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Who is grote15??

LuvOldPacksLuvOldPacks Posts: 263 ✭✭
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I hear a lot of people on the forum refer to Mr Grote as the leading expert of vintage unopened packs.... I was just curious who the man is behind the name and why is he an 'expert'??? Do tell.....
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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm just a long-time collector of unopened baseball from 1970-1982, primarily, and enjoy sharing my knowledge and info about this great hobby of ours here on the forums. I don't refer myself as an "expert," but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn last night..


    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.
  • LuvOldPacksLuvOldPacks Posts: 263 ✭✭
    I love your sense of humor already!
  • DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    I can vouch that he did sleep in a Holiday Inn last night. To be clear though, it was a Holiday Inn Express. As most will attest to, he is the resident expert on unopened wax.
    "A full mind is an empty bat." Ty Cobb

    Currently collecting 1934 Butterfinger, 1969 Nabisco, 1991 Topps Desert Shield (in PSA 9 or 10), and 1990 Donruss Learning Series (in PSA 10).
  • curchcurch Posts: 590 ✭✭✭
    Unopened is the best!
    Always looking for vintage wax boxes!
  • LuvOldPacksLuvOldPacks Posts: 263 ✭✭
    Agreed!!!
  • Gemyanks10Gemyanks10 Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭
    Tim is the unopened legend of the boards. His reputation is second to none and has forgotten more about unopened than most here will ever know. His posts are thought out, educated, and they exude class. CU is lucky to have him, especially nowadays where it is slower around here.
    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.
  • LuvOldPacksLuvOldPacks Posts: 263 ✭✭
    Thanks for that comment Gemyanks10.
    I was just chatting a bit with Tim.... he is a class act and most definitely a huge asset to the boards. I look forward to 'picking' his brain for unopened questions in the future.
  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,104 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He actually knows a lot about 'opened' also.
    1975 topps baseball is by far my favorite year,
    and I've gotten lots of info about the cards from him,
    such as on a certain color combo, the name placement is often times
    low, making the card seem off-centered when actually it may not be.
    He's certainly an expert on 1975 cards as well as unopened.
  • lahmejoonlahmejoon Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭
    Tim is good people. image Hi Tim!
  • Gemyanks10Gemyanks10 Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: LuvOldPacks
    Thanks for that comment Gemyanks10.
    I was just chatting a bit with Tim.... he is a class act and most definitely a huge asset to the boards. I look forward to 'picking' his brain for unopened questions in the future.


    No problem...I've dealt with him quite a bit and he's good people...I would expand the unopened knowledge to all 70's - early 80's actual sets too. Topps, O-Pee-Chee etc. He has taught me a lot, but keep in mind when I came back into the hobby in 2012, after a 12 year absence, and joined the boards, I had a lot of questions to ask...I always preferred the older stuff, so it worked out...

    We might as well all roast Tim in this thread lol image

    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.
  • UncleTwoPillowUncleTwoPillow Posts: 257
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  • KendallCatKendallCat Posts: 2,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
    +1 for Tim. Best on here for unopened from the 70's and only person I buy packs from that are ungraded. Only negate I can say about him is my budget gets crushed several times a year when he posts items for sale image
  • slum22slum22 Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭✭
    As already stated, Tim is an all around good guy. And yes, he is definitely one of the go-to guys on the board for unopened knowledge. Based on what I've read on here, he also appears to be good at fantasy sports as well.
    Steve
  • bishopbishop Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭
    He is a hobby asset....even if he has no title image
    Topps Baseball-1948, 1951 to 2017
    Bowman Baseball -1948-1955
    Fleer Baseball-1923, 1959-2007

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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    image
    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.
  • UncleTwoPillowUncleTwoPillow Posts: 257
    Hmmm. Without ears, fingers or toes, it appears he has already been claimed by frostbite. Also, malnourished. Poor Tim. Eat a sandwich.
  • John GibbonsJohn Gibbons Posts: 51
    he attended preschool at harvard.
  • rtimmerrtimmer Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭✭
    Glad to jump on the love fest bandwagon, but I've bought from Tim and picked his brain on more than a few occasions and as others have said he always first class. He has an awesome collection and is a true professional.
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  • magellanmagellan Posts: 2,099 ✭✭✭
    His 2 cents is worth $37.42

    I know that you can go by what he says about packs.
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  • aconteaconte Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭
    Tim is the mini man too! Word is he's become so nice after reading all these compliments. He's now going to cheer for the Phillies too!

    aconte
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks everyone for all the kind comments! There are some great people here on these forums.



    Tony, the Phillies will need a lot more help than me rooting for them this season, LOL..


    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.
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭
    grote15 is a guy who opens too much unopened for my tastes...just saying. image
    "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

    Collecting:
    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
  • Gemyanks10Gemyanks10 Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭
    +1 for a CPAMike sighting lol.
    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.
  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭
    I've bought some cool stuff, and learned even more cool stuff from Tim.



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    "America suffers today from too much pluribus and not enough unum.".....Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

  • MiniDuffMiniDuff Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭
    Chuck Norris goes to Tim for advice on unopened.
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  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    Tim is not only an expert, but he has been a great friend to me here. He us nothing but a class act!

    Jmaciu's Collection
  • 1980scollector1980scollector Posts: 2,036 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: cpamike
    grote15 is a guy who opens too much unopened for my tastes...just saying. image


    MIKE!!!!!!!!

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  • alnavmanalnavman Posts: 4,129 ✭✭✭
    any relationship to Jerry Grote, the Mets old timer
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Originally posted by: alnavman
    any relationship to Jerry Grote, the Mets old timer
    That's Tim's Idol ... thus the name and number.

    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.
  • 70ToppsFanatic70ToppsFanatic Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: alnavman
    any relationship to Jerry Grote, the Mets old timer



    That's where his username comes from!

    and +1 on all of the kudos for Tim.


    Dave
  • mikelowell25mikelowell25 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭
    I disagree with everyone who has posted thus far; tim is a selfish jerk because he refuses to sell me one of his 72 racks!!image



    (Yet I still continue to send him lots of money via paypal gift every now and then, don't know whyimage)



    Hi tim--did you get the pm I sent you two minutes ago???? What's taking you so long to get back to me?!?!?!image
  • DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭
    Tim is alright I guess.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,409 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Tim saved my life in Nam.
    Mike
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    For every tear Tim cries, a puppy is given a soul.

    Tim is good people. I especially like him when he has cards for me.
  • mikelowell25mikelowell25 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Stone193

    Tim saved my life in Nam.






    Wow, look who came out of the closet err from under a rock ie stonehenge!image



    Welcome back Mike!!image
  • lahmejoonlahmejoon Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭
    His passport requires no photograph.
  • PM770PM770 Posts: 320 ✭✭
    Bigfoot takes pictures of him.
  • UncleTwoPillowUncleTwoPillow Posts: 257
    Every Halloween, his trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, his toilet explodes.
  • bishopbishop Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭
    "Superman had to take the name Clark Kent, because Grote15 was already taken"... Chuck Norris
    Topps Baseball-1948, 1951 to 2017
    Bowman Baseball -1948-1955
    Fleer Baseball-1923, 1959-2007

    Al
  • John GibbonsJohn Gibbons Posts: 51
    Currently suing nbc because everyone knows his left and right arms are called "law and order".
  • LuvOldPacksLuvOldPacks Posts: 263 ✭✭
    So, no one here really likes the guy.... is that what I'm reading? image
  • LuvOldPacksLuvOldPacks Posts: 263 ✭✭
    Thanks for all the fun comments. image
  • baz518baz518 Posts: 1,244 ✭✭✭✭
    Tim is the man!
  • TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,710 ✭✭✭
    Tim gets away with using comic sans.

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  • lahmejoonlahmejoon Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭
    The dark is afraid of him.
  • nonpareilnonpareil Posts: 198
    Tim doesn't do push-ups. He pushes the earth down.
    "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
  • ajezoveajezove Posts: 145 ✭
    I know I'm late to the party, but just wanted to say Tim has never been anything but respectful and pleasant even when faced with some really stupid questions (I know this first hand). A true class act. Maybe someday he will figure out fantasy football.
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: ajezove

    Maybe someday he will figure out fantasy football.




    Hey, now, three-peating is hard you know! Just ask the Cowboys and the Niners, LOL!



    Thanks again for all the entertaining responses~you guys are the best, LOL..



    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.
  • UncleTwoPillowUncleTwoPillow Posts: 257
    He dips his microchips in microguacamole.

  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    If Grote was to punch you in the face, you would thank him!!
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