I would love to see the 48 Leaf football in person! Those are some incredible looking cards. It would be nice if PSA would recognize all the variations on the flips.
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I'm sure that Playoff issued several to the players that were there. I haven't seen many though. His mom brought these back to exchange for other RCs that our local shop owner was saving for her. I'm sure she has most of his RCs. I purchased the card for the shop owner. Her, and her family are great people.
I know a lot of people like the 76 Bench card the best, and it is cool. But my favorite Bench card has always been the 69 Topps. Love the pose, the trophy.
Thanks for sharing the 69 Bench guys! It is one of my all time favorite cards and especially PSA 9's!
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<< <i>CW, Watched that Musial, I couldnt believe what it sold for. How nice is that card in hand? Seems a grade lower than it should be. If you get that bump, you then stole that card! >>
Matt, the card looks every bit as good as the scan. I did email the seller beforehand to make sure the card was wrinkle-free. The only flaws I see that might've downgraded it are the small stain "dot" on the back of the card (on top of "American" at the bottom of the card), and a small smudge(?) on the front bottom edge below the "A" in Musial (at the very edge of the card).
As a side note, I was a little bit concerned with how short the card appears to be top to bottom in the holder, but after checking past auctions of this card with a Google search, I saw numerous examples with the same gap in the PSA holder. These cards (Leafs) seem to be naturally short in the space PSA provides.
BTW, Matt, the Musials you posted to start the thread are incredible, to say the least.
Thanks again, all, and bring on the cardboard! (cool thread!)
onefasttalon, great cards, and I did think all you collected was Sabo. Love the two 69 Bench cards that were posted, I'm not even a Bench fan but I have that card in a PSA 8 just because its such a great picture.
Edit to say, love that 56 Aaron, what a gorgeous card!
Chris, I love your Campy cards. I was finally able to add my first (RC) not to long ago. I want to add a 53 down the road as well. I love that card. Are you done with his player set?
<< <i>Chris, I love your Campy cards. I was finally able to add my first (RC) not to long ago. I want to add a 53 down the road as well. I love that card. Are you done with his player set? >>
Thanks, Matt and Mike. I have finished the basic Campy set but I've stalled slightly on the master set. While I wait for nice, mid-grade cards to show up I've been working on adding modern stuff. I know most people on here don't like game-used cards but I've actually grown quite fond of them (the cards themselves, NOT the cutting up of these relics) and I think I'm up to 42 or 43 different now. I've still got a LONG way to go until I'm satisfied with everything, though.
Chris My small collection Want List: '61 Topps Roy Campanella in PSA 5-7 Cardinal T206 cards Adam Wainwright GU Jersey
Posted this one under the hockey thread but just had to share it somemore !! Paid 600.00 for this one at a card show. Graded it myself and just picked up from the mailbox the other day. Cheers, Steve
Steve, great eye on the OPC Gretzky. Beautiful card right there. Lots of cool collections being shared. Chris, love your Campys as well. Really like your 52 Topps--very strong for the grade. Love the whole 52 set, obviously some great cards in there. Here's my favorite 52 Topps:
I am floored by the cards owned by some of our board members. Absolutely amazing! The Gretzky is an all time favorite of mine, and the '52 Mantle is an all time favorite of everyone!
Thanks guys. I'll trade ya my Gretzky for your Mantle !! Very nice card. A card that i have not come across ungraded for a descent price yet. Maybe one day. Here's my horror story on a PSA 10 1952 Mickey Mantle. I'll keep it as short as possible. I lived in Windsor Ontario at the time and PSA was fairly knew to grading. I guy put up his whole set up for auction at the old Holiday Inn before it burned down. He had every card graded from the st in PSA 8 to PSA 10. The Mantle was one of the first PSA 10's ever graded. I wanted to go to the auction just to be able to see what a gem mint Mantle looked like. My wife and i had other plans that day but wanted to slip out early just to go. Well to cut a long story short they advertised the aution so much that not one deep pocket collector showed up for the auction. They were expecting the card to break the old record of 120,000.00. The auctioneer went all the way down to a opening bid of what the card booked for at the time of 18,750.00. Not one person raised there hand. When i read this in the Windsor Star the following day i was floored to say the least. I showed an add to my wife of Smokey's in Las Vegas. Paying a minimum of 50,000.00 for a PSA 10 Mantle. If i would of went i would have bid. Didn't care where i would have gotten the money, loan, mortgage etc.. but i would of got it. So since that day my wife just stays out of my affairs when it comes to cards no matter how much i spend. Chances are i would have sold the card and would have bought a PSA 7 or 8 at the time for my personal collection and still would have had money left in the bank. Cheers, Steve
<< <i>Posted this one under the hockey thread but just had to share it somemore !! Paid 600.00 for this one at a card show. Graded it myself and just picked up from the mailbox the other day. Cheers, Steve
That's Awesome!!!! Way to turn a $600 card into 5K!! HUGE!
ttt'n this thread up so it doesn't get lost just yet......received this lil nugget yesterday and i thought i'd post it here so i can say mmm, mmm good.
<< <i>ttt'n this thread up so it doesn't get lost just yet......received this lil nugget yesterday and i thought i'd post it here so i can say mmm, mmm good.
Russ, that '71 Ryan is unbelievable. That is one of my favorite all-time cards, and yours is just about the nicest copy I've ever seen.
Well, technically I still don't have any Mantle cards in my collection...... but I'm closer to having one today than I was when I woke up this morning!
'Sir, I realize it's been difficult for you to sleep at night without your EX/MT 1977 Topps Tom Seaver, but I swear to you that you'll get it safe and sound.' -CDs Nuts, 1/20/14
New additions to my 1960 Topps PSA Set. The Clemente is one of the nicest PSA 7's that I own. In hand the color and registration jump off the cardboard:
The Bench RC is pretty nice for a 6, the first time I seen it I thought it was a 7:
My only T202
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Jeff, Everytime I see your boxing cards, I keep thinking to myself that your sitting on a gold mine.
<< <i>Jeff, Everytime I see your boxing cards, I keep thinking to myself that your sitting on a gold mine. >>
That's the same thing I keep telling MYself! I hope someday we're right
Jeff
I can't believe all the great cards!
... what?.... you didn't think the ONLY thing I collected was Sabo cards did ya?
ALWAYS Looking for Chris Sabo cards!
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<< <i>CW, Watched that Musial, I couldnt believe what it sold for. How nice is that card in hand? Seems a grade lower than it should be. If you get that bump, you then stole that card!
Matt, the card looks every bit as good as the scan. I did email the seller
beforehand to make sure the card was wrinkle-free. The only flaws I see
that might've downgraded it are the small stain "dot" on the back of the
card (on top of "American" at the bottom of the card), and a small smudge(?)
on the front bottom edge below the "A" in Musial (at the very edge of the card).
As a side note, I was a little bit concerned with how short the card appears to
be top to bottom in the holder, but after checking past auctions of this card with
a Google search, I saw numerous examples with the same gap in the PSA
holder. These cards (Leafs) seem to be naturally short in the space PSA provides.
BTW, Matt, the Musials you posted to start the thread are incredible, to
say the least.
Thanks again, all, and bring on the cardboard! (cool thread!)
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Love the two 69 Bench cards that were posted, I'm not even a Bench fan but I have that card in a PSA 8 just because its such a great picture.
Edit to say, love that 56 Aaron, what a gorgeous card!
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Russ, you have been busy lately. Didn't realize you had so many HOFers.
Jimrad, great Orr RC. I think it will bump, or at least has a good chance.
These are my favorites from my Campy collection.
I know this isn't really cardboard in the sense that the thread meant but it is made of cardboard so I'm showing it anyway.
My small collection
Want List:
'61 Topps Roy Campanella in PSA 5-7
Cardinal T206 cards
Adam Wainwright GU Jersey
Russ, I think Chris Sabo will let you slide as I do see some Reds in there. I'm partial to the Ryan RC, NICE!!!
Jim, that Bobby Orr is a must have card as in I must have it so send it to me.
Chris, you can post your Campys anytime. I especially like the two Bowmans, very strong centering and eye appeal on those.
Jeff, did you rip any of those cards and sub them yourself? Great bunch of cards.
Just wow!!!
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>Chris, I love your Campy cards. I was finally able to add my first (RC) not to long ago. I want to add a 53 down the road as well. I love that card. Are you done with his player set? >>
Thanks, Matt and Mike. I have finished the basic Campy set but I've stalled slightly on the master set. While I wait for nice, mid-grade cards to show up I've been working on adding modern stuff. I know most people on here don't like game-used cards but I've actually grown quite fond of them (the cards themselves, NOT the cutting up of these relics) and I think I'm up to 42 or 43 different now. I've still got a LONG way to go until I'm satisfied with everything, though.
My small collection
Want List:
'61 Topps Roy Campanella in PSA 5-7
Cardinal T206 cards
Adam Wainwright GU Jersey
Chris...those Campy's are sweet. I have always liked the '50 & '53 Bowman. Have any of those to share?
Here is another from my collection.
Cheers, Steve
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I am floored by the cards owned by some of our board members. Absolutely amazing! The Gretzky is an all time favorite of mine, and the '52 Mantle is an all time favorite of everyone!
Jeff
My #2 Ranked Michael Jordan PSA Basic Set
Jeff
Here's my horror story on a PSA 10 1952 Mickey Mantle. I'll keep it as short as possible.
I lived in Windsor Ontario at the time and PSA was fairly knew to grading. I guy put up his whole set up for auction at the old Holiday Inn before it burned down. He had every card graded from the st in PSA 8 to PSA 10. The Mantle was one of the first PSA 10's ever graded.
I wanted to go to the auction just to be able to see what a gem mint Mantle looked like. My wife and i had other plans that day but wanted to slip out early just to go. Well to cut a long story short they advertised the aution so much that not one deep pocket collector showed up for the auction. They were expecting the card to break the old record of 120,000.00. The auctioneer went all the way down to a opening bid of what the card booked for at the time of 18,750.00. Not one person raised there hand. When i read this in the Windsor Star the following day i was floored to say the least. I showed an add to my wife of Smokey's in Las Vegas. Paying a minimum of 50,000.00 for a PSA 10 Mantle.
If i would of went i would have bid. Didn't care where i would have gotten the money, loan, mortgage etc.. but i would of got it. So since that day my wife just stays out of my affairs when it comes to cards no matter how much i spend. Chances are i would have sold the card and would have bought a PSA 7 or 8 at the time for my personal collection and still would have had money left in the bank.
Cheers, Steve
<< <i>Chris...those Campy's are sweet. I have always liked the '50 & '53 Bowman. Have any of those to share? >>
I do.
My small collection
Want List:
'61 Topps Roy Campanella in PSA 5-7
Cardinal T206 cards
Adam Wainwright GU Jersey
<< <i>Posted this one under the hockey thread but just had to share it somemore !! Paid 600.00 for this one at a card show. Graded it myself and just picked up from the mailbox the other day.
Cheers, Steve
That's Awesome!!!! Way to turn a $600 card into 5K!! HUGE!
"Live everyday, don't throw it away"
ALWAYS Looking for Chris Sabo cards!
Steve, congrats on the Gretzky and thanks for sharing the Mantle story. I think we will have stories like that to varying degrees.
Chris, you definitely have an eye for those Campy Bowmans.
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>ttt'n this thread up so it doesn't get lost just yet......received this lil nugget yesterday and i thought i'd post it here so i can say mmm, mmm good.
who did you get it from, your barber?
Boy, I could use some Campbell's soup right about now.
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.
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Jeff
Jeff
The supply of nice ones came and went.
Well, technically I still don't have any Mantle cards in my collection...... but I'm closer to having one today than I was when I woke up this morning!
-CDs Nuts, 1/20/14
*1956 Topps baseball- 97.4% complete, 7.24 GPA
*Clemente basic set: 85.0% complete, 7.89 GPA
two players on that card were not too shabby. Great centering
for that issue, too.
For Sale
I am glad that everyone is showing off their stuff, I had no idea that we collectively had this many big name highly sought after cards. Great Stuff!
The Bench RC is pretty nice for a 6, the first time I seen it I thought it was a 7:
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