A Massive Trade for Red Sox fans

K

About 2 weeks ago I noticed a huge lot on Ebay of about 200 graded Red Sox cards from the late 90's and 00's. Right now my collecting focus is on building a high grade Red Sox Topps run, so this was a perfect lot that I needed to get in on. I put in an offer and reached out to the seller to introduce myself as I recognized he had the number one set on the registry. Immediately he responded and our dialogue began.

Red Sox Topps Run

Talking and dealing with Jon was a pleasure. Right off the bat I could tell that there was a mutual desire to help each other out. Jon made it clear that his intent was to make a straight up trade, with little to no money involved. I knew I had some cards that could upgrade his set, but the card that really made everything possible was a 1975 Topps #616 Jim Rice RC in PSA 9. He needed one, and I had 2, so I knew we were going to make this work. Here is the list of cards I had that he needed as an upgrade or to fill a whole.

1965 Topps #74 Rico Petrocelli RC PSA 9
1972 Topps #30 Rico Petrocelli PSA 9
1972 Topps #113 Rogelio Moret PSA 8.5
1972 Topps #411 Bob Montgomery PSA 9
1972 Topps #455 Tommy Harper PSA 9
1972 Topps #681 Bobby Pfeil PSA 9
1972 Topps #724 A.L. Rookies PSA 9
1972 Topps #772 Ken Tatum PSA 9
1973 Topps Red Sox Team Checklist PSA 7
1975 Topps #616 Jim Rice RC PSA 9
1976 Topps #118 Red Sox Team PSA 10
1977 Topps #309 Red Sox Team PSA 10
1977 Topps #338 Denny Doyle PSA 10
1978 Topps #524 Bernie Carbo PSA 10
1979 Topps #3 RBI Leaders (Jim Rice and George Foster) PSA 10

Scans:

Jon offered up any cards from his set that could upgrade mine as long as I provided a replacement. I took him up on his offer with 3 cards, all of which were replaced with PSA 9's:

1974 Topps #495 Dick McAuliffe PSA 10
1974 Topps #590 Rogelio Moret PSA 10
1977 Topps #89 Butch Hobson PSA 10

The other 2 highlights were a couple of 52's that Jon had listed on Ebay that he took down for me. They were:

1952 Topps #54 Leo Kiely Black Back PSA 7
1952 Topps #255 Clyde Vollmer Black Back PSA 7.5

The rest of the lot is as follows:

139 PSA 10's
42 PSA 9's
10 PSA 8's

There was a vast array of players. Papi, Pedro, Pedroia, Manny, Nomar, Wakefield. In all, it added almost 10% completion to my set which sits at number 4 at just under 30% completion. Jon got one of the most sought after Red Sox cards in the Rice RC and a bunch of cards to bump him up a bit, but his set really is deep. At 90% completion it's definitely worth a look.

Thanks Jon, for being a truly honest collector, and a dedicated Red Sox fan! I'd be happy to deal with you any time.

-Adam

Dboneesq

Sounds like the deal was a win win. Congrats!

bcubs

Great deal for both sides. Good to see some old fashioned trading.

LOTSOS

Love it. Cool to see two guys help each other out! Congrats!

LOTSOS

Also one question out of curiosity. Are both of your sets public?

BLUEJAYWAY

Nice to see a trade gone well for both involved. Of interest:the 1972 Bobby Pfeil shows him in a Phillies uniform I believe. Sox never wore pinstripes. Bobby played for Mets in 69,Phillies in 71.

ugaskidawg

Awesome trade...Jon is a good guy. I have traded with him before and helped him with his Yaz master set.

divecchia

Adam,

Wow, that sounds like an incredible trade! Congrats on moving up almost 10% on your completion as that's around 200 cards that you must of picked up.

I took a look at Jon's set and it is incredible.

Donato

K

Yes. Both of our sets are public viewable.

3 under par

to paraphrase Hannibal Smith - "I love it when a trade comes together"