<< <i>I thought I saw what looked to be 1979 and 1980 cello cases in one of the photos? >>
There is a 1980 baseball cello case on its side in one photo, but not sure if it is full or not. I didn't see the 79 cello case, but I did see two 81 baseball cello cases. Nothing from 78 or earlier, though. >>
Okay this was the photo. Upon second look, I guess they are vending since it states 500 cards per box.
They are known for holding onto stuff just for the national! People attending the national that are into vintage are always curious as to what Steve will have on display...this time lol! That 80-81 Topps Basketball Wax Case was pretty close in this hoard and would've been really cool to see a case unopened!
like i said before, i wouldn't be surprised if those vending boxes are already gone - that's most likely the stuff that a major grader would go through to sub for high grades.
i would LOVE to see 1975 racks.
re: holding until the National, that's still a pretty long ways off. I kinda doubt they would put something back already, but i could be wrong. they had some awesome stuff in Chicago for sure.
Of course, you must consider their intentions for the National. They do that every year. Certain products wouldn't necessarily become available until they have a broad collector base to deal with in person. But, they can also do that at their store any day. It would be safe to assume, I believe, that other certain products may never have made it past the warehouse door due to private transactions which will eliminate the debate over whether or not those items were in the haul.
<< <i>Of course, you must consider their intentions for the National. They do that every year. Certain products wouldn't necessarily become available until they have a broad collector base to deal with in person. But, they can also do that at their store any day. It would be safe to assume, I believe, that other certain products may never have made it past the warehouse door due to private transactions which will eliminate the debate over whether or not those items were in the haul.
They're bought. >>
Anything is possible, but I don't believe anything case-wise, or even box-wise (other than vending) from the 1970s, other than the 78 football case and the 77 cloth stickers case, was part of the hoard.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
Still shaking my head how there is $500k - $700k worth of retail in this horde....must have been a ton of Ripken, Sandberg et al Minor League cards in addition to other singles that we have not seen. Whatever....this journey has been enjoyable to watch.
I thoroughly enjoyed the read posted on FB - especially this excerpt:
"What did we find? Lots of magazines. Way too many magazines. In fact, if you add up all the magazines that were in the storage units plus the ones in the house, I bet there were over 20,000 magazines - not an exaggeration. That's probably enough to fill the standard 26' Penske truck I normally drive around the country, and it probably wouldn't be able to move because of the weight. All these magazines were between 1989 and 1994 - Beckett Magazines from all four sports, Baseball Cards Magazine, Tuff Stuff, Sports Collectors Digest, Current Card Prices, Legends Magazine, Ball Street Journal, Yankees programs and yearbooks, Mets programs and yearbooks, and a bunch of others I can't even remember - and many cases weren't even opened! The seller might have been the one keeping Beckett and Krause Publications in business! This should drive home the point I make at 50% of the houses I visit throughout the year - old sportscards or sport magazines are worthless, and you should just throw them out, because, you, the last house I was in, the house before that, and tens of thousands of houses throughout the country all have owners who are collectors who can't bear the thought of throwing away a magazine that "may become a collectible." It's not going to happen.""
Excuse me, recycle day is tomorrow and I need to haul a bunch of boxes to the curb - although the hoarder inside of me says to still keep them!
Most of the best stuff is already gone.You don't spend $350k to make a $50k profit.I'm sure they've already made what they spent back off of what's been sold so far.So the remaining stuff that some have said they're not wowed by,is probably their profit.There's been a couple things said on this that I don't agree with.1-Just because there's a bunch of cheaper stuff,doesn't mean BBCE should've expected or asked for a "better" discount or offered lower than their listed buy price.This family didn't seem to know just what they had and had they spent some time,they could've made much more off of what they had.2-I don't agree with telling people to throw out their old magazines cause "they're worthless".I have stacks of old racing magazines that sell for $25-$100.No old NY Yankees or Mets programs are worthless.Their purchase goes to show that finds like this are out there.Have a big bank account and put in the work and you find cool stuff like this more frequently.
<< <i>"What did we find? Lots of magazines. Way too many magazines. In fact, if you add up all the magazines that were in the storage units plus the ones in the house, I bet there were over 20,000 magazines - not an exaggeration. That's probably enough to fill the standard 26' Penske truck I normally drive around the country, and it probably wouldn't be able to move because of the weight. All these magazines were between 1989 and 1994 - Beckett Magazines from all four sports, Baseball Cards Magazine, Tuff Stuff, Sports Collectors Digest, Current Card Prices, Legends Magazine, Ball Street Journal, Yankees programs and yearbooks, Mets programs and yearbooks, and a bunch of others I can't even remember - and many cases weren't even opened! The seller might have been the one keeping Beckett and Krause Publications in business! This should drive home the point I make at 50% of the houses I visit throughout the year - old sportscards or sport magazines are worthless, and you should just throw them out, because, you, the last house I was in, the house before that, and tens of thousands of houses throughout the country all have owners who are collectors who can't bear the thought of throwing away a magazine that "may become a collectible." It's not going to happen."" >>
I kind of disagree. They're already collectible. Some of them have card inserts that can sell for $10+. I can certainly understand why Steve wouldn't buy them (or even take them for free) though - too much work and space involved for too little profit.
I sell a number of magazines on Ebay and agree with Reed AND the posters above. Keep in mind, Reed stated the bulk of the magazines were from 1989-1994. Another words, they aren't "old" by any stretch. The magazines I sell at a premium are typically from pre-1985 and not sports card related.
They could get $5 - $10 per magazine but they are not likely to increase in value at any time.
Is there value to be had by selling 20,000 magazines? Sure, but then there are the people-hours needed to catalog and warehouse space needed to store the magazines. As one poster said, Steve doesn't have time for that when his primary source of revenue is high end collectibles.
I just found it interesting to hear his take on seeing the same magazines in most every home they look to buy from - especially when I have those same 90's Beckett's, Tuff Stuff's, et al sitting in boxes waiting for their day in the sun....which will most likely never come.
How many of us bought the first Beckett Hockey, Football, and Basketball thinking they were gold in our hands the day we purchased them?
Reed posted somewhere on facebook that a portion of this find was sold off before we saw it. He also said they would not disclose all of the contents of the deal. I'm sure some very nice, high dollar items were sold off. Many are speculating where the $350k is but maybe the high dollar stuff was already sold. If they really did spend $350k they had to flip some of it quick. That's a lot of cash for anyone to have sitting around in inventory. Steve knows what he is doing. He doesn't sit on product. You have to turn it over quick to be able to do the next big deal.
I don't think anyone mentioned this yet but what about the items that they already had in stock. If they have, for example 1978 and 1978 Topps rack boxes already on their site we would never know if they added say 5 or 10 more from this deal because it doesn't look like anything new was added but now they have more inventory in the warehouse.
I think this whole deal has been a lot of fun to follow and Reed is doing a great job telling the story. I also like that everyone here is analyzing every post and picture for clues about this deal. Lets hope the next one is full of 1970's product.
Love those 70's - early 80's packs and boxes...send me a message if you are selling because I am buying
I kept my old magazines not for future investment purposes, but for the fun of going back and reading the old articles. It is very nostalgic for me. If anyone has any old card magazines they don't want anymore, send them my way. I love them.
<< <i>I sell a number of magazines on Ebay and agree with Reed AND the posters above. Keep in mind, Reed stated the bulk of the magazines were from 1989-1994. Another words, they aren't "old" by any stretch. The magazines I sell at a premium are typically from pre-1985 and not sports card related.
They could get $5 - $10 per magazine but they are not likely to increase in value at any time.
Is there value to be had by selling 20,000 magazines? Sure, but then there are the people-hours needed to catalog and warehouse space needed to store the magazines. As one poster said, Steve doesn't have time for that when his primary source of revenue is high end collectibles.
I just found it interesting to hear his take on seeing the same magazines in most every home they look to buy from - especially when I have those same 90's Beckett's, Tuff Stuff's, et al sitting in boxes waiting for their day in the sun....which will most likely never come.
How many of us bought the first Beckett Hockey, Football, and Basketball thinking they were gold in our hands the day we purchased them? >>
Magazines with card inserts (e.g. Tuff Stuff, Legends, Baseball Cards) will trend upwards. I think SI for Kids will move up even faster. At the National in Baltimore, a guy was selling several thousand back issues of Baseball Card Magazine in PRISTINE condition for $1 each. Really cool insert cards in the there, both vintage and modern. One of my favorites was the 1983 designed Mattingly RC's.
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<< <i>I thought I saw what looked to be 1979 and 1980 cello cases in one of the photos? >>
There is a 1980 baseball cello case on its side in one photo, but not sure if it is full or not. I didn't see the 79 cello case, but I did see two 81 baseball cello cases. Nothing from 78 or earlier, though. >>
Okay this was the photo. Upon second look, I guess they are vending since it states 500 cards per box.
i would LOVE to see 1975 racks.
re: holding until the National, that's still a pretty long ways off. I kinda doubt they would put something back already, but i could be wrong. they had some awesome stuff in Chicago for sure.
They're bought.
<< <i>Of course, you must consider their intentions for the National. They do that every year. Certain products wouldn't necessarily become available until they have a broad collector base to deal with in person. But, they can also do that at their store any day. It would be safe to assume, I believe, that other certain products may never have made it past the warehouse door due to private transactions which will eliminate the debate over whether or not those items were in the haul.
They're bought. >>
Anything is possible, but I don't believe anything case-wise, or even box-wise (other than vending) from the 1970s, other than the 78 football case and the 77 cloth stickers case, was part of the hoard.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
I thoroughly enjoyed the read posted on FB - especially this excerpt:
"What did we find? Lots of magazines. Way too many magazines. In fact, if you add up all the magazines that were in the storage units plus the ones in the house, I bet there were over 20,000 magazines - not an exaggeration. That's probably enough to fill the standard 26' Penske truck I normally drive around the country, and it probably wouldn't be able to move because of the weight. All these magazines were between 1989 and 1994 - Beckett Magazines from all four sports, Baseball Cards Magazine, Tuff Stuff, Sports Collectors Digest, Current Card Prices, Legends Magazine, Ball Street Journal, Yankees programs and yearbooks, Mets programs and yearbooks, and a bunch of others I can't even remember - and many cases weren't even opened! The seller might have been the one keeping Beckett and Krause Publications in business! This should drive home the point I make at 50% of the houses I visit throughout the year - old sportscards or sport magazines are worthless, and you should just throw them out, because, you, the last house I was in, the house before that, and tens of thousands of houses throughout the country all have owners who are collectors who can't bear the thought of throwing away a magazine that "may become a collectible." It's not going to happen.""
Excuse me, recycle day is tomorrow and I need to haul a bunch of boxes to the curb - although the hoarder inside of me says to still keep them!
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<< <i>"What did we find? Lots of magazines. Way too many magazines. In fact, if you add up all the magazines that were in the storage units plus the ones in the house, I bet there were over 20,000 magazines - not an exaggeration. That's probably enough to fill the standard 26' Penske truck I normally drive around the country, and it probably wouldn't be able to move because of the weight. All these magazines were between 1989 and 1994 - Beckett Magazines from all four sports, Baseball Cards Magazine, Tuff Stuff, Sports Collectors Digest, Current Card Prices, Legends Magazine, Ball Street Journal, Yankees programs and yearbooks, Mets programs and yearbooks, and a bunch of others I can't even remember - and many cases weren't even opened! The seller might have been the one keeping Beckett and Krause Publications in business! This should drive home the point I make at 50% of the houses I visit throughout the year - old sportscards or sport magazines are worthless, and you should just throw them out, because, you, the last house I was in, the house before that, and tens of thousands of houses throughout the country all have owners who are collectors who can't bear the thought of throwing away a magazine that "may become a collectible." It's not going to happen.""
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I kind of disagree. They're already collectible. Some of them have card inserts that can sell for $10+. I can certainly understand why Steve wouldn't buy them (or even take them for free) though - too much work and space involved for too little profit.
They could get $5 - $10 per magazine but they are not likely to increase in value at any time.
Is there value to be had by selling 20,000 magazines? Sure, but then there are the people-hours needed to catalog and warehouse space needed to store the magazines. As one poster said, Steve doesn't have time for that when his primary source of revenue is high end collectibles.
I just found it interesting to hear his take on seeing the same magazines in most every home they look to buy from - especially when I have those same 90's Beckett's, Tuff Stuff's, et al sitting in boxes waiting for their day in the sun....which will most likely never come.
How many of us bought the first Beckett Hockey, Football, and Basketball thinking they were gold in our hands the day we purchased them?
Website
Ebay Store
Reed posted somewhere on facebook that a portion of this find was sold off before we saw it. He also said they would not disclose all of the contents of the deal. I'm sure some very nice, high dollar items were sold off. Many are speculating where the $350k is but maybe the high dollar stuff was already sold. If they really did spend $350k they had to flip some of it quick. That's a lot of cash for anyone to have sitting around in inventory. Steve knows what he is doing. He doesn't sit on product. You have to turn it over quick to be able to do the next big deal.
I don't think anyone mentioned this yet but what about the items that they already had in stock. If they have, for example 1978 and 1978 Topps rack boxes already on their site we would never know if they added say 5 or 10 more from this deal because it doesn't look like anything new was added but now they have more inventory in the warehouse.
I think this whole deal has been a lot of fun to follow and Reed is doing a great job telling the story. I also like that everyone here is analyzing every post and picture for clues about this deal. Lets hope the next one is full of 1970's product.
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<< <i>I sell a number of magazines on Ebay and agree with Reed AND the posters above. Keep in mind, Reed stated the bulk of the magazines were from 1989-1994. Another words, they aren't "old" by any stretch. The magazines I sell at a premium are typically from pre-1985 and not sports card related.
They could get $5 - $10 per magazine but they are not likely to increase in value at any time.
Is there value to be had by selling 20,000 magazines? Sure, but then there are the people-hours needed to catalog and warehouse space needed to store the magazines. As one poster said, Steve doesn't have time for that when his primary source of revenue is high end collectibles.
I just found it interesting to hear his take on seeing the same magazines in most every home they look to buy from - especially when I have those same 90's Beckett's, Tuff Stuff's, et al sitting in boxes waiting for their day in the sun....which will most likely never come.
How many of us bought the first Beckett Hockey, Football, and Basketball thinking they were gold in our hands the day we purchased them? >>
Magazines with card inserts (e.g. Tuff Stuff, Legends, Baseball Cards) will trend upwards. I think SI for Kids will move up even faster. At the National in Baltimore, a guy was selling several thousand back issues of Baseball Card Magazine in PRISTINE condition for $1 each. Really cool insert cards in the there, both vintage and modern. One of my favorites was the 1983 designed Mattingly RC's.
Kiss me twice.....let's party.