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Boston area members: any neat card shops around?

coachnip13coachnip13 Posts: 464
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I am about to be in Boston for the first time, and as one of the premier baseball towns in America, I thought there might be a good card shop in town. Any tips?

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  • tsalems1tsalems1 Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭✭
    Here are some pics from my store 20 miles west of Boston.
    Sorry though, I closed it in 1997

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  • Gemyanks10Gemyanks10 Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭
    I wish I had a card shop that looked like that in my area. That Rickey Henderson in picture #1 looks amazing at a distance, you wouldn't happen to still have possession of it would you? 😉 That 1975 topps set for 850 looked nice too.

    Jimmy
    Always looking for OPC "tape intact" baseball wax boxes, and 1984 OPC baseball PSA 10's for my set. Please PM or email me if you have any available.
  • tsalems1tsalems1 Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭✭
    I wish I had that stuff still!

    Check out all the Marino rookies in pic 1 on the bottom right. Think I had around 50 of them!
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  • Gemyanks10Gemyanks10 Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭
    Ohhh yeah wow very nice. At a distance every card on the top page of that 1980 set looks very centered and mint, which isn't easy. Do you ever wonder what became of some of your inventory or bssically was it out of sight out of mind? A set like the 1980 or that nice 1975, I would want to make sure it went to a good home, someone that would appreciate it especially if you really put a lot of time and effort into building a gorgeous set like that.
    Always looking for OPC "tape intact" baseball wax boxes, and 1984 OPC baseball PSA 10's for my set. Please PM or email me if you have any available.
  • tsalems1tsalems1 Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭✭
    Didn't matter who it was, everything had a price. I bought to sell. I was buying from walk in customers all the time. I didn't put sets like that together.
    I probably bought those from customers.
    I think back at some of the stuff I bought and some of the deals I didn't agree on. Man, wish we could go back in time.
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  • hockeycrazyhockeycrazy Posts: 309 ✭✭
    This might be sacrilegious but forget about sports cards. Go to the North End and get a great meal of home made pasta. And don't forget to stop at Mike's Pastry for the best cannoli you will ever have!!!
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  • tsalems1tsalems1 Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>This might be sacrilegious but forget about sports cards. Go to the North End and get a great meal of home made pasta. And don't forget to stop at Mike's Pastry for the best cannoli you will ever have!!!
    ! >>



    Oh man!! I miss all that GREAT food in the North end. Cant get any of that good food down here in Texas
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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Tom ... did you used to go to Halls in Arlington?
    STAY HEALTHY!

    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.
  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    Tom, you had quite the inventory!! I bet it was a joy going to work everyday.

    Jmaciu's Collection
  • tsalems1tsalems1 Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Tom ... did you used to go to Halls in Arlington? >>



    I was in there a couple times when I was a young kid. They have a lot. They have lots of connections for things.

    Once I opened my store, I didn't get out much at all.
    At 1 point I had 6 people working for me but was so busy I never got out unless I was going to any of the bigger shows in Ma,Ct,NY,Nationals etc while the help ran the store.
    The only other times I got away was when I took my trips to Canada for all my OPC stuff image
    Think I spent more money at the strip joints than on cards though image
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  • tsalems1tsalems1 Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Tom, you had quite the inventory!! I bet it was a joy going to work everyday. >>



    I think back on those days all the time and miss it.

    There was so much more not even pictured. I had a 2400 sq. foot store.
    Behind the wall of wax in the picture were more shelving units filled with 5000 count boxes
    on all years/all sports
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  • flash2flash2 Posts: 100 ✭
    there was one in billerica center,do not know if it still there.was owned by a friend of tom glavine.
  • Goomba78Goomba78 Posts: 172 ✭
    Batter-up Sportscards in Tewksbury MA is a nice shop, and the help is friendly
    Greatly overpaying for a 2000 Fleer Showcase Tom Brady PSA 10
  • gameusedhoopgameusedhoop Posts: 3,592 ✭✭✭✭
    The one in Billerica is long gone, probably close to 10 years now. Slapshot is on Route One in Saugus, it isn't the biggest place, but Mark does have some nice stuff.

    Edit: Link to Slapshot... Slapshot

    Edit (2): Do not get Slapshot confused with Sportsworld, also on Route One in Saugus.
  • ken61ken61 Posts: 55 ✭✭
    The "South Shore" area of Boston used to have scores of card stores. Very few are still open -- J & J Sportscards in North Attleboro is one of just a couple that haven't shut down.

    The pictures of the card store above are really cool. Boy, I miss those days!






  • flash2flash2 Posts: 100 ✭
    saugus=route 1,if that is what you mean.too bad about billerica,i moved to nh 15 years ago.
  • initialDinitialD Posts: 1,624 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The one in Billerica is long gone, probably close to 10 years now. Slapshot is on Route One in Saugus, it isn't the biggest place, but Mark does have some nice stuff.

    Edit: Link to Slapshot... Slapshot

    Edit (2): Do not get Slapshot confused with Sportsworld, also on Route One in Saugus. >>



    I echo Steve here, Slapshot is a great little shop. I have known Mark for years and he does carry a real nice selection of it all

    I happened to go by there yesterday and picked up a couple items


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  • NHLfightguyNHLfightguy Posts: 525 ✭✭
    If your in town during a Mansfield Card show those are always good.
    http://cardboardpromotions.com/

    Doug brings in a lot of Bruins, Pats, Sox, Celts past players at very reasonable prices. Show always draws well and has a lot of dealers at it.
  • DniceDnice Posts: 848
    Wow, that is an incredibly centered 53 Mantle. Talk about eye appeal.
  • scooter729scooter729 Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭
    Teaparty (or is it called Kenmore Sportscards or something like that) is still open in Kenmore Square near Fenway Park I believe, and is the best (only?) shop in Boston itself these days. There's not a ton of stuff there, but it's your best bet within Boston now.
  • initialDinitialD Posts: 1,624 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Wow, that is an incredibly centered 53 Mantle. Talk about eye appeal. >>



    My thought exactly! Crappy iphone pic does it no justice. Not quite in my collecting alley but I couldnt resist

    He picked up a nice vintage collection and I saw some awesome hi number 52's
  • AC000000AC000000 Posts: 257 ✭✭✭
    I think JJ Teaparty is still there on Bromfield Street, off the Freedom Trail. And there is another card shop at the end of that block. It's also a few steps away from Beantown Pub, which usually has a few of the unique Sam Adams brews on tap.

    Forget Mike's Pastry. Overrated and too crowded with out of town tourists. Go to Modern Pastry on Hanover Street.
  • scooter729scooter729 Posts: 1,730 ✭✭✭
    Kenmore Collectibles
  • cjaccardicjaccardi Posts: 542


    << <i>Teaparty (or is it called Kenmore Sportscards or something like that) is still open in Kenmore Square near Fenway Park I believe, and is the best (only?) shop in Boston itself these days. There's not a ton of stuff there, but it's your best bet within Boston now. >>



    how about Skinners do they still have a showroom in Boston ?

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