Where the heck did that come from

MacrosB · January 31, 2012 9:31AM

While looking through some old boxes of cards seeing if i had a Canseco card for the autograph thread going on now, I stumbled across these cards in a box. And for the life of me I have no idea where they came from and don't remember where I would have gotten them. Since I only collect autos that I get in person I don't know where they came from. So in honor of finding these cards, has anyone else ever found something in their collection that they have no recollection of ever receiving?
Here are the cards i found to go first. Nothing super valuable but there is a signed rookie Tim Raine made out to a Dave I have no idea who is

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Never did find a 86 Canseco though but did find several 87 A's team sets and a box of 100 86 Topps Tome Seaver traded cards. Thanks for looking in.

Jim

WinPitcher · January 31, 2012 11:13AM

Jim just yesterday I was in the cellar looking
through a stack of nonsense and came across an Andy Van Slyke card
that was autographed. I think I may have gotten it back in the 80's when a friend of his from
Utica NY gave it to me.

Dboneesq · January 31, 2012 11:15AM

Macros ... PM sent.

miconelegacy · January 31, 2012 11:39AM

Cool finds, Jimmy was a great player and so wasn't Raines and John... That Tim Raines card looks great, is it high grade? Possible 9?

Now Joday Reed, well not sure how many Jody Reed fans are out there, lol.

Stone193 · January 31, 2012 11:43AM

That's really cool Jim.

I found a pin yesterday - and I have no idea how I got it - not very valuable - a St. Louis team pin.

Sean1125 · January 31, 2012 5:24PM

I had a Lebron James rookie nameplate patch #/10.... I had been trying to get $100 out of the card for almost a year - no idea where I found it... It just found it's way in... I sold it and the dealer ended up getting $400 for it the same week at auction (Just a PATCH)

Toro · January 31, 2012 5:44PM

I recently found some 74 and 76 Topps packs I forget I had. The terrible results are in another thread.

onebamafan · January 31, 2012 10:09PM

It is fun from time to time to find things we forgot about, it happens to me as well. More times than not they are not valuable, just interesting to find.

Ironmanfan · January 31, 2012 10:17PM

<< 
Nothing super valuable but there is a signed rookie Tim Raine made out to a Dave I have no idea who is

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Jim >>

Something tells me that Dave was a crack dealer

IMF

cpamike · February 1, 2012 12:41AM

Nice Jim. I love when I stumble across unopened packs I forgot I had.

MacrosB · February 1, 2012 5:49AM

I do like the fact that except forTommy John I can actual read the names. Much different than the new player autos today.
Mike, the Raines card seems to be in very nice shape. I think it would get a very good grade.

Jim

StarPaxMan · February 1, 2012 6:20AM

<< Nice Jim. I love when I stumble across unopened packs I forgot I had.

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You know that really means you have way to many packs!
it happens to me quite a bit, i recently talk about my 1st ever rookie on top pack, and realized i haven't seen it in a long time
so i went searching for it and found it i'll be posting it in Muggys thread, in the process i found these packs i forgotten completly
Jose

DWest · February 1, 2012 7:29AM

I sent Raines an '81 Topps and '81 Topps Traded rookie with a $40 check. He kept the check and the cards. Hope he used my $40 for a ticket to the hall of fame since he won't be getting in any other way.

MacrosB · February 1, 2012 8:17AM

<< 

<< Nice Jim. I love when I stumble across unopened packs I forgot I had.

>>

You know that really means you have way to many packs!
it happens to me quite a bit, i recently talk about my 1st ever rookie on top pack, and realized i haven't seen it in a long time
so i went searching for it and found it i'll be posting it in Muggys thread, in the process i found these packs i forgotten completly
Jose

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That is a great carlton pack. I love that 67 card.
If you happen to stumble across any plain ole ordinary cello packs with no stars on them from 71 on back that you forgot about let me know. I'd be willing to help you make room in your house by taking them off your hands and filling in my missing pack examples at the same time. Might give you more room for new star on top packs.

Jim

StarPaxMan · February 1, 2012 10:08AM

<< 

<< 

<< Nice Jim. I love when I stumble across unopened packs I forgot I had.

>>

You know that really means you have way to many packs!
it happens to me quite a bit, i recently talk about my 1st ever rookie on top pack, and realized i haven't seen it in a long time
so i went searching for it and found it i'll be posting it in Muggys thread, in the process i found these packs i forgotten completly
Jose

>>

That is a great carlton pack. I love that 67 card.
If you happen to stumble across any plain ole ordinary cello packs with no stars on them from 71 on back that you forgot about let me know. I'd be willing to help you make room in your house by taking them off your hands and filling in my missing pack examples at the same time. Might give you more room for new star on top packs.

Jim >>

Jim you know how you mention in you thread that you bought much of your stuff from Steve Mayland, who BTW was probably the biggest unopened dealer ever,, my 60s & 70s star pack collection
was already done before Steve came into the seen, and i do have at list one of each pack that topps ever made! is that what you'll like to do???
Jose

MacrosB · February 1, 2012 11:14AM

That is basicially what I have tried to do both for baseball and football. And for the wax packs getting back to 1960 was pretty easy to do. And I was lucky enough to pick up on some boxes during that time. But I never did seem to pick up on cello packs before 1972 when I was collecting in ernest. So that is something I would like to fill in for my collection. (Plus some OPC packs from the 60s).

Jim

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