Bought a Collection for First time (68-84) Update #3, 71 high numbers, wacky packages, 64 giants

shu4040 · July 24, 2018 4:51AM

So from a local neighbor I purchased their childhood into their early 20s collection. Appears to be about 7-8000 cards. Haven't come close to even fully going through it, but it looks like about 500 1968s, maybe a few hundred total 69-71s, and then about 600 72 -74s each, and then full hand collated sets from 76-79, and purchased sets from Renata Galasso still in the brown shipping boxes from 79-84 or so.

lots of mid grade, some lower, as expected cards from someone's youth with condition getting better as it gets newer. only looked through it for 20 minutes and it'll take a while to really go through it all. Paid a fair price for both of us i think
and gives me a fun project for a while and hopefully find some goodies in there.

I'll update this thread as I make some progress and share what I find

shu4040 · July 24, 2018 4:51AM

JoeBanzai · July 24, 2018 5:08AM

Sounds fun!

GoDodgersFan · July 24, 2018 5:24AM

Good luck. I suspect you have a few good surprises in the collection. Very doable and fun project.

JBrules · July 24, 2018 5:31AM

Looking forward to the the updates. Enjoy the hunt.

brad31 · July 24, 2018 6:24AM

Good luck! Hope you find some great cards in the bunch.

Cakes · July 24, 2018 8:35AM

Very nice! Anytime you can buy a collection that is the majority 70's card is a good sign. 90% of collections for sale generally don't have much of the older stuff.

GreenSneakers · July 24, 2018 9:36AM

I’ve always wanted to do what you’re doing. Opportunity hasn’t presented itself

detroitfan2 · July 24, 2018 9:57AM

Long before there were set boxes, there were Velveeta cheese boxes! The cards in there have to be awesome!

shu4040 · July 24, 2018 10:18AM

^lol, yeah i didn't even see it initially last night when the seller helped me load the car. I literally have no idea what's inside the velveeta box.

countdouglas · July 24, 2018 11:08AM

@detroitfan2 said:
Long before there were set boxes, there were Velveeta cheese boxes! The cards in there have to be awesome!

Yep! I can't even recall how I came about realizing that the Velveeta boxes were the perfect dimensions to hold cards, but in my early years of collecting, many, many of my extras came to be stored in them until I finally splurged for 800 count and monster boxes.

PADIdiver · July 24, 2018 2:26PM

Did you already know the neighbor and that's how you got in contact to purchase the cards? I think this would be fun to do just to look through the cards alone!

Stone193 · July 24, 2018 2:31PM

FINESTKIND · July 24, 2018 2:55PM

Good stuff.

Tabe · July 24, 2018 4:01PM

I just wanted to chime in and say that I always get a smile when I hear the name "Renata Galasso". Bought a lot of cards from her back in the day and loved reading the catalogs and Baseball Hobby Card Report magazine.

divecchia · July 24, 2018 4:07PM

Sounds like it will be fun to go through.

Good luck. Donato

Cakes · July 25, 2018 6:48AM

@countdouglas said:

@detroitfan2 said:
Long before there were set boxes, there were Velveeta cheese boxes! The cards in there have to be awesome!

Yep! I can't even recall how I came about realizing that the Velveeta boxes were the perfect dimensions to hold cards, but in my early years of collecting, many, many of my extras came to be stored in them until I finally splurged for 800 count and monster boxes.

OMG I am embarrassed, I still use Velveeta boxes. My on and off again GF always makes this dip which is just Velveeta and Rotel.

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shu4040 · July 25, 2018 7:41AM

ok, so first update!

opened up the velveeta box. thought about saving it for last, but couldn't resist with the cheese box interest.

The box was mostly a dud, looked like some random "newer" stuff he had bought like 87 topps and a bunch of the Galasso Greats cards.

I did find this little fun nugget that I didn't know anything about. Apparently its a 1910-1912 Tris Speaker Sweet Carporal pin. Not super valuable - maybe $75-$100 but appears to be in decent shape. Doesn't seem terribly uncommon but a nice first random item:

shu4040 · July 25, 2018 7:47AM

Next, I moved on to working through the 68s.

There are a lot more than i thought for 68. 69-71s are in rough shape so I'm thinking he bought a big lot of 68s at one point (some other clues), anyway. This update might end up being the high point, but it's a nice one

Here's Johnny!

and here's his friend, Jerry! (top one has a rough crease through Nolan, 2nd is pretty solid. probably a 4. maybe a 5 on a good day?)

JBrules · July 25, 2018 8:19AM

Off to a good start.

FINESTKIND · July 25, 2018 10:24AM

Off to a great start at the races.

Cakes · July 25, 2018 10:29AM

That is a nice start, but you never mentioned what you paid.

What is does show is that they haven't been cherry picked, which is the key.

Stone193 · July 25, 2018 10:32AM

Nolan "and" Johnny x 2?

Yahtzee!

baseballfan · July 25, 2018 10:49AM

great start!!

FINESTKIND · July 25, 2018 12:38PM

OP, you are way too calm!

lahmejoon · July 25, 2018 1:01PM

Good stuff!

ergoism · July 25, 2018 1:07PM

This is my kind of party.

shu4040 · July 25, 2018 1:23PM

"OP, you are way too calm!"

lol trust me, i'm enjoying it! i have a newborn and a young kid and i have to sneak out into the 100 degree garage after they're asleep and slowly going through the 68s like a kid in the candy store. I'm trying to not rush through it all to draw out the fun a while!

spanky74 · July 25, 2018 1:31PM

yeah, I would have went through it all last night and went to work with no sleep today haha

dan89 · July 25, 2018 2:54PM

Hard to tell from the scan, however the second Koosman rookie may be an MB. Would have to see the back.

@shu4040 said:
Next, I moved on to working through the 68s.

There are a lot more than i thought for 68. 69-71s are in rough shape so I'm thinking he bought a big lot of 68s at one point (some other clues), anyway. This update might end up being the high point, but it's a nice one

Here's Johnny!

and here's his friend, Jerry! (top one has a rough crease through Nolan, 2nd is pretty solid. probably a 4. maybe a 5 on a good day?)

ldferg · July 25, 2018 7:18PM

Hope there's more where this came from. Kudos.

shu4040 · July 26, 2018 8:17AM

A fun and some bizarre update to day 2!

So i figured out the structure of the boxes better, one is all of the singles in a set by year, and the other is all dupes but generally organized by team. There was also a little old note/sign saying, "old baseball cards 10 cents each" which makes me believe he had them out at a show or garage sale etc at some point.

In this second box, it did seem like a lot of the super stars had been picked through (Mays, Aaron, etc) BUT that is also where i found the 2nd Ryan, so maybe it was picked through in the mid 70s before Nolan really become Nolan???

Apparently, he had purchased or somehow acquired these lots of single players:

and the rare bearded Vada Pinson!

shu4040 · July 26, 2018 8:18AM

shu4040 · July 26, 2018 8:20AM

I was lucky though that he did have a few stars in there, pretty fun to see among the Vada's!

Anyway need any low grade Bob Gibsons or Tom Seavers, i'm your guy!!

shu4040 · July 26, 2018 8:23AM

That basically gets me through 68 for now, so I started into 69. As i mentioned 69-71 were much less in number 100-200 per year and rougher shape. I think he must have got a big lot of 68s at some point.

First the rare early traded cards:

LarkinCollector · July 26, 2018 8:26AM

Big fan of the Vada with a beard variation

shu4040 · July 26, 2018 8:28AM

Next, the big pulls form 69. Unfortunately rougher shape, but pretty neat to find in the pile.

Unfortunately, someone didn't like the mick too much but great anytime to get a Mantle and a reggie!!

lahmejoon · July 26, 2018 8:40AM

@LarkinCollector said:
Big fan of the Vada with a beard variation

LOL! That was my first thought too!

detroitfan2 · July 26, 2018 8:42AM

@lahmejoon said:

@LarkinCollector said:
Big fan of the Vada with a beard variation

LOL! That was my first thought too!

Same here, I was hoping for a Carew beard variation, I'm in desperate need of that one for my "Topps All-Star Rookies With Beards" set registry!

shu4040 · July 26, 2018 8:44AM

"Same here, I was hoping for a Carew beard variation, I'm in desperate need of that one!"

lol for a nominal price, i bet i could "find" one tonight

maddux69 · July 26, 2018 10:34AM

@dan89 said:
Hard to tell from the scan, however the second Koosman rookie may be an MB. Would have to see the back.

@shu4040 said:
Next, I moved on to working through the 68s.

There are a lot more than i thought for 68. 69-71s are in rough shape so I'm thinking he bought a big lot of 68s at one point (some other clues), anyway. This update might end up being the high point, but it's a nice one

Here's Johnny!

and here's his friend, Jerry! (top one has a rough crease through Nolan, 2nd is pretty solid. probably a 4. maybe a 5 on a good day?)

The second one is not a MB. If it were a MB it would be solid white on the left side and not a single white line.

Cakes · July 26, 2018 11:38AM

@maddux69 said:

@dan89 said:
Hard to tell from the scan, however the second Koosman rookie may be an MB. Would have to see the back.

@shu4040 said:
Next, I moved on to working through the 68s.

There are a lot more than i thought for 68. 69-71s are in rough shape so I'm thinking he bought a big lot of 68s at one point (some other clues), anyway. This update might end up being the high point, but it's a nice one

Here's Johnny!

and here's his friend, Jerry! (top one has a rough crease through Nolan, 2nd is pretty solid. probably a 4. maybe a 5 on a good day?)

The second one is not a MB. If it were a MB it would be solid white on the left side and not a single white line.

What is MB?

Thanks, BC

LarkinCollector · July 26, 2018 11:41AM

@Cakes said:

@maddux69 said:

@dan89 said:
Hard to tell from the scan, however the second Koosman rookie may be an MB. Would have to see the back.

@shu4040 said:
Next, I moved on to working through the 68s.

There are a lot more than i thought for 68. 69-71s are in rough shape so I'm thinking he bought a big lot of 68s at one point (some other clues), anyway. This update might end up being the high point, but it's a nice one

Here's Johnny!

and here's his friend, Jerry! (top one has a rough crease through Nolan, 2nd is pretty solid. probably a 4. maybe a 5 on a good day?)

The second one is not a MB. If it were a MB it would be solid white on the left side and not a single white line.

What is MB?

Thanks, BC

Milton Bradley

ETA: A primer - http://www.sportscollectorsdigest.com/a-tale-of-the-yellow-back-1968-milton-bradley-set/ or there's a couple hundred threads debating them here.

dan89 · July 26, 2018 11:45AM

Only way to really tell is to see the back and the color of yellow. The line is not 100% and I have seen many with a single line that are indeed MB

shu4040 · July 26, 2018 11:51AM

I checked the backs of the ryans and benches last night too and they were all the same, which made me think that it's not MB.

Cakes · August 6, 2018 7:39AM

@LarkinCollector said:

@Cakes said:

@maddux69 said:

@dan89 said:
Hard to tell from the scan, however the second Koosman rookie may be an MB. Would have to see the back.

@shu4040 said:
Next, I moved on to working through the 68s.

There are a lot more than i thought for 68. 69-71s are in rough shape so I'm thinking he bought a big lot of 68s at one point (some other clues), anyway. This update might end up being the high point, but it's a nice one

Here's Johnny!

and here's his friend, Jerry! (top one has a rough crease through Nolan, 2nd is pretty solid. probably a 4. maybe a 5 on a good day?)

The second one is not a MB. If it were a MB it would be solid white on the left side and not a single white line.

What is MB?

Thanks, BC

Milton Bradley

ETA: A primer - http://www.sportscollectorsdigest.com/a-tale-of-the-yellow-back-1968-milton-bradley-set/ or there's a couple hundred threads debating them here.

Thanks Larkin, this entire time I always thought it was an inside joke!

ldferg · August 6, 2018 11:01AM

Just curious, is the MB version worth more? Congrats on the collection purchase. Everything I tend to see is late 80s, 90s.

Panama Mutiny (Formerly lawyer05) · August 6, 2018 11:06AM

@shu4040 said:
"Same here, I was hoping for a Carew beard variation, I'm in desperate need of that one!"

lol for a nominal price, i bet i could "find" one tonight

whats the carew beard variation ?

LarkinCollector · August 6, 2018 11:09AM

@ldferg said:
Just curious, is the MB version worth more? Congrats on the collection purchase. Everything I tend to see is late 80s, 90s.

It was at one time. Since PSA quit differentiating between the two, I have no idea.

Panama Mutiny (Formerly lawyer05) · August 6, 2018 1:21PM

@LarkinCollector said:

@ldferg said:
Just curious, is the MB version worth more? Congrats on the collection purchase. Everything I tend to see is late 80s, 90s.

It was at one time. Since PSA quit differentiating between the two, I have no idea.

Bro...when did Psa stop differentiating MB?

Bought a Collection for First time (68-84) Update #3, 71 high numbers, wacky packages, 64 giants

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