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Shoebox Finds

gurban12gurban12 Posts: 95 ✭✭
edited January 20, 2020 12:01PM in Trading Cards & Memorabilia Forum

Some of my shoebox finds for the day. I was looking through my wife’s scrapbooking stuff in her office for things to sell on Facebook marketplace. I came across this shoebox that had the word “basketball” written on it.

Here are just a few of the things I found inside.












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  • bighurt2000bighurt2000 Posts: 1,021 ✭✭✭

    Wow nice find I never have any luck like that when it comes to cards.
    James

  • Searched this wall unit. The writing on the shoebox is my mom’s handwriting. Easily stashed there for a decade or more. We’ve been here for 17 years.

  • HorseHorse Posts: 675 ✭✭✭✭
    edited January 20, 2020 2:53PM

    That is fun stuff ! Did you remember you still had these ?

    That Phil Jackson card is the exact card my mom used to show me when teaching me about Stranger Danger.

  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice find! When selling, I would use "Cigar Box Find" rather than shoe box. There seems to be quite a premium on cigar box finds.

  • gurban12gurban12 Posts: 95 ✭✭
    edited January 20, 2020 2:36PM

    @Horse said:
    That is fun stuff ! Did you remember you still had these ?

    That Phil Jackson card is the exact card my mom used show me when teaching me about Stranger Danger.

    I can honestly say that I don’t recall ever having these. I recall having cards I can’t find. I assume I sold them in HS. I sold a Thurman Munson rookie for cheap. I sold this exact bird/magic for cheap. I also actually split a bunch of 80 basketball including a bird/magic. (I still have that 😭). I had no idea these cards existed. My mom probably dropped off and my wife stuck in her scrapbook cabinet. I would have never placed them there.

  • Some others from the shoebox.


  • mrmoparmrmopar Posts: 1,097 ✭✭✭✭

    Probably my biggest regret from childhood collection was breaking apart all of my 80/81 Basketball. Had several Bird/Magic RCs and now they are displayed together again, but apart.

    I collect Steve Garvey, Dodgers and signed cards. Collector since 1978.
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭

    nice "find"

    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,325 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 21, 2020 9:47AM

    Awesome stuff! Congrats.
    Have to admit I was a little disappointed opening the thread. I'm still waiting for that find of '88 Donruss from some poor sap.

    COPPER is gutter !

  • Nice surprise.

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 10,555 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good group.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • pab1969pab1969 Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great cards! Even more amazing is the fact your mom didn't throw those cards out.

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