Finally found a find

ArchStanton

I have a friend who calls me a couple of times a month with a great lead on a run of 50s and 60 Topps sets. We have subsequently been to lots of houses with monster boxes of '88 Donruss rescued from a kitty litter box. Same call a few days ago, and I told him I was in if it panned out. I just got back from his house. My wife's Tahoe is pretty full. It looks like a collector was puting together Topps sets from the 50s. There is a good chunk of a set from each year 1957- 1962. Nothing is really complete, but there are a whole lot of stars. Condition is all over the place, but there are some gems. Unfortunately, there is a lot of modern stuff as well. In the modern stuff I found a 1952 Topps reprint set from 1983 and an unsealed box of 1989 Upper Deck packs. I would say there is enough to fill about five foot lockers. Nearly all of the good stuff would fit in one foot locker.

This is not spectacular find by any stretch of the imagination, but it feels like a victory right now. I will do my best to get some pictures posted tonight.

Big80s

Congrats. Please post some scans when you can! I'm still waiting to come across my first decent "find", as well.

Darin

Nice find, looking forward to some scans.

jeffcbay

I love stories like this... my dream some day. Can't wait to see some pics!

JustinsShoebox

Very cool! Share with us what you get!

Justin

ArchStanton

Here are the sets. The commons are in the boxes and the stars, semi-stars, and I'm guessing his favorite players are in toploaders.

cpamike

Congrats!!! Looks like someone will be busy. Enjoy.

handyman

Great find. Paid off with all the work!

TNP777

congrats on the find, Jim!

heritage

Congrats on the find..I really enjoy looking at those finds card by card.

wolfbear

Awesome

Looking forward to seeing more pics!

Big80s

Bingo!!

miconelegacy

Yahtzee!!

Great stuff, looks like you have some fun work ahead of you... Enjoy!

orioles93

<< <i>This is not spectacular find by any stretch of the imagination, but it feels like a victory right now. >>



I'd be thrilled to find a collection like this! Great find!

MBMiller25

WOW, thats awesome, I would love to find something like that. Congrats.

ArchStanton

It looks like there are only two cards missing from the '57 set. Nothing else is very close to complete. I've started to sort and scan the singles as I put them into CS1s.

ArchStanton

What you are going to want to do is let your eyes dance around the top of this picture. That's right. Those boxes say "Collector Set." Now you know you are into a serious collection. There is no way Score is going to risk their good name and reputation by letting one of their Collector Sets get into the hands of just any jackass off the street. I can only imagine who one would have to know to get their paws on those babies. I can almost guarantee there was some serious espionage going down.

F1ferrari

Any interest in selling the '52 Reprint set?

halosfan

Looks like you should have some fun going through things

ArchStanton

Any interest in selling the '52 Reprint set?

My plan is to sell just about all of it.

handyman

Looks like a lot of fun!
Cool mix!

Downtown1974

Great find! Looks like fun to go through!

sbfinley

When you get to the 58's shoot me a PM or email. I'm working that set in collector's grade.
sbfinley.mac@gmail.com

Blackie

Same here.......im working on 58's in NM or beter

lfa2mfg

Interested in a 1958 Topps Don Zimmer Yellow Letters if one shows up.

Thanks!

Piggs

Any chance you can throw up a scan of the '59 Mays? Tough to find centered and that one looks pretty good..............from a distance. Thanks. Doug

VitoCo1972

might be interested in Mr Cub but no rush.

BEJ

Congrats!! I usually come up with one decent find during garage sale season. Came across this just on Saturday so my luck might be out for the rest of season.
VerizonWireless bag of a complete set Topps 1986 football & 88 misc. mid grade cards. Uncle's collection consisted of about a mix of 70% football with rest being baseball, hockey & basketball. About 60% rookies.
Here are scans of big names in Saturday's lucky find..

BEJ

Sorry for the dups. on the Otto. Wasn't paying attention while scanning. This is the scan I meant to post.

RookieWax

You probably want to loosen those screws on the screwdown holders ASAP. You can tell they are WAY too tight by the grayish looking corners on the cards.

ArchStanton

BEJ - Great score. Those are some super discoveries.

ArchStanton

Off to work. This experience has shown me that I definitely need to keep my day job. Here is a quick scan of some of the ‘59s. I’ll do the same with 1960 ASAP.

ArchStanton

My plan is to start posting stuff on the BST forum this weekend. Here are some of the 1960 stars.

ArchStanton

I forgot the '57s. I am really torn about what to do with this one.

Piggs

You have a nice group of cards there Jim. I think the key is that they look pretty crease free except for the first group you posted. Nice '59 Mantle and Mays which looks to both be in the 5 grade area. The '60 Yaz and Mays along with Mantle, Maris, and Banks AS look to be the best in that group. '57's look clean too except for a few centering issues. Good luck with your sale and thanks for sharing. Doug

ArchStanton

There is a bit of football too. I know very little about that.

ArchStanton

Here are some of my favorite cards from this collection. The first two are pictures glued to 1960 commons. The Kluszewski has a hat that is literally cut and pasted, probably from another '56 card. It looks like he glued a new team name over Cincinnati, but that has since fallen off. This guy had some passion for baseball. If you asked him if a card was mint, he would most likely confess he had never tasted one.