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mintonlyplsmintonlypls Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Hi...let me introduce myself. I have been reading this forum for the last year and finally decided to participate in the chatter.

I collected baseball cards growing up in the 60s...then was introduced back to the hobby around 1980 when I picked up a copy of a baseball price guide.
I was surprised a piece of cardboard had any value. I remember a 1952 Topps Mantle being listed for $500 in Mint or Near Mint/Mint condition back then.
This sounded like a hobby I would enjoy...bringing me back to my childhood and possibly making money as well. Luckily...my Mom did not chuck my childhood collection and proceeded to sell off that collection to fund new purchases while attending college in the 1980s. Buying ungraded cards before grading services existed was risky. Only recently...I have begun submitting those cards to PSA for grading...and luckily have had only two come back without grades...trimmed and not meeting minimum size requirements. Now...I will only purchase PSA and SGC cards and subscribe to the motto "buy the card...not the holder".

My interests include selected HOFs and stars from the mid 50s to the mid 70s in high grade with good eye appeal (PSA 9...8.5 and 8s as well as SGC 92 and 96s)...not only rookies but a few years throughout a players career. I also have dabbled in unopened but just have 1980s material.

My most recent purchases last night on REA Auction included a 1963 Pete Rose SGC-92 and 1971 Thurman Munson SGC-96. That is all for now....have to get to work to pay for these Gems.
mint_only_pls

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