CONTEST: Pick $2K of cards

stown

I know, terrible and difficult position none of us want to be in, eh?

I should get a nice little pop tomorrow (knocks on wood).

Say I allocate $2k of fun money for cards.

Other than my sets, I want to expand my player collections.

It's the usual suspects of the older HOFers for baseball, football, and a little basketball.

Pre 50's / Pre-War: good looking 3s and 4s with a sprinkle of 5s.

50's: Really good looking 5s and 6s with some 7's and lucky 8's snipes.

60's: Hard to find 6s and the rest being 7's and higher.

Don't know if I would want a couple high grades or several mid grades. Guess it depends on who it is...

Insight and suggestions will be sincerely appreciated.

Who knows, maybe I will send a little something-something to the poster with the best idea

Edited to add: Fooook it, contest it is

Details to come later..........

Okay, so.. I gots me an idea.

Rules:

One entry per person with edits allowed (but must be made within 15 minutes of your post). State at least 4 cards with a total value of $2,000 with a +/- $200 margin of error. There is no maximum for one card (ie $750, $250, $500, $500) but you please be realistic with your pricing. For example, you ain't getting a '55 Clemente PSA 5 for $400

Since it's going to take a little research and effort on your part, deadline will be Friday April 6th at 5:00 PM CST.

With my own judgement, I'll pick the top 3 suggestions. Then add a week long poll to this thread (if possible) and let you guys decide. Poll will close Friday April 13th ( ) at 5:00 PM CST

Prize:

Winner will get a card at least $75 SMR from my personal collection in addition to other goodies.

Good luck

Edited again to add scans of prizes

goose3

Find a nice looking PSA3 Goudey Babe Ruth #144, 149, or 181.

Ladder7

Ain't many of these around any more. A really pretty E90-1 Cy Young, in a shiny new PSA 1 slab. Your heirs will appreciate it.

EagleEyeKid

A) You can always send some my way.

Throw a party and invite board members.

C) Blow it all on hookers and booze.

kcballboy

<< <i>A) You can always send some my way.

Throw a party and invite board members.

C) Blow it all on hookers and booze. >>



Actually if budgeted correctly, you could accomplish all three.

stown

<< <i>

<< <i>A) You can always send some my way.

Throw a party and invite board members.

C) Blow it all on hookers and booze. >>



Actually if budgeted correctly, you could accomplish all three. >>



In Vegas for one night, it would only be C

But the memories are priceless

stown

Okay, so.. I gots me an idea.

Rules:

One entry per person with edits allowed (but must be made within 15 minutes of your post). State at least 4 cards with a total value of $2,000 with a +/- $200 margin of error. There is no maximum for one card (ie $750, $250, $500, $500) but you please be realistic with your pricing. For example, you ain't getting a '55 Clemente PSA 5 for $400

Since it's going to take a little research and effort on your part, deadline will be Friday April 6th at 5:00 PM CST.

With my own judgement, I'll pick the top 3 suggestions. Then add a week long poll to this thread (if possible) and let you guys decide. Poll will close Friday April 13th ( ) at 5:00 PM CST

Prize:

Winner will get a card at least $75 SMR from my personal collection in addition to other goodies.

Good luck

tennesseebanker

1952 Bowman Large Frank Gifford psa 4 $200

1957 Topps Johnny Unitas Psa 5 $180

1958 Topps Jim Brown Psa 7 $460


1953 Bowman Color Pee Wee Reese Psa 4 $150

1953 Topps Satchell Paige Psa 5 $220

1962 Topps Mickey Mantle Psa 7 $450

1961-62 Wilt Chamberlin Psa 7 $170

1969-70 Lew Alcindor Psa 6 $170

jimq112

You should have people PM their offers so you don't end up with duplicate ideas

stown

<< <i>You should have people PM their offers so you don't end up with duplicate ideas >>



Normally I would agree with you but I don't want the question of playing favorites

And if you aren't original, probably won't make the top three.

Edited to add: I fixed the terms. Should have read a card valued minimum $75 SMR

tennesseebanker

Hey Stown, Is it ok to edit my Post, I meant to say 53 Bowman Color Reese but mistakedly typed 50 bowman color reese

jimq112

1954 bowman mantle psa5 $450ebay

T206 cy young psa3 $500ebay

1955 topps don hutson psa7 $350 gets you a decent one

1963 pete rose rc psa 7 $736 ebay

Just a few $$ over the $2000 you get 3 1/2 hall of famers, a good eye appeal T206 HOF, one hard sp from your 55 football set, and a good looking mantle. can't go wrong. Total $2036 unless you can save a few on the hutson

stown

<< <i>Hey Stown, Is it ok to edit my Post, I meant to say 53 Bowman Color Reese but mistakedly typed 50 bowman color reese >>



Go for it

NickM

Start with 1940 Play Ball.
Most HOFers have been fairly soft in the middle grades, so I'll say you can pick them up at 80% SMR for PSA 5s (I've picked some up recently as low as 50% SMR).
You can put together all the less-popular low number (1-180) HOFers for $864 - and that list is Red Ruffing, Rick Ferrell, Bobby Doerr, Earl Averill, Chuck Klein, Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner, Arky Vaughan, Waite Hoyt, Earle Combs, Bucky Harris, Joe Cronin, George Kelly, Bill McKechnie, Travis Jackson, Frankie Frisch, Harry Heilman, Chief Bender, Johnny Evers, Heinie Manush, and Max Carey.

Now that you have put almost 10% of the Hall out of the way, add in a few more popular HOFers from the set. I recommend PSA 4s (which you can readily get at about SMR) of Grover Cleveland Alexander, Jimmie Foxx, Honus Wagner, George Sisler, and Mickey Cochrane. That's another $375.

Now turn your sights to 1950 R423. For $300, you can buy NM or better copies of these 4 whole strips: Ted Williams/Stan Musial/Rogers Hornsby/10 others; Bob Feller/Joe DiMaggio/Ty Cobb (no auto)/10 others; Walter Johnson/Lou Gehrig/11 others; and Dizzy Dean/Connie Mack/Ty Cobb (auto)/Babe Ruth/Hank Greenberg (auto)/8 others. Carefully separate them at the perforations and grade the 13 I mentioned - there are plenty of other HOFers you can grade too. Figure $175 for the grading and shipping both ways - more if you want to grade other HOFers.

Now turn to T201 Mecca Double Folders to finish your purchases.
You can get most PSA 4s at about SMR. Gardner/Tris Speaker and Falkenberg/Nap Lajoie will set you back $350.

That's $2064, and you may be able to do it even cheaper.

You have 40 HOFers, including most of the key players of the first half of the 20th century.

Nick

CDsNuts

I say go with a HOFer RC theme:

PSA 6 Koufax RC- $450
PSA 7 Bob Gibson RC- $250
PSA 6 Unitas RC- $250
PSA 6 Jim Brown RC- $250
PSA 6 Chamberlain RC- $550
PSA 8 Dr. J RC (early 70s but a great card)- $250


You could argue any of these players were the best ever at their position.

Lee

1420sports

1956 Mantle PSA 5 - 600
1954 Aaron PSA 5 - 600
1956 Ted Williams PSA 7 - 400
1955 Jackie Robinson PSA 7 - 400

metalmike

I vote for the best Ripken avail at the time- Hall of fame induction coming up soon-which leaves options of flipping or keeping open. Mike

stown

Excellent suggestions!

Two things I should mention...

This will be for my personal collection, not to flip.

Additionally, you may want to keep your ideas simple. Too much thinking makes my brain hurt

Edited to fix title, sounded a little snooty

julen23

i don't know -ish about any cards below 1969, so i am stuck.


1969 topps psa 8 mickey mantle $600 ($1000 from Levi)
1969 topps psa 8 reggie jackson $550 ($1000 from Levi)
1969 topps psa 8 pete rose $125
1969 topps psa 8 frank robinson $150
1969 topps psa 8 nolan ryan $450
1969 topps psa 8 fingers rc $100
1969 topps psa 8 bobby bonds rc $100

Total Damage ~+/- $2,000 for 7 cards or 2 cards

julen

ps: send my winning submission to lee (he rocks)

CDsNuts

(10) $200 hookers= $2,000

Lee

stown

You don't want to touch a $200 hooker in Houston even after a 12-pack.

Here's the minimum amount of cards. Others will be picked based upon the winner's collection.





The TAAs were upgraded and the '53 was a baked snipe

NickM

What's the difference between a baked snipe and a half-baked snipe?

Nick

benderbroeth

yay i have a while to think on this..and i shall

gstarling

test

stown

<< <i>What's the difference between a baked snipe and a half-baked snipe?

Nick >>



Instantly placing said snipe rather than thinking twice about it

gstarling

did everyone see my entry and give up?

jamesgotpoorman

JUST THINKING....... you just raised the BAR!!!!

drewsef

1955 Topps All American #20 Sammy Baugh PSA 6: $110
1955 Topps All American #37 Jim Thorpe PSA 6: $275
1955 Topps All American #68 Four Horsemen PSA 6: $300
1955 Topps All American #97 Don Hutson PSA 6: $140

1954 Topps #128 Hank Aaron RC PSA 5: $600
1955 Topps #124 Harmon Killebrew RC PSA 5: $125
1968 Topps #247 Johnny Bench RC PSA 8: $200


1972 Topps #195 Julius Erving RC PSA 8: $250

airjoedan

PSA 6 - Topps Johnny Unitas Rookie - $300
PSA 7 - 1955 Topps Hank Aaron - $200
PSA 7 - 1955 Topps AA Jim Thorpe - $475
PSA 8 - 1950 Bowman Chuck Bednarik - $300
PSA 8 - 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan RC - $725
_____
$2,000 of great cards


Not all the highest grade, but many key cards that I would love to own in very presentable condition. Thanks for the opportunity in the contest. The 1950 Bowman Bednarik is one of my favorite cards...great photo, very cool in high grades.


- Joe

shambo2000

Go with the 1960's HOF pitcher RC theme. This was a great era for dominating pitchers. I've been wanting to do this myself but can't make myself spend the money.

1968 Nolan Ryan PSA 6 SMR $350 - $255
1967 Tom Seaver PSA 6 SMR $335 - $299
1966 Fergie Jenkins PSA 8 SMR $135 - A PSA 9 recently went for $122.50
1966 Don Sutton PSA 8 SMR $110 - $128
1966 Jim Palmer PSA 8 SMR $235 - $144
1965 Catfish Hunter PSA 8 SMR $150 - $55
1965 Steve Carlton PSA 8 SMR $300 - $238
1964 Phil Niekro PSA 8 SMR $150 - No recent eBay traffic
1962 Topps Gaylord Perry PSA 8 SMR $265 - No recent eBay traffic
1961 Juan Marichal PSA 8 SMR $185 - No recent eBay traffic

The above shows SMR and the lowest eBay sale in the past couple of weeks. The SMR for the group is $2215 but given current sales you should be able to pick up the group for under $2k with no problem. Or you could drop the Carlton and Perry down to PSA 7 and get the SMR under $2000.

Shannon
shambo2000

stown

Contest ends tomorrow afternoon.

Great ideas and good luck

stown

2 hours left

TraderShea

oops, I think I missed the deadline but this is such a no brainer I had to toss my list up:

1948 B Bob Feller RC $250
1949 B Early Wynn RC $150
1949 B Bob Lemon RC $200
1949 B Lou Boudreau Mgr RC $80
1949 B Larry Boby RC $300
1950 B Mike Garcia RC $25
1950 B Al Rosen RC $60
1956 T Herb Score RC $60
1957 T Rocky Colavito RC $125
1958 T Roger Maris RC $500
1962 T Sam McDowell RC $80
1976 T Dennis Eckersly RC $30
then these 1954 Bowman non-RCs to make a card collage of the best rotation in baseball history:
Bob Feller #132 80
Early Wynn #164 $50
Mike Garcia #100 $20
Bob Lemon #196 $50
Art Houtteman #20 $20

grand total comes a bit over your 2K at $2080 and if I had to drop it down to an even 2K I guess I drop the McDowell since its easy math...

Here is what your new collection looks like:


What do you end up with? A great collection of HOFers and a couple "should be"s Rookie Cards, a card record of the best rotation to take the field from the year they did it and an all around cool collection of some amazing Tribe greats!

Shea

~~~ edit to add these stats to the Feller/Wynn/Lemon/Garcia/Houtteman (Art for 2 years as Fellers other half) rotation line…

In the 5 years between 1950-1954 that rotation went 389-212 (65%) with a 2.59 ERA! Now you know why I have to make sure I get the big 4s Rookies and include Art once he got in his Tribe uniform

1420sports

so what was the decision?

stown

Lee won (there's a thread some where) and is still awaiting his prizes.

He would have gotten it sooner but eBay seller "sportdeals4u" is a very, very, very bad man