Purchased a Very Large Collection Locally (with pics)

orioles93

So the other day I purchased a large collection locally. Its gonna take me a while to go through. My entire car was filled. The trunk, back seat, and the passenger seat. Lots of partial and complete sets (1971-through the 90s), as well as lots of random boxes labeled miscellaneous. I will post more pics once I go through it to show what I find!

CSUrunandstun

that'll keep you busy for a while...looks like a lot of fun!

robert67

So cool. I was fortunate to do that a few years ago. Keep us posted and good luck.

Kep13

that's the kind of stuff I like to get off Craigslist for pennies on the dollar...if you know how to spot gradable cards, the effort can be quite fruitful....

GreenSneakers

Tell us a little more about the circumstances and negotiation?

orioles93

@GreenSneakers said:
Tell us a little more about the circumstances and negotiation?

The man said it was his father in laws collection. I guess he inherited it and didn’t want it anymore. They are moving so they are getting rid of a lot of stuff that they didn’t want to move with them. I can see why he didn’t want to take it with him on a move. It was a lot and pretty heavy to.

orioles93

I came across a handful of 1982 Topps Reggie Jackson and Fernando Valenzuela that all have really bad yellow ink smudge errors. Are these worth anything really?

Horse

If I got those, I would instead ask ... Am I worth anything to the smudges

pab1969

Enjoy your time searching. To me that is just as much fun as finding a gem in that hoard.

LarkinCollector

@orioles93 said:
I came across a handful of 1982 Topps Reggie Jackson and Fernando Valenzuela that all have really bad yellow ink smudge errors. Are these worth anything really?

Probably not a lot, but I'd be interested in a copy of each.

Ironmanfan

@orioles93 said:
I came across a handful of 1982 Topps Reggie Jackson and Fernando Valenzuela that all have really bad yellow ink smudge errors. Are these worth anything really?

no

IMF

mrmopar

@orioles93 said:
I came across a handful of 1982 Topps Reggie Jackson and Fernando Valenzuela that all have really bad yellow ink smudge errors. Are these worth anything really?

To the right buyers, certainly a small to medium premium perhaps. To most, not anything more than a clean copy of the same card.

I am one of those collectors that would add something like that to my collection for the right price.

Good luck with the search. That is the fun part.

stevek

Very cool - Good luck!

Hope you find some winners in there.

robert67

Update?

softparade

wow hideous print defects. Man I have 3 dead nuts centered front and back ‘78 Topps Murray cards pulled from the same rack case with hideous splotches on them. Ughhhhh I’d love to share but can’t take away from those Reggies and Fernandos. It looks like a dog peed on them

orioles93

Sorry for the lack of updates. So I went through majority of the late 80s and early 90s lower end sets/partial sets and pulled out all the stars and rookies. I have no need for 5 1987 topps sets worth of commons, etc. But after going through those and numerous miscellaneous boxes, these are the better rookies that I found and pulled out. Condition is all over the place. The person who put this collection together was obviously prospecting back in the 80s. For every one of these "hits" such as the 10 Fleer Gwynn rookies, there were easily about 10 other players with large amounts of rookies who I had never heard of and didn't pan out. I still need to go through all of the 70s stuff that was in the collection. I also put aside all of the 80s sets that have decent value as a complete set. I need to go through them and make sure the entire sets are actually there. Also as a side note, I am going to go through and pull out what I need for my own personal collection, and then everything else will be for sale. I'll try to keep this updated as I go! It's been fun to go through so far.

Kep13

lot of nice cards there...a couple of those Lee Smith's look pretty good...

Ironmanfan

Schilling likely to get a HOF call tomorrow

IMF

LarkinCollector

@Ironmanfan said:
Schilling likely to get a HOF call tomorrow

IMF

I wish I could agree. He's deserving, but looks like a 68-70% finish for him this year.

lahmejoon

I think the more interesting question is how close will Larry Walker get? He's the next highest from Jeter at 83.7% on 195 known public ballots versus 65.9% on 232 known public ballots before the final results, dropping to 59.7% final.

orioles93

Here are some more pics. Mostly some random type cards such as OPC, Coke, Burger King, etc. Also included are pics of the only 50s and 60s cards found. They are all pretty beat up.

A bunch of Rich Dauer autographs and a Expos autograph that I am not sure of. If anyone can figure it out let me know!

Some 79' Hall of Famers

Some beat up 50s cards!

86- 1981 Topps Alan Trammel!! (anyone like Trammel a lot?)

Burger King, OPC, and Coke cards