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My Mailman Rocks!!!

IJustLoveCardsIJustLoveCards Posts: 1,345
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Today was an amazing day...my mailman brought me all types of goodies....

Hope you don't mind me sharing:

First up...a cello box of 78 football...

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Then a 1976 Topps baseball unopened wax box:

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Then I got...a 1975 topps baseball cello box all slabbed 9's:

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and finally my 1956 topps Mantle PSA 8....what a great day!!

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thanks for looking...
The Link below will take you to the PSA Boards 1952 Set Build, I also have made 5 slideshows each slideshow is 100 cards long, card numbers 1-99,100-199,200-299,300-399, and 400-407
Link To Scanned 1952 Topps Cards Set is now 90% Complete Plus Slideshows of the 52 Set

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  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beautiful Mick...congratulations (and thank you for sharing it with us! image


    Steve
  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭
    I think someone has a strong addiction to sports cards... I'd be happy to help - feel free to send everything my way - nothing like going cold turkey!
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  • GonblottGonblott Posts: 1,951 ✭✭
    nice 56 Mantle!

    you ripping the packs or keeping them sealed?

    let us know

  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    I just drooled on my iPod!! Wow that is just great. Keeping unopen?? Love 76's wax!!
  • rexvosrexvos Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
    that is great stuff. Enjoy!
    Looking for FB HOF Rookies
  • initialDinitialD Posts: 1,624 ✭✭✭
    BOY!! I wish my mailman gave away all of his vintage unopened material and high

    grade HOFers, I just get bills image

    Very tasty items... that Mantle is dead on!

    I really like the 78 cellos too...

    OK it all rocks!! image
  • HeritageAddictHeritageAddict Posts: 3,266
    I wish my mailman would bring stuff like that!
    Cut Auto Cards 4 sale

    My Registry Sets
  • IJustLoveCardsIJustLoveCards Posts: 1,345
    A few people asked about the light in the picture...

    It magnifies up to 30x's and the bulbs can be replaced if you wish to so you can insert a black light bulb to help detect coloring on a card or any other type of alteration.
    It works great to look at cards before submiting them. I usually turn off all the lights in the room and only use the light that is on the lamp as it really brings out the card and allows you to focus on everything.

    While PSA uses 10x's magnification, I like to look deeper at the card to find flaws.

    It can be found at hobby lobby..
    The Link below will take you to the PSA Boards 1952 Set Build, I also have made 5 slideshows each slideshow is 100 cards long, card numbers 1-99,100-199,200-299,300-399, and 400-407
    Link To Scanned 1952 Topps Cards Set is now 90% Complete Plus Slideshows of the 52 Set
  • Bottom9thBottom9th Posts: 2,695 ✭✭
    Very Nice...those 78 Football packs have me drooling. I can't wait until the National....
  • leadoff4leadoff4 Posts: 2,392 ✭
    image Plus the Mantle is in an old slab so it's possible you get get a bump upon review!
  • BunchOBullBunchOBull Posts: 6,188 ✭✭✭
    Where can I get a mailman like this?

    Excellent mail day Felicia!
    Collector of most things Frank Thomas. www.BigHurtHOF.com
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,253 ✭✭✭
    Smokin Mantle! One of my personal favorites. I think I'll move next door to you if that is what your mailman brings you. Mine just brings me bills so Im not happy with my local post office! image
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    bettin' that adding machine gets quite a workout too. image
  • MphilkingMphilking Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭
    Oh my!!! That's good stuff!
  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 7,001 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Incredible stuff Felicia! Those 75 cellos are off the charts!
    I got my electric bill today from my mail man. image
  • PoppaJPoppaJ Posts: 2,818 ✭
    Hi Felicia,

    Very nice bumpable Mantle imageimage

    PoppaJ
  • bigjacobigjaco Posts: 605
    Great Mick. 75's aint to shabby either. image
  • Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,567 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Get to rippin' !
    Mike
    Bosox1976
  • hammeredhammered Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭


    << <i>image Plus the Mantle is in an old slab so it's possible you get get a bump upon review! >>



    Thinking the same thing - centering is good enough for a .5 bump - it's a $2000 price difference if it does.
  • EB22EB22 Posts: 541
    Nice stuff, I wonder how many PSA 10's are in there.... Nice Mick too, very nice card!
  • fur72fur72 Posts: 2,348 ✭✭
    Wow I get excited when I see a padded envelope. I cant imagine if that showed up at my door! Good luck if you decide to rip.
    Cory @iamfur72 https://twitter.com/iamfur72

    My Sandberg topps basic set
    My Sandberg Topps Master set
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  • relaxedrelaxed Posts: 569 ✭
    That truly is quite a good days worth of cards. Nice!!
    Collecting 1955 Topps BB
  • BassPro77BassPro77 Posts: 1,152 ✭
    WWWWOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW, GREAT STUFF, and good luck ripping
    Bill
    looking for PELLE LINDBERGH's psa and 1960 fleer baseball psa 8 and up
    sets in progress
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    R.I.P. Barstow 24 April 1999 - May 15 2009
  • daddymcdaddymc Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭
    Wow, quite the mail haul for one day. Are you planning on ripping any of the wax or cellos or saving as is?
    Currently working on: Kurt Warner PSA 9 or 10

  • sfmays24sfmays24 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭
    Best of luck should you decide to rip... okay, when you rip.

    Mike
  • heritageheritage Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭
    Wow now that's what I call a great day.
    My mail lady is a sweet young lady but I guess she dosn't like me that much LOL.
    I sure wish she did. The Mantle is killer. Good luck with the rip.
  • calaban7calaban7 Posts: 3,039 ✭✭✭✭
    Great pickups.image

    My mailman is a stooge. I'm sure glad your's knows how to treat you right.

    Beautiful cards and happy ripping , hopefully in the very near future.
    " In a time of universal deceit , telling the truth is a revolutionary act " --- George Orwell
  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great stuff, especially the Mick...image

    Donato
    Hobbyist & Collector (not an investor).
    Donato's Complete US Type Set ---- Donato's Dansco 7070 Modified Type Set ---- Donato's Basic U.S. Coin Design Set

    Successful transactions: Shrub68 (Jim), MWallace (Mike)
  • IJustLoveCardsIJustLoveCards Posts: 1,345
    no rips those are for my unopened collection.

    The Link below will take you to the PSA Boards 1952 Set Build, I also have made 5 slideshows each slideshow is 100 cards long, card numbers 1-99,100-199,200-299,300-399, and 400-407
    Link To Scanned 1952 Topps Cards Set is now 90% Complete Plus Slideshows of the 52 Set
  • jackstrawjackstraw Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭✭
    I could never leave those unopened. I give you props just for that.
    Nice mail day......
    Collector Focus

    ON ITS WAY TO NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92658
  • thekid8thekid8 Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭
    Any Pat Haden cards showing on top within that 78 box?
    Gary Carter Fans check out www.thekid8.com

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  • DavidPuddyDavidPuddy Posts: 3,488 ✭✭✭
    Nice stuff!
    My regular mail lady is GREAT, but the fill in that I get at least once a week is just awful.

    I spy a 75 cello with Ted Simmons on the front.image
    "The Sipe market is ridiculous right now"
    CDsNuts, 1/9/15
  • RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    "no rips those are for my unopened collection."


    PROPS. Always like to see 30+ year old unopened treasures preserved.

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    Ron Burgundy

    Buying Vintage, all sports.
    Buying Woody Hayes, Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, and Jesse Owens autographed items
  • uyu906uyu906 Posts: 276 ✭✭
    I love that 1976 unopened box! It takes me back to the first year I ever bought cards as a kid. My first packs were bought at a Drug Fair in PA. I also love the box itself because it has Brooks Robinson, my childhood hero, on the box top - they just reversed the photo negative to make him look like he is hitting left handed, even though he batted righty.

    I just decided - I have to get one of those 1976 empty boxes, and an unopened pack from that year as well for my collection.

    Let me know if anyone has either/both they are interested in selling!

    Thanks,
    Rich
    Looking to trade for, or purchase, raw or graded vintage for my baseball sets: 1927 York Caramel, 1951 Bowman, 1957 Topps, 1967-1979.
    http://richsbaseball.webs.com
  • IJustLoveCardsIJustLoveCards Posts: 1,345


    << <i>"no rips those are for my unopened collection."


    PROPS. Always like to see 30+ year old unopened treasures preserved.

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    Like these will never be opened by me...
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    The Link below will take you to the PSA Boards 1952 Set Build, I also have made 5 slideshows each slideshow is 100 cards long, card numbers 1-99,100-199,200-299,300-399, and 400-407
    Link To Scanned 1952 Topps Cards Set is now 90% Complete Plus Slideshows of the 52 Set
  • fur72fur72 Posts: 2,348 ✭✭


    << <i>no rips those are for my unopened collection. >>



    You have far more will power than I will ever have. I cant even set aside a modren pack to open on a rainy day.
    Cory @iamfur72 https://twitter.com/iamfur72

    My Sandberg topps basic set
    My Sandberg Topps Master set
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  • rbdjr1rbdjr1 Posts: 4,474 ✭✭

    good luck ripping! image

    partial to that '76 baseball!

    yummy!


    rd

    Quicksilver Messenger Service - Smokestack Lightning (Live) 1968

    Quicksilver Messenger Service - The Hat (Live) 1971
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,486 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The oldest wax in my collection is 76T box - the oldest rack I have is 79T - the oldest vending case I have is 79T.

    My take is that they're more prized unopened.

    I'm with Felicia on this one - tho I do understand people's view on being tempted! image

    Also, sweet 56T Mick!

    mike
    Mike
  • OAKESY25OAKESY25 Posts: 4,726 ✭✭✭
    you guys are crazy disciplined.. no way I could not rip those..
    at least most of them..
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,178 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree that the '56 Mantle looks like a strong 8.5 candidate assuming the corners are solid. Nice pickup!
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    Felicia - don't you dare bust those '75 racks! If you do, please let me know so I can come and rescue some of them. image


    Also, LOVE the '56 Mantle but not sure it would 8.5 due to T/B centering. It's worth a look, though.
    Ron Burgundy

    Buying Vintage, all sports.
    Buying Woody Hayes, Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, and Jesse Owens autographed items
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,178 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    Also, LOVE the '56 Mantle but not sure it would 8.5 due to T/B centering. It's worth a look, though. >>



    You know, you're right. I didn't really look closely at the right side of the card and his uniform makes the centering less obvious.
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,601 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Also, LOVE the '56 Mantle but not sure it would 8.5 due to T/B centering. It's worth a look, though. >>



    My primitive skills have the T/B centering on the 1956 Mantle at 60/40, which by PSA's standards is good enough for a 9, so it would not be the centering that held it back from a possible 8.5
  • Tedw9Tedw9 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭
    I think the mailman delivered my packages to the wrong house. Please feel free to forward all those to me and we will just forget it ever happened. image

    Seriously, those are awesome. I hope you have a blast ripping and find some gems in there. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us. image
    Looking for Carl Willey items.
  • nascar20nascar20 Posts: 652
    a 78 football cello with a bear on front, nice very nice
    set needs
    03/04 & 05/06 topps black
    72-77 topps baseball raw
    72-75 topps football raw
    any years santo,williams,banks,
    payton,butkus,sayers,piccalo,ditka,hampton
    wantlist

    good transactions katscards,swartz1,packman,Salinas
  • usmc1986usmc1986 Posts: 444
    I think I just felt it move..........
    Awesome!

    Semper Fi
    Dan
    "If the Army and the Navy ever look on Heaven's scene, they will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines!" - Marine Corps Hymn
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,178 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Also, LOVE the '56 Mantle but not sure it would 8.5 due to T/B centering. It's worth a look, though. >>



    My primitive skills have the T/B centering on the 1956 Mantle at 60/40, which by PSA's standards is good enough for a 9, so it would not be the centering that held it back from a possible 8.5 >>



    Unfortunately I had a 1961 and 1969 Aaron that failed to bump to 8.5 with a note stating top to bottom centering prevented the upgrade. I measure both to be exactly 60-40.
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,601 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Unfortunately I had a 1961 and 1969 Aaron that failed to bump to 8.5 with a note stating top to bottom centering prevented the upgrade. I measure both to be exactly 60-40. >>



    I didnt say it would, just that it was within the standards.
  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭
    And my mailman brought me my Visa bill with all the charges my wife and my mother-in-law ran up while in London a few weeks ago. I guess it's true when they say you're going to pay one way or another. 10 days of silence around the house wasn't cheap!!!

    Here's hoping I can level the playing field at the National. Too bad I can send my wife the bill... image
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