Cards in the attic.

Downtown1974 · December 4, 2012 6:20AM

My search function does not seem to work so I cannot find the original thread I made a couple of years ago.
Anyways...I have added a couple of newbies to this "raw 50s" project and took all new pics too. I believe I have every HOFer from that era with the exception of the 1959 Bob Gibson and the 1953 Satchell Paige, so it is still a work in progress.
I enjoy pulling this box out now and again to go through them. It is really all I have left for a card collection. I did the expensive registry sets, hi-grade singles, low-pop common thing and I never was completely satisfied with it. This box of cards really has curbed my appetite for the hobby. I guess it is because I have finally found something that is fulfilling to me.

I give you guys...a "hobby box".

jgrigali · December 4, 2012 6:31AM

wow, NICE

perkdog · December 4, 2012 6:32AM

Bob, absolutely awesome

No worries about anything except pure enjoyment there!

Juggs · December 4, 2012 6:43AM

Boom! Love it.

Slabbed · December 4, 2012 6:46AM

Great the hobby as it should be. Raw and you can actually touch your cards. Congrat's.

mccardguy1 · December 4, 2012 6:50AM

I have been re-thinking this hobby and what I am doing and this gives me an excellent idea about my collecting focus. Great collection and thanks for the idea!!!

bcubs · December 4, 2012 7:14AM

This is great to see. Glad you have found a spot you're happy in with the hobby.

jay0791 · December 4, 2012 7:42AM

wowser

I think I would have some enjoyment from that box also.

miconelegacy · December 4, 2012 8:19AM

I remember you posting pics before. Glad to see it's still going strong. Really fantastic RAW collection.

Thanks for sharing.

Downtown1974 · December 4, 2012 10:13AM

Thanks for the positive feedback guys. This project was a blast to do!
I have mostly you guys to thank for this since a majority of the cards were purchased from board members.

I still have a little bit of room in there on the sides of each row. I have to get my Gibson and Paige. I still want to get either the 52 Mays or 52 Jackie Robinson. A few others I want eventually are the 1955 Kaline, Matthews, and Aaron.

Downtown1974 · March 8, 2013 12:12AM

Some newbies for the box.

Since I had it out to put my new 56s away, I thought I would check out my box over my morning coffee. Not a very productive day off.

RipublicaninMass · March 8, 2013 12:26AM

awesome

TNP777 · March 8, 2013 12:27AM

Great cardboard, Bob! Good to see you check in.

tsalems1 · March 8, 2013 12:59AM

Nice stuff!!!

70ToppsFanatic · March 8, 2013 1:03AM

Very well done!!!

Are you thinking about moving on to the 1960s next?

Dboneesq · March 8, 2013 1:03AM

Great cards! Thanks for the update. Always enjoyable looking at your cards.

RAWcardDAWG · March 8, 2013 4:07AM

That's a sweet 56' Aaron! Love the centering!

TJMAC · March 8, 2013 11:07AM

I must have missed the original post. AWESOME presentation and fun way to collect. Always enjoyable when you post pictures of your collection. Thanks for sharing!

Piggs · March 8, 2013 11:28AM

Love em man. Every single raw one of them. Thanks for sharing.

Giantsdude24 · March 8, 2013 12:48PM

Beautiful cards and pictures, nothing better then a nice colorful presentation of raw cardboard at its best. Your setup is very well done. Thanks again

MintMoondog · March 8, 2013 5:36PM

FANTASTIC!

thanks for sharing those scans

GDM67 · March 8, 2013 5:53PM

This is an excellent project. It's pretty much a higher level version of what I did from '91 until I lapsed into inactivity in '94.

I was collecting generally more midgrade cards, usually more from the '62 to '70 era, but I was putting them in toploaders and in those two row boxes. It was lots of fun and I still have everything I did then.

yankeeno7 · March 8, 2013 9:26PM

Cardboard envy! Thanks for sharing!

Downtown1974 · March 9, 2013 3:37AM

Thanks for the kind word fellas.
I thought about doing a 60s Topps box, but decided against it. However, a Bowman box wouldn't be out of the question.

nam812 · March 9, 2013 8:41AM

Just think how great that box will be once you get rid of all the Boston cards.

I think this was Bob's original thread

Edited to add the thread.

RAWcardDAWG · March 9, 2013 11:46AM

Bob, let me know when you are done remodeling your bathroom. I have a nice raw, mid grade 1955 Aaron that is calling your name.

Downtown1974 · July 19, 2013 1:26AM

Added a few into the mix over the last few months. I only need a 53 Satchel Paige to have every HOFer from that era represented here.
I need to learn how to resize my pictures.

mcolney1 · July 19, 2013 5:02AM

You motivated me a few years back to start collecting mid-grade HOFer's. I've been slowly picking up cards off ebay. My strategy is to pick up mid-grade, well centered cards in non PSA holders. Seems like the best bargain to me and I don't feel bad busting them out of other TPG cases to present raw. Might cost me a few bucks if I ever resell, but I so enjoy holding the cards raw!

TJMAC · July 19, 2013 10:24AM

One of my favorite threads. Always enjoy looking at your collection!!!!

whaleteeth · July 19, 2013 10:27AM

This is exactly(well not exactly) what I did. I was buying a bunch of Slabs and kept thinking "this isn't very tangible for me" < I can't touch or smell the cards...

Sure slabs are great for resale value, but they are hard to display, if I got a custom made display case I wouldn't feel right posting thousands of dollars on the wall. I was stuck!

So I thought what the heck, sell the slabs and build a binder of mid grade HOFers from all those vintage years.

I have kept a few slabs near and dear but I'm much happier with my binder... although binders aren't the safest place to store your cards I know.

my collection is definitely a step down from yours Downtown1974... that is AWESOME.

CHEERS!

Bosox1976 · July 19, 2013 11:49AM

Looking good Bob!

Glad you didn't take Nick's advice and remove the BoSox. Everybody knows Yankees are commons.

heritage · July 19, 2013 1:10PM

Holy Cow now that would be fun to sit down and look at every single card.

BigRedMachine · July 19, 2013 1:16PM

That it an incredible collection!! Thanks for sharing!!!

Shawn

jmaciu · July 19, 2013 1:29PM

I must say that your method of collecting is truly awesome!! It has really made me think about the way I have viewed the hobby. Thank you for sharing!!!

Downtown1974 · July 19, 2013 3:19PM

I'm glad you guys are enjoying this. Thanks for letting me share it.

Downtown1974 · August 20, 2013 3:00AM

A few recent additions. Also took them all out of top loaders and put them in Card Saver I's. Made room for about 200 more cards by doing that.

cpamike · August 20, 2013 3:34AM

<< A few recent additions. Also took them all out of top loaders and put them in Card Saver I's. Made room for about 200 more cards by doing that. >>

Bob, congrats on the additions!!!

That must have taken quite a bit of time to swap out the top loaders for card savers, but I'm sure you enjoyed handling the cards as you went along.

Downtown1974 · August 20, 2013 3:45AM

<< 

Bob, congrats on the additions!!!

That must have taken quite a bit of time to swap out the top loaders for card savers, but I'm sure you enjoyed handling the cards as you went along. >>

HaHa....it sucked bad, Mike. I ripped all of the skin around my thumbnails off.

It was cool holding them. Luckily I didn't bleed on any of them.

Mires · August 20, 2013 10:55AM

I searched for this thread but couldn't find it. I love this idea. I just started collecting PSA vintage Maravich cards and after looking on the forum for awhile I got the itch to put some sets together. After looking at prices for PSA 8+ vintage cards I decided to throw out that idea because of the expense. I'm inspired by your collection and look forward to picking up some raw basketball Rookies, HOF's, and stars. I've got to the point where I look at the grade first and the card second. I guess it's because I'm a lot harder judge on a card in a slab verses a top loader or card saver.

BTW, how are you liking the card savers and do you put them in a penny sleeve first?

groupbreakers · August 20, 2013 2:11PM

wow wow and wow. i dont even have that many REPRINTS.

Downtown1974 · August 20, 2013 8:03PM

<< I searched for this thread but couldn't find it. I love this idea. I just started collecting PSA vintage Maravich cards and after looking on the forum for awhile I got the itch to put some sets together. After looking at prices for PSA 8+ vintage cards I decided to throw out that idea because of the expense. I'm inspired by your collection and look forward to picking up some raw basketball Rookies, HOF's, and stars. I've got to the point where I look at the grade first and the card second. I guess it's because I'm a lot harder judge on a card in a slab verses a top loader or card saver.

BTW, how are you liking the card savers and do you put them in a penny sleeve first? >>

Mires, thanks for your kind words.
The card savers are working out fine. I like them. I do not use penny sleeves with them.

Good luck on your NBA quest. Please post some pics so we can see the progress you are making. I love 1970s Basketball cards!
Take care,
Bob

Downtown1974 · August 21, 2013 1:50AM

<< wow wow and wow. i dont even have that many REPRINTS.

>>

Groupbreakers, feel free to share your collection with us in pics. Nobody here will judge what another collects. It's what we collect that makes this place interesting. One of the coolest collections I have seen on here was comprised entirely of Chris Sabo cards.

originalisbest · August 21, 2013 5:53AM

That's a terrific collection of great old cards, Downtown1974!

Congrats!

Are any Mantles other than his '56 & '58 among them?

Downtown1974 · August 21, 2013 6:08AM

Original...no, thats all I have for Mickeys. The 56 is VG to VG/EX. The 58 is a beauty. Solid EX/MT card.

stown · August 21, 2013 6:12AM

That's one fine looking '53 Whitey!

GB5HOF · August 21, 2013 7:39AM

Very cool way to collect. Love it.

originalisbest · August 21, 2013 8:51AM

<< Original...no, thats all I have for Mickeys. The 56 is VG to VG/EX. The 58 is a beauty. Solid EX/MT card. >>

Neat, and nicer than mine! My '56 of the Mick is VG, my '58 is VG/EX. Great collection!

originalisbest · August 21, 2013 10:34AM

<< Thanks for the positive feedback guys. This project was a blast to do!
I have mostly you guys to thank for this since a majority of the cards were purchased from board members.

I still have a little bit of room in there on the sides of each row. I have to get my Gibson and Paige. I still want to get either the 52 Mays or 52 Jackie Robinson. A few others I want eventually are the 1955 Kaline, Matthews, and Aaron. >>

If it's an either/or, I'd vote for the '52 Robinson. Such a classic card and color, I'd like to get one eventually too!

Redglobe · August 21, 2013 11:13AM

Hello,

Just think,you turned back the clock and are collecting the way the boys did back then in the 50s
I can remember collecting that way in the late sixties and early seventies.

Congratulations on your collection.

Rob

Downtown1974 · September 26, 2013 3:00AM

Picked up a couple more HOFers and the 56s are from Brian (captainthreeputt).
Brian gave me a tremendous deal on them. Also threw in 25 freebies!

Guru · September 26, 2013 5:58AM

Love that Bob Feller card. He's my favorite player of all time. I even went to his museum in Van Meter, IA last year.

Cards in the attic.

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