Mr. Mint Find

LloydsBaseballCards · November 18, 2003 7:04AM

did you guys see the cover of SCD, MR. Mint bought a case of 24 pristine 2nd series 1960 Leaf wax boxes, pretty cool

KING KELLOGG · November 18, 2003 7:32AM

He had them (6 boxes that I saw) on display at the Boston Show. As I remember, he wanted $300.00 per pack, or $6500.00 per box. The packs also came with "marbles"...I stopped and talked a little with him, but all he wanted to do is find out what was in my briefcase...??...

Really sharp and cool Leaf boxes!!!

Larry

jimrupprecht · November 18, 2003 8:10AM

There is a box on eBay right now. I wonder if it is from this group.

I just started building this set, but there are a couple of observations that I have already made. First, even though the low series is considered more plentiful than the high series, pops for the low and high series are about the same. Second, the average grade for the high series is MUCH higher than the low series. I suspect that this lead will continue to grow now that this case of high series has been found.

-JR

thegemmintman · November 18, 2003 8:22AM

JR, yes there do appear to be many more 9's graded for the higher series cards. I'm curious about that.

jimrupprecht · November 18, 2003 9:23AM

Apparently (this is at least ninty-first hand information I have been given by another collector but have not personally confirmed) , there was a find of the high number cards in St. Louis a few years back that accounts for most of them. I know that set was not terribly popular, so the fact that the highs sat mostly unopened makes sense to me.

I also know that cardmerchant just auctioned what appeared to be a case worth of GAI graded first series packs on ebay over the past month or so, but other than that I have seen more second series packs than first.

It is all very interesting to me as I just started collecting this set... I enjoy learning about sets as I try to build them.

-
JR

beefcake210 · November 18, 2003 9:32AM

<< <i>There is a box on eBay right now. I wonder if it is from this group.
>>

Yes it is.

gemint · November 18, 2003 12:59PM

<< <i>...I stopped and talked a little with him, but all he wanted to do is find out what was in my briefcase...??...

Larry >>

LOL! I've always been tempted to bring a brinks quality breifcase handcuffed to my wrist up to his table. Then as he drools and wrings his hands asking me what's in that case, I calmly open it up to reveal the stacks of 1989 Donruss VG condition commons. He'd probably have me ejected from the show but the look on his face would be worth the price of admission.

pc · November 18, 2003 2:07PM

fill the suitcase with tickets from the meadowlands
and tell him they were all his actual losing tickets
from the 80s.

beefcake210 · November 18, 2003 2:18PM

<< <i>fill the suitcase with tickets from the meadowlands
and tell him they were all his actual losing tickets
from the 80s. >>

LOL - and ask him to autograph them!

murcerfan · November 18, 2003 3:12PM

Me and Jose Santos
wait, No.... it was Angel Cordero Jr.

....yeah, yeah.....that's the ticket

KING KELLOGG · November 18, 2003 11:57PM

gemint...

(Well I do have a bunch of "cracked" K cards.....)

ATTENTION!!!

MR. MINT UNCOVERS RARE KELLOGG'S FIND AT BOSTON SHOW !!!!!!

...it would be priceless.........LOL

Larry

Wabittwax · November 19, 2003 12:42AM

I don't understand why the owner of the 1960 Leaf box doesn't have the packs graded through GAI before selling them. That has got to add a good chunk of money to the total price.

packCollector · November 19, 2003 12:57AM

wabittwaxx

my guess is he wanted to beat mr mints add and get a premium before anyone realized that there were 24 boxes coming to the market and what mr mint was asking. it may work, we'll see tomorrow. he also may have bought a few boxes to save some $$ and is trying to flip one. all speculation on my part

murcerfan · November 19, 2003 2:48AM

I would bet dollars to donuts this is from Rosen's group.
Joe (b&e) also had a nearly complete wax box of '62 FB at Boston.
and they supposedly went in as "partners" on the big California "find"

packCollector · November 19, 2003 3:03AM

murcer i didn't see that box? I saw a couple 62 football packs that were in a box with some 75 minis which looked like crap. other than that not to much, do you know what he was asking for the 62 football?

sellerman23 · November 19, 2003 5:24AM

I have been soooo tempted on numerous occasions to ask Mr. Mint to buy my stacks of EX 1988 Topps commons. (Or any other worthless issue!)

I will officially volunteer myself to ask Mr. Mint to buy some of my "crap" at next year's National as long as every one chips in their cards that will surely disgust Mr. Mint. It would be great! You can all meet up with me and we will decide a time when I can casually stroll up to him wearing a business suit and calmly hand over my case of crap. You all can be watching from afar to see the look on his face when he realizes it's all crap. Then when he rudely refuses it, you can all pop out of nowhere and start a bidding war for the crap he wouldn't touch. HAHA! I can see it now!
How great would it be!!!

Damn, I hope he's not lurking here...

Dave
sellerman23

qualitycards · November 19, 2003 10:57AM

DAVE - Didn't you tell me at the National that you were gonna offer him some PSA's incl the nicest card of the lot a 1986 PSA-8oc Clemens? ...jay

mrc32 · November 19, 2003 11:16AM

I hear Pepe Frias is a popular player these days, maybe someone should offer Mr. Mint some VG/EX Pepe Frias cards-- just to see what he says!

sellerman23 · November 19, 2003 11:24AM

Jay,
You are correct. Good memory! Unfortunately, that PSA 8 OC 1986 Clemens did not last long on the open floor in A.C. and now resides in the prized collection of The Bobs.
I will have to accumulate some more off-grade and unwanted PSA cards to try and hawk to Mr. Mint. I had a nice 1977 Topps Mets team PSA 5. What a gem! That would have been a great one to demand $30 for no less.

Dave
sellerman23

qualitycards · November 19, 2003 1:14PM

DAVE - I'm sure THEBOBS covets the 8oc Clemens right up there w/ his Red Man & PCL cards

...jay

Machodoc · November 19, 2003 1:21PM

Dave -

I've got a stack of 31 1982 Kellogg's PSA 9's with HOFer's that maybe we can tempt Mr. M with! I can't seem to be able to get rid of them any other way!

fab4 · November 19, 2003 9:24PM

<< <i>I have been soooo tempted on numerous occasions to ask Mr. Mint to buy my stacks of EX 1988 Topps commons. (Or any other worthless issue!) >>

the thing about it is he could make money off of them. he is not one of my favorite people but anybody that has been collecting any length of time knows who he is.

the only thing worse than everyone knowing who you are
is nobody knowing who you are.

that is why he has 'FINDS" in half of the united states

.....fab4..........

sellerman23 · November 20, 2003 2:35AM

Does anyone have a good-humored grandmother willing to get in on this joke? We could have her call Mr. Mint and tell him that her deceased husband had all these old tobacco cards with Peidmont backs. And when he gets there, she shows him some very pristine REPRINTS!!!!!!!!!

Hahahahhaha!!

I will never runs out of gags to pull on Mr. Mint!

Dave
sellerman23

KING KELLOGG · November 20, 2003 2:46AM

Ahhhhhhhhh.....

LMAO...

Larry

jimrupprecht · November 20, 2003 10:02PM

You'd need to come up with half a dozen real cards to send him. That and your "piles of cards just like these" note would have him on the next plane. The only worry is how bad he'd be foaming at the mouth when the old lady opened the door.

JR

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