@cakes thanks! Yes, I drove it like an old lady going to the supermarket last year to get prune juice. I will open her up this year, however will keep the traction control on during launch control!! 🚀
I’m getting older and don’t want’ to say why didn’t you in 10 years. No sons to inherit it and this aligns with sold too soon as well.
Last summer sold my Dr. J rookie at the right time when it spiked and sold my Gretzky rookie too early and can’t even look what it would go for now, however landed this. Sorry, don’t mean to pimp, however no regrets at all. Still have a ton of my collection and I can’t drive my Gretzky rookie. People say you only live once, I am saying you only die once and live every day!!!!!!
@Cakes said:
I have been selling and continue to plan on selling mine over the next 2 years.
I am 50 and I would really like a Hellcat!
I'm doing the same, but am saving it for a Chevelle.
69 or 70? Love either.
1970! Big block 4 speed. I've wanted one for many years and never thought it would be a possibility. I had a health scare 6 years ago and started re-evaluating. I didn't realize how much value I actually had in my collection and that my dream car is actually a lot more of a reality with that money than just a dream if I had to finance it. After piecing out my collection to maximize value over the last 4 years, I also came to the conclusion that I'll even get to keep the best of the best of my cards, which is a nice bonus. I've sold off most of the cheaper, slow moving stuff, and now what's left is the expensive and in demand stuff that I don't have an attachment too.
Love it! A little too new for what I'm after , but I agree, you can't drive a baseball card! I try not to look back on what I could afford if I'd held onto all my Trout stuff (4 2011 PSA 10's...bought for $1 each!, 2009 BC auto PSA 10..pulled out of a blaster!, and countless other brands of rookies). Oh well, it'll work out in the end.
@AFLfan said:
This reminds me of a guy I knew. He was an older guy who passed away at about 81 years old, but had collected since he was a kid. Not a lot of crazy valuable stuff, but large quantities and he was very passionate about it. About three years after his passing, I was asked by the family if I was interested in buying the collection. We settled on a price and I hauled out five truckloads of stuff. It was all pretty disorganized and I hadn't been able to look through it all before purchasing.
Fast forward to a couple of weeks later and I am still looking at stuff for the first time. I opened a box that had a bunch of cards, but I also found a ziplock bag of powdery grey stuff. I initially had no idea what it was. Then I called the person whom I had dealt with and asked her if her dad had been cremated. Her immediate response was, "Oh ****! We left this ashes in with his stuff!"
Yep. I'd gotten his ashes along with his collection. So I drove them back to her house and dropped them off. Lol
@Nathaniel1960 said:
I gave my wife a list of dealers NOT to sell my collection to.
Years and years ago, I showed my wife an issue of SCD with a picture of Mr. Mint on the cover and explained that when I croaked she shouldn't sell to him. My two youngest kids (5 and 3 at the time), were in the room, and a bit later I discovered that they had colored all over the front of the magazine adding devil horns and a tail on said card dealer (RIP). At least they were paying attention.
I have a buddy that's a card collector/investor/dealer (and likely to outlive me seeing as he's only a baby) who will be quite helpful in ... cough ... 50+ years when I die in a skiing accident or during an IronMan competition (okay, more likely choking on my pudding).
hilarious Mr. Mint story. I brought my 8 year old and 6 year old daughters to a show in Cranston--was the oldest running show in the USA. Told them how he was a famous card dealer etc--struck up a convo with him and my 8 year old asks him--"Mr. Mint do you collect cards?" He says "Only thing I collect honey is dead presidents on bills". I was like--you know they're like 8 right?
@Nathaniel1960 said:
I gave my wife a list of dealers NOT to sell my collection to.
Years and years ago, I showed my wife an issue of SCD with a picture of Mr. Mint on the cover and explained that when I croaked she shouldn't sell to him. My two youngest kids (5 and 3 at the time), were in the room, and a bit later I discovered that they had colored all over the front of the magazine adding devil horns and a tail on said card dealer (RIP). At least they were paying attention.
I have a buddy that's a card collector/investor/dealer (and likely to outlive me seeing as he's only a baby) who will be quite helpful in ... cough ... 50+ years when I die in a skiing accident or during an IronMan competition (okay, more likely choking on my pudding).
hilarious Mr. Mint story. I brought my 8 year old and 6 year old daughters to a show in Cranston--was the oldest running show in the USA. Told them how he was a famous card dealer etc--struck up a convo with him and my 8 year old asks him--"Mr. Mint do you collect cards?" He says "Only thing I collect honey is dead presidents on bills". I was like--you know they're like 8 right?
I’m getting older and don’t want’ to say why didn’t you in 10 years. No sons to inherit it and this aligns with sold too soon as well.
Last summer sold my Dr. J rookie at the right time when it spiked and sold my Gretzky rookie too early and can’t even look what it would go for now, however landed this. Sorry, don’t mean to pimp, however no regrets at all. Still have a ton of my collection and I can’t drive my Gretzky rookie. People say you only live once, I am saying you only die once and live every day!!!!!!
@Cakes said:
I have been selling and continue to plan on selling mine over the next 2 years.
I am 50 and I would really like a Hellcat!
I'm doing the same, but am saving it for a Chevelle.
69 or 70? Love either.
1970! Big block 4 speed. I've wanted one for many years and never thought it would be a possibility. I had a health scare 6 years ago and started re-evaluating. I didn't realize how much value I actually had in my collection and that my dream car is actually a lot more of a reality with that money than just a dream if I had to finance it. After piecing out my collection to maximize value over the last 4 years, I also came to the conclusion that I'll even get to keep the best of the best of my cards, which is a nice bonus. I've sold off most of the cheaper, slow moving stuff, and now what's left is the expensive and in demand stuff that I don't have an attachment too.
Love the pic. Just curious what State do you live in?
@handyman said:
What happens to your cards at PSA being graded if you pass away while they are in their possession??"
That will be the one that just never gets graded my friend.
I think about that a good bit. I wonder how often this happens with their turnaround times
What is making people think that they wont get graded and shipped to your house just like they would be if you were alive? If everything goes right PSA will not even know you died.
Well, a lot of us use group rips, so once the graded cards are returned to our group submitter, he would email us to py for the return shipping. So the cards would be his if he didn't recieve shipping redtails from me. I guess the exception would be if your wife or other had your email address or kept your phone active and actually responded to the request on how to return them from the group submitter. I assume most group submissions work this way: you pay for your cards to have graded, send to the submitter, he sends to grading service, and then they are returned to him. At this point, the submitter contacts you to see how you want your 50 cards returned. Since your 50 cards are now worth $10,000 instead of the $400 it cost to purchase them, the submitter needs to know how you want them shipped back. Since you are pushing up daisies, you cant tell him you want them shipped insured for $10K. Submitter scores!
Previous CU user: jmmiller777
Baseball HOFer's-PSA6+
Heritage Sets
Kellogg's Graded-PSA 8+
60's Topps Sets-Raw
Anything that Catches My Attention
I suggest that all of you who are involved in group rips, please send your address and your next of kin's contact information to the submitter as soon as possible, since (God forbid) you're going to be long dead by the time the grades pop.
@bobsbbcards said:
I suggest that all of you who are involved in group rips, please send your address and your next of kin's contact information to the submitter as soon as possible, since (God forbid) you're going to be long dead by the time the grades pop.
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@cakes thanks! Yes, I drove it like an old lady going to the supermarket last year to get prune juice. I will open her up this year, however will keep the traction control on during launch control!! 🚀
Love it! A little too new for what I'm after
, but I agree, you can't drive a baseball card! I try not to look back on what I could afford if I'd held onto all my Trout stuff (4 2011 PSA 10's...bought for $1 each!, 2009 BC auto PSA 10..pulled out of a blaster!, and countless other brands of rookies). Oh well, it'll work out in the end.
a ZIPLOCK bag? That's shameful!
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
hilarious Mr. Mint story. I brought my 8 year old and 6 year old daughters to a show in Cranston--was the oldest running show in the USA. Told them how he was a famous card dealer etc--struck up a convo with him and my 8 year old asks him--"Mr. Mint do you collect cards?" He says "Only thing I collect honey is dead presidents on bills". I was like--you know they're like 8 right?
lol never too young to hear some reality hahaha
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
You were wise not to snort a bit of it just in case.
bobsbbcards SGC Registry Sets
Love the pic. Just curious what State do you live in?
Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!
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Well, a lot of us use group rips, so once the graded cards are returned to our group submitter, he would email us to py for the return shipping. So the cards would be his if he didn't recieve shipping redtails from me. I guess the exception would be if your wife or other had your email address or kept your phone active and actually responded to the request on how to return them from the group submitter. I assume most group submissions work this way: you pay for your cards to have graded, send to the submitter, he sends to grading service, and then they are returned to him. At this point, the submitter contacts you to see how you want your 50 cards returned. Since your 50 cards are now worth $10,000 instead of the $400 it cost to purchase them, the submitter needs to know how you want them shipped back. Since you are pushing up daisies, you cant tell him you want them shipped insured for $10K. Submitter scores!
Previous CU user: jmmiller777
Baseball HOFer's-PSA6+
Heritage Sets
Kellogg's Graded-PSA 8+
60's Topps Sets-Raw
Anything that Catches My Attention
I suggest that all of you who are involved in group rips, please send your address and your next of kin's contact information to the submitter as soon as possible, since (God forbid) you're going to be long dead by the time the grades pop.
Just sayin'.
bobsbbcards SGC Registry Sets
I seriously thought about that......