Childhood Rediscovered in a Box in My Basement
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Needed a card storage box so I went down to my basement to get a 5000 count box I knew was down there.
Imagine my surprise when I found these:
http://s1128.photobucket.com/albums/m493/70ToppsFanatic/
When I was a child my uncle owned a stationery store in Queens, NY. At the end of the season he could either sell his unsold
Topps cards back to the company for a penny a pack, or he could give the packs to me. Obviously my uncle was not a penny
collector.
I actually opened these retail cellos when I was 7 and 8 years old with my dad. After carefully sorting the cards by team we labeled a bunch
of the boxes and that became the storage place for the cards from then until they were eventually submitted to PSA many years later
(with minimal corner damage or wear issues thanks to these boxes).
These what what the real cellos looked like back in 1970 and 1971.
Great Memories
Imagine my surprise when I found these:
http://s1128.photobucket.com/albums/m493/70ToppsFanatic/
When I was a child my uncle owned a stationery store in Queens, NY. At the end of the season he could either sell his unsold
Topps cards back to the company for a penny a pack, or he could give the packs to me. Obviously my uncle was not a penny
collector.
I actually opened these retail cellos when I was 7 and 8 years old with my dad. After carefully sorting the cards by team we labeled a bunch
of the boxes and that became the storage place for the cards from then until they were eventually submitted to PSA many years later
(with minimal corner damage or wear issues thanks to these boxes).
These what what the real cellos looked like back in 1970 and 1971.
Great Memories
Dave
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Here is the Link for you.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
Collecting:
Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
Collecting:
Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
<< <i>Just imagine if the cellos were still in there.
Not to worry. I did the rip 41 years ago, but the vast majority of the cards were submitted to PSA decades later anyway.
Those cello boxes were a great home for these cards. My current 1970 set grade is just short of 8.5 (complete basic and master), and
many of the cards in that set are my original pulls from 41 years ago!
Dave
<< <i>Just imagine if the cellos were still in there.
$10,000.00+
Still, pretty kewl picture. Thanks for sharing.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Welcome!
Thanx for sharing your memories.
Where in Queens? I was raised in Kew Gardens Hills - 78th Ave and Union Turnpike.
I created an album of these two photos at photobucket.com, but all I could figure out was to paste the http link text
into my posting.
How do I actually make it a link?
How do I actually get the 2 photos to show in the posting?
Thanks
Dave
I actually came from Dodger country (Brooklyn). Dad was the last team physican for the
Dodgers in Brooklyn and their first in LA so I have deep baseball roots. Also have family ties
back into the NY football Giants organization back to the 1930s. In fact dad is at the game
in NJ tonight.
Thanks for the welcome.
Dave
<< <i>I'm a newbie here. Can someone explain to me how I get pictures to show in my postings?
I created an album of these two photos at photobucket.com, but all I could figure out was to paste the http link text
into my posting.
How do I actually make it a link?
How do I actually get the 2 photos to show in the posting?
Thanks >>
put [im g] [/i mg] around the http link (no spaces)
Dave