If I were to have another youtube video contest would anybody be interestead in this Football card??

SportsItUpCards · March 22, 2008 7:29AM

Hey guys and gals,

I know my first contest isen't even over yet and already i'm trying to do another

I was wondering if I were to have another video contest would you not mind getting this card as a prize?

The last I checked on the beckett online guide it was listed at 50 bucks, so I think thats still the price, I must have looked it up a few months back.

Its a 1972 Kedkard I belive its called, and it was found on shoeboxes back in the day, and you had to cut it out. I think it comes from a 10 card set or something like that.

Please let me know if you would play for this card. No promises yet, because first of all I gotta find it, but it shouldn't be far, lol. I'm pretty sure I know were it is, and I had the photo saved to my computer, so you can just picture me trying to find something to give away

Alright, thanks for playing in my first contest and hope to get that one rapped up soon, and hope you join with for a second contest!

Giovanni

thenavarro · March 22, 2008 7:31AM

I'll play, can't go wrong with free stuff.

Mike

SportsItUpCards · March 22, 2008 7:37AM

<< I'll play, can't go wrong with free stuff.

Mike >>

Thanks Mike,

I don't do Football so figured i'd wait to give out another Basketball, lol, and do Football first, than Baseball if I can find any.

This stuff is addicting!

Giovanni

thenavarro · March 22, 2008 7:40AM

Yeah, that contest was pretty cool, I have to admit that me and my 10 year old son were watching on youtube and my wife walked by and wanted to know what the heck we were doing watching a man's hand for minutes on end.

Mike

SportsItUpCards · March 22, 2008 7:44AM

<< Yeah, that contest was pretty cool, I have to admit that me and my 10 year old son were watching on youtube and my wife walked by and wanted to know what the heck we were doing watching a man's hand for minutes on end.

Mike >>

Thats great man!

Man, next time I gotta write some stuff down, because I get nervous when I hit that record button and forget everything, I even forgot to show the card, which i'll do on the round two video. I would have gaven a shout out to you and your son! Next time I gotta writ this stuff down, and good thing I didn't curse

Next time i'll make it more interactive or at least i'll try

Giovanni

DrJ · March 22, 2008 8:29AM

That is one ugly card, so I will pass. I am afraid the thing may haunt me.

Admit it Gio, the card came from your sister's Keds box.

WinPitcher · March 22, 2008 8:30AM

Don't flood the market with give aways Gio.

Keep them scarce.

Steve

baseballfan · March 22, 2008 8:32AM

i'm in!!

skilow · March 22, 2008 8:36AM

That was the best contest on here by far. THANK YOU

And any prize is a good prize

SportsItUpCards · March 22, 2008 9:00AM

Justin,

If it scares you that much you can just list it up on ebay and scare the buyer of the card, lol.

Steve,

I'll try not having to many contests, but its just to much fun not to want another

Baseballfan,

Thanks!

Skilow,

Thank you as well, i'm glad you had fun as I did too!

Yeah I would agree that any prize is a good one, because thats what I do everytime somebody has a contest, I always play even if its a dollae card because its the suspense I think, not to much the card, lol.

Giovanni

Estil · March 22, 2008 9:44AM

Can you show us the back too? If there is a back?

SportsItUpCards · March 22, 2008 9:49AM

<< Can you show us the back too? If there is a back? >>

The back is blank, it came from a shoebox. Would you like different angle shots???

Just kidding man

Giovanni

BunchOBull · March 22, 2008 11:13AM

pretty cool, never heard of kedkards

metalmike · March 22, 2008 3:48PM

Technically, the Keds box "cards" are not cards in the usual sense. I have only seen one other in 40 years of collecting- a Johnny Bench. I have never seen a complete box but I bet it's worth some big $$$$$. Oh yea- for you younguns Keds were the "cool" shoes along with Chuck Taylors back in the day before Nike.

elsnorto · March 22, 2008 5:12PM

<< pretty cool, never heard of kedkards >>

Yup, a pretty obscure release and the complete panels are tough to find. Despite the relative rarity, however, prices are kept down due to a weak checklist. I don't remember Bench being in there, but I would have to look it up to be sure.

Snorto~

metalmike · March 22, 2008 6:37PM

Tampa bay cards has/had one.

SportsItUpCards · March 25, 2008 2:13PM

<< 

<< pretty cool, never heard of kedkards >>

Yup, a pretty obscure release and the complete panels are tough to find. Despite the relative rarity, however, prices are kept down due to a weak checklist. I don't remember Bench being in there, but I would have to look it up to be sure.

Snorto~ >>

You are correct Snorto, the Bench does exist!

Not mine, a guy from some website I can't remember had this for sale a little while back.

Giovanni

metalmike · March 25, 2008 2:32PM

holy Mick Foley! I knew aboot the Bench but not the Maloney. One of the bast pitchers from the 70's. nice.

SportsItUpCards · March 25, 2008 9:30PM

Heres a big version of the cards that I never even knew existed!

Giovanni

SportsItUpCards · March 25, 2008 9:30PM

Sorry about the big picture, I had it saved to my computer and I have no clue how to make it smaller.

Giovanni

SportsItUpCards · March 25, 2008 9:32PM

And these are the shoes that came in the box.

Aren't they great looking?

Giovanni

metalmike · March 26, 2008 11:48AM

The second scan is the "cards" from the lid of the box.

BobaFett72 · March 26, 2008 11:57AM

you should limit your giveaways to once a month lol

SportsItUpCards · March 26, 2008 12:20PM

<< you should limit your giveaways to once a month lol >>

I figured more like once a week, but I guess once a month sounds good too, so I don't run out of cards!

Giovanni

KyleBicking · March 26, 2008 12:22PM

I picked up a four card panel on eBay about a month ago. Had Reed, Smith, Smith and Bench. Sent them to PSA and should have the results in a few weeks. Hopefully they come back on the higher side.

Take care,
Kyle

SportsItUpCards · March 26, 2008 1:14PM

<< I picked up a four card panel on eBay about a month ago. Had Reed, Smith, Smith and Bench. Sent them to PSA and should have the results in a few weeks. Hopefully they come back on the higher side.

Take care,
Kyle >>

Nice!

Congrats on that purchase

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay?

Did you cut all 4 cards and sent them to grade, or do they grade the entire panel, how does that work?

Good luck on the grades!

Giovanni

BunchOBull · March 26, 2008 1:19PM

I really want to build this set now...

SportsItUpCards · March 26, 2008 1:28PM

<< I really want to build this set now... >>

There goes my chance of ever getting any of these cards

I had to go and open my big mouth!

Giovanni

SportsItUpCards · March 26, 2008 1:30PM

I might as well give you the LINK

Giovanni

KyleBicking · March 26, 2008 10:18PM

I picked up the panel for $50... I thought it was a pretty good deal. 2 or less of each graded by PSA, none by BGS or SGC.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300202013757

I cut them myself, and they should grade 8s or higher. We shall see!

-Kyle

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300202013757

SportsItUpCards · March 29, 2008 1:29PM

<< I picked up the panel for $50... I thought it was a pretty good deal. 2 or less of each graded by PSA, none by BGS or SGC.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300202013757

I cut them myself, and they should grade 8s or higher. We shall see!

-Kyle

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300202013757 >>

WOW!

Thats very cool man, good luck with that, I hope you get some 9's or 10's too

Very cool price too, I would think about 200 bucks for that at least, but hey, people want things free on ebay these days, so better for us collectors I guess. Good luck with your grades!

I found this very nice rare version of these cards, its the big version which I don't know much about, but here it is: Bench BIG Version

This would be a cool card for the guy who wanted to collect Bench, this is definetly a great start!

Giovanni

elsnorto · March 29, 2008 1:37PM

Wow... there is a Bench in that set. I was a fool to doubt Mike! The latest big Beckett lists two panels at $75.00 high book each and does not list singles for some reason. This is one of those items that could do well under, or over, that depending on who runs across it... the oddball stuff is always a roll of the dice.

Snorto~

SportsItUpCards · March 30, 2008 4:00AM

<< Wow... there is a Bench in that set. I was a fool to doubt Mike! The latest big Beckett lists two panels at $75.00 high book each and does not list singles for some reason. This is one of those items that could do well under, or over, that depending on who runs across it... the oddball stuff is always a roll of the dice.

Snorto~ >>

Why don't people take oddball stuff seriously? I think that Bench card would be 100 times rarer than any of his regular same old same old cards. Why wouldn't a Bench collector put that 72 KedKard in their collection right away???

What is it with people and oddball stuff? Don't you think its worth more than the stuff that pops up any day on ebay, when this rare stuff only pops up once in a blue moon?

Giovanni

SportsCardCollector · March 30, 2008 5:02AM

Your contests are the best, Gio, so definitely count me in.

Did you notice that not only was there a Bubba Smith in the set, they actually had two poses of him:

Must have been one of their paid spokesmen.

SportsCardCollector · March 30, 2008 5:05AM

<< And these are the shoes that came in the box.

Aren't they great looking?

Giovanni >>

Wow! Talk about a box having great inserts!

elsnorto · March 30, 2008 5:06AM

Eh', there are a lot of things in this (or any) hobby that don't make sense. Why is a set price less than the individual card prices? Why is the multiplier on a rookie card parallel less than a veteran star card numbered to the same amount made? Why isn't a rookie card numbered to 100 worth 10 times that of a rookie numbered to 1000? At the end of the day, it is about supply and demand, where the demand is based a good deal on perception. I think with the oddball stuff part of the demand equation is that a lot of collectors may not even know about some of these oddball releases... especially with something as obscure as these KedKards.

I have noticed that for oddball items, putting them in the eBay store with an ambitious BIN and waiting for the "right buyer" to come along generally works fairly well compared to a comparatively short lived auction with a low minimum bid. With the auction format it takes at least two eager collectors, whereas with the fixed price store it only takes one.

Snorto~

KyleBicking · April 8, 2008 4:24AM

Got the grades... not sure why such a big difference in them... maybe I missed surface wrinkles?

4 1 14953557 GEM MINT 10 1971 KEDS KEDCARDS HAND CUT JOHNNY BENCH HAND CUT Card US
5 1 14953558 EXCELLENT 5 1971 KEDS KEDCARDS HAND CUT STAN SMITH HAND CUT Card US
6 1 14953559 NEAR MINT 7 1971 KEDS KEDCARDS HAND CUT BUBBA SMITH HAND CUT Card US
7 1 14953560 MINT 9 1971 KEDS KEDCARDS HAND CUT WILLIS REED HAND CUT Card US

I'm quite pleased to get a 10 on the Bench, afterall, he was the main reason I bought the panel.

-Kyle

SportsItUpCards · April 8, 2008 8:27AM

<< Got the grades... not sure why such a big difference in them... maybe I missed surface wrinkles?

4 1 14953557 GEM MINT 10 1971 KEDS KEDCARDS HAND CUT JOHNNY BENCH HAND CUT Card US
5 1 14953558 EXCELLENT 5 1971 KEDS KEDCARDS HAND CUT STAN SMITH HAND CUT Card US
6 1 14953559 NEAR MINT 7 1971 KEDS KEDCARDS HAND CUT BUBBA SMITH HAND CUT Card US
7 1 14953560 MINT 9 1971 KEDS KEDCARDS HAND CUT WILLIS REED HAND CUT Card US

I'm quite pleased to get a 10 on the Bench, afterall, he was the main reason I bought the panel.

-Kyle >>

WOW man, congrats on that 10!!!!!!!!!

You did great with the 9 too, and I would say the 7, because these are hard to come by in any condition, let alone a 10, 9 and 7. The 5 was ok, could have been worst. Very nice!

Thanks for sharing.

Giovanni

metalmike · April 8, 2008 9:30AM

Gio- the BIG Bench is from the box lid. I hope to find a complete box someday....................Somewhere in a dusty closet..............full of played with vintage cards, LOL.

KyleBicking · April 8, 2008 1:22PM

Thanks guys. They'll be up on eBay soon enough. I'll update this thread when they're up there... may be the end of the month. I try to list a bunch of items all at once rather than in small groups.

Take care,
KB

SportsItUpCards · April 8, 2008 1:43PM

<< Gio- the BIG Bench is from the box lid. I hope to find a complete box someday....................Somewhere in a dusty closet..............full of played with vintage cards, LOL. >>

Don't I wish to find one too, but hope to find it with the original shoes inside

Giovanni

KyleBicking · May 28, 2008 12:47PM

Just wanted to whisper that I finally listed the Kedscards tonight, including the PSA 10 Bench.

Should be pretty easy to find the auctions, seller id: superbonbon

Take care,
-Kyle

nightcrawler · May 28, 2008 4:57PM

Wow... cool stuff.

metalmike · June 4, 2008 11:46AM

WOW!!!!!!!!

KyleBicking · June 4, 2008 12:11PM

Thank you! I'm very happy with the selling prices, who wouldn't be? It's got me thinking I should dip more into postwar items while still focusing on prewar.

Have a great night!
-Kyle

If I were to have another youtube video contest would anybody be interestead in this Football card??

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