Card shop find!!!!
CDsNuts
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There are still card shops around? Who knew. So I'm visiting my girlfriend in another state and I'm waiting for her to get off work, so I pick up the yellow pages to see if there are any card shops in the neighborhood to kill time. There's one about 20 minutes away so I take a ride. I walk in and there's just stuff everywhere, almost completely unorganized, which is usually where you can find the stuff that's been forgotten about. I take my time to make sure I don't miss any gems and this is what I find:
- A really nice 1958 Jim Brown. Looks like a solid 8 with one touched corner and great centering. I'm going to send this off to PSA and then decide whether to keep or sell. SEE SCAN
- The equivalent of an entire opened box of 1975 Topps football that was either opened recently, or opened a while ago and never (and I mean NEVER) touched. The wrappers and box were there too. This is the most amazing box break I've ever seen in 70s Topps- Amazingly, I have over 120 cards I think will grade a 9 NQ or 10!! Compare that to the 50 or so pulled in the 78 Topps boxes I opened and did well on, and I'm completely astounded that this many sharp and centered cards came from an old topps box. Included are really sharp cards of OJ and Staubach. SEE SCAN
- A couple really nice looking 1950 Bowman cards- Tank Younger RC and Bill Dudley (HOF). Also, some random 60s commons that I think are high grade. SEE SCAN
The total for everything came to $240, which is about as much as the Brown's worth if it comes back an 8. Also, the guy had a similar box to the 75 football of 79/80 Topps hockey (Gretzky's RC), but there were also 7 unopened packs left with the sharp looking cards. The guy working wasn't the owner and didn't feel comfortable pricing it, so I told him to have the owner call me when he gets in. All in all a good way to kill a day. Also, there was a 1977 rack with Gaylord Perry on top and Yount and Catfish on bottom, but I thought $200 was just too much for it.
Lee
- A really nice 1958 Jim Brown. Looks like a solid 8 with one touched corner and great centering. I'm going to send this off to PSA and then decide whether to keep or sell. SEE SCAN
- The equivalent of an entire opened box of 1975 Topps football that was either opened recently, or opened a while ago and never (and I mean NEVER) touched. The wrappers and box were there too. This is the most amazing box break I've ever seen in 70s Topps- Amazingly, I have over 120 cards I think will grade a 9 NQ or 10!! Compare that to the 50 or so pulled in the 78 Topps boxes I opened and did well on, and I'm completely astounded that this many sharp and centered cards came from an old topps box. Included are really sharp cards of OJ and Staubach. SEE SCAN
- A couple really nice looking 1950 Bowman cards- Tank Younger RC and Bill Dudley (HOF). Also, some random 60s commons that I think are high grade. SEE SCAN
The total for everything came to $240, which is about as much as the Brown's worth if it comes back an 8. Also, the guy had a similar box to the 75 football of 79/80 Topps hockey (Gretzky's RC), but there were also 7 unopened packs left with the sharp looking cards. The guy working wasn't the owner and didn't feel comfortable pricing it, so I told him to have the owner call me when he gets in. All in all a good way to kill a day. Also, there was a 1977 rack with Gaylord Perry on top and Yount and Catfish on bottom, but I thought $200 was just too much for it.
Lee
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Lee- Awesome pickups! The Brown is actually a 59, but nice none the less. I love the 75 football set too, and those pups look sweet! Centering can be tough on that set and those all loo great. Keep us posted on the progress with the other cards you may buy, or the grades if you send em in. Good stuff!
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Lee
I hear ya...But honestly that 59 is sweet. I just got some 59's graded and most were 8's and 1 9, and that looks just as strong. 2nd year brown is tough and I think you got a beauty there!
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I'd LOVE to get my hands on that Younger for my '50B Rams set. What are your plans for it?
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thanks for letting us enjoy with you. good luck on the grades.
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David (LD_Ferg)
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Lee
What was that about CD and a girl from high school??????
Lucky Guy!
Lee
As a bonus, every now and then The Black Angus would have a German Beer festival which would yield the highest of comedy: Grown men dancing around with steins full of beer and lederhosen (sp?) and bright red cheeks. Worth the drive alone.
Can't imagine how many other shops and antiue shows there are out there with great cards waiting to be found. Makes you want to get in the car and waste a couple months on the road looking. Just goes to show not everybody sells on ebay.
Lee
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Back around '85 or so, my Dad took me there, and I came across a box of cards from the early 70's through '78. They were all kind of beat up, but yielded some stars such as Yaz and Gibson--but nothing worth much. The guy wanted $20 for the box and we widdled him down, but I doubt that, even today, the entire box would be worth that much.
Right around this time I also read in "Baseball Cards" magazine about how you could make your '71s look better if you used a black crayon or marker on them. The '71s from that box got the crayon treatment.
I still have all the cards, and every now and then go through them. Memories!
Hey Lee...
Is she from the Niagra Falls area?
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