it's a great looking card. The centering is perfect and surprisingly the rest of the cards from the three packs showed some bad centering, a lot of 60/40 which I wouldn't think possible in this day and age with machines able to cut everything, even the cornea of an eye within a 1000th of an inch! Still, even if I never send the card to PSA, or if I do and it only comes back a 9, it was still worth the six dollars and change that the three packs cost me. The hunt for a card and the shear thrill of pulling it right when you want it is priceless. Just thinking back on the whole experience as I typed this has reminded me why I love this hobby. To me there is no other hobby like collecting cards and memorabilia that can take you back to your childhood and the ignorant blissfulness that we all enjoyed then. Today has made me want to buy some more wax and get to ripping. I know the thrills will come much less and be filled more with dissapointment, but just the idea that I could have a little bit of today's feeling back is a reason to do it all over again. I feel more like an addict at this point than anything, but I guess there are far worse things that could have me hooked at this point! Thanks for letting me share this with you all. I hope this hobby brings you as much joy as it does to me. I have to say, today was a good day!

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Le Mieux Collection
#11 All Time 500 Goal Scorers
#27 All Time 3000 Strikeouts Club
#15 Cal Ripken Jr. Basic Topps
#2 Greg Maddux Basic Topps
#4 Ryne Sandberg Basic Topps
#1 Fank Thomas Rookies 100%
#1 Chipper Jones Rookies 100%

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lsutigers1973
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Saturday March 28, 2009 8:48 PM

Pulled 3 Maddux rookies from a 1987 Leaf box tonight. All 3 were dead centered but two had one corner that would make them 8's at best. One has wax on the front (pack flipped and bottom half was upside down). Should be able to get the wax off and somehow the corners are still sharp.

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Greg Maddux PSA 9 or 10
Yaz Basic Set

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cyots82
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Saturday March 28, 2009 9:52 PM

Awesome, good luck with the salvageable one! Maybe that one will hit big. Today hooked me again on opening packs, so I think I will be placing some orders with BBCE for some stuff that I need basic cards of. Even if the grades don't go in my favor, the fun of busting packs should be worth the bucks!

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Le Mieux Collection
#11 All Time 500 Goal Scorers
#27 All Time 3000 Strikeouts Club
#15 Cal Ripken Jr. Basic Topps
#2 Greg Maddux Basic Topps
#4 Ryne Sandberg Basic Topps
#1 Fank Thomas Rookies 100%
#1 Chipper Jones Rookies 100%

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CrimsonTider
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Wednesday April 01, 2009 8:45 AM

Why has no one started a Dale Murphy thread. I'm starting to get offended. If someone does not step up and do the right thing, I will have to do it myself!

I wish I had embarassing photos of Maddux to post on this thread like D. Puddy has done on the E. Smith thread.

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Wednesday April 01, 2009 1:43 PM

Feel free to start one. I'll contribute to it, too.

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cyots82
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Wednesday April 01, 2009 5:32 PM

<< Why has no one started a Dale Murphy thread. I'm starting to get offended. If someone does not step up and do the right thing, I will have to do it myself!

I wish I had embarassing photos of Maddux to post on this thread like D. Puddy has done on the E. Smith thread. >>

Make it happen!

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Le Mieux Collection
#11 All Time 500 Goal Scorers
#27 All Time 3000 Strikeouts Club
#15 Cal Ripken Jr. Basic Topps
#2 Greg Maddux Basic Topps
#4 Ryne Sandberg Basic Topps
#1 Fank Thomas Rookies 100%
#1 Chipper Jones Rookies 100%

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Dboneesq
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Wednesday April 01, 2009 8:59 PM

Hey Guys,

Just going thru some stuff and came across 200 - 300 Maddux cards from the late 90s/early 00s. Could you tell me a few of the cards from that era worth sending in to PSA if they were worthy of a "10"? THANKS!

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STAY HEALTHY!

Doug

It was tough having to recently sell almost my entire collection of ~1,700 PSA graded cards from the 1910s - 1970's and my ~250 - 300 Graded Packs from the 50s, 60s and 70s. But when your daughter AND your wife are diagnosed with Cancer, sometimes you don't have a choice. One day I'll get some of them back!

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Boopotts
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Wednesday April 01, 2009 9:49 PM

<< Hey Guys,

Just going thru some stuff and came across 200 - 300 Maddux cards from the late 90s/early 00s. Could you tell me a few of the cards from that era worth sending in to PSA if they were worthy of a "10"? THANKS! >>

None, save perhaps a few of the tougher inserts/parallels, and even those won't fetch more than $15 at best.

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"Nothing is worth more than this day"
Goethe

"When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it."

Norman MacLean

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lsutigers1973
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Thursday April 02, 2009 6:36 AM

<< Just going thru some stuff and came across 200 - 300 Maddux cards from the late 90s/early 00s. Could you tell me a few of the cards from that era worth sending in to PSA if they were worthy of a "10"? THANKS! >>

They are all worthless. PMing you my address.

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Want list:
Greg Maddux PSA 9 or 10
Yaz Basic Set

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Thursday April 02, 2009 9:45 AM

<< Pulled 3 Maddux rookies from a 1987 Leaf box tonight. All 3 were dead centered but two had one corner that would make them 8's at best. One has wax on the front (pack flipped and bottom half was upside down). Should be able to get the wax off and somehow the corners are still sharp. >>

An old school collector taught me the secret to getting wax off the cards once. Basically just use nylon pantyhose and lightly wipe the wax away like magic. I don't know how he ever learned this but I swear to you it works.

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Looking for:
1966, 69, & 71 Topps Rico Petrocelli cards in PSA 9
1970-79 Topps Red Sox in PSA 9 or 10
Cal Ripken Jr. PSA 10's

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lsutigers1973
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Thursday April 02, 2009 12:59 PM

<< Basically just use nylon pantyhose and lightly wipe the wax away like magic. I don't know how he ever learned this but I swear to you it works. >>

Done it a hundred times. Works every time.

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Yaz Basic Set

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Thursday April 02, 2009 7:34 PM

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<< Just going thru some stuff and came across 200 - 300 Maddux cards from the late 90s/early 00s. Could you tell me a few of the cards from that era worth sending in to PSA if they were worthy of a "10"? THANKS! >>

They are all worthless. PMing you my address. >>

Did dbone ever send you that autoed 91 UD?

I see the basic set was just recently updated. Anyone know what was added? (That's a feature from the old setup that I miss, the little red "Added" flag.) I'm thinking it was the more recent stuff, but I'm not sure.

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