Get a Uhaul, and come get these cards!

TJMAC · July 18, 2009 10:20AM

Great thread guys!!! I echo the other comments. This is what the hobby is about.

rexvos · July 18, 2009 10:59AM

crazy last 48 hours for me as I drove the entire way. No sleep until a few minutes ago, as it took me until 2 pm CST to finish unloading the Uhaul. I am definitely enjoys this, but my body is feeling the consequences. I would like to thank Curt for his generosity and help loading the stuff. He did not have to do this, and I want everyone to know he is a super guy that seems to be one of the really great guys in the hobby/ For better or for worse Bill and I will be linked pretty closely, but this should be a blast to sort through.

leadoff4 · July 18, 2009 11:34AM

Great thread!!

larryallen73 · July 18, 2009 11:37AM

WOW is all I can say. Can't wait to see more.

scooperqpr · July 18, 2009 11:47AM

Did you chew all the gum?

SDSportsFan · July 18, 2009 11:48AM

Awesome job guys, and great story too

Hopefully, there'll be a few '86 Fleer basketball sets in there

Steve

relaxed · July 18, 2009 12:09PM

I still am amazed at the pictures of the cards at the beginning of the thread and to realized in 3 days where they are now. Enjoyed the thread.

TNP777 · July 18, 2009 2:53PM

Glad you guys made it home safely. Thanks for a very entertaining, enjoyable read thus far. Can't wait to see what you mine out of that treasure trove.

1989FleerBillRipkencollector · July 18, 2009 5:41PM

Please open the '89 Fleer rack case next.

rbdjr1 · July 18, 2009 11:12PM

too cool! great read!

rd

ldferg · July 19, 2009 1:22AM

great story. keep us updated.

nightcrawler · July 19, 2009 1:28AM

I'd still be recovering after a drive like that.

Thanks for the fun guys. More pics please.

lsutigers1973 · July 19, 2009 2:33AM

<< Please open the '89 Fleer rack case next. >>

That case was busted within 30 minutes of leaving. Mike stopped to eat supper before we hit the road. I stayed in the truck and busted the case.

billwaltonsbeard · July 19, 2009 3:15AM

<< 

<< Please open the '89 Fleer rack case next. >>

That case was busted within 30 minutes of leaving. Mike stopped to eat supper before we hit the road. I stayed in the truck and busted the case. >>

I'm assuming it was a late print run case, since there's no mention of anything interesting.

Bottom9th · July 19, 2009 3:59AM

<< 

<< Please open the '89 Fleer rack case next. >>

That case was busted within 30 minutes of leaving. Mike stopped to eat supper before we hit the road. I stayed in the truck and busted the case. >>

That doesn't surprise me a bit!

1989FleerBillRipkencollector · July 19, 2009 4:12AM

<< 

<< Please open the '89 Fleer rack case next. >>

That case was busted within 30 minutes of leaving. Mike stopped to eat supper before we hit the road. I stayed in the truck and busted the case. >>

lol. I would of too. Cool.

70chip · July 19, 2009 5:27AM

Great read fellas, glad you all made it safe and sound and looks like the trip was an absolute blast!!!!! Can't wait to see more when you unearth the hidden treasures

Well Done

lsutigers1973 · July 19, 2009 5:37AM

Just a few extra singles finds that are about to go on eBay:

1973 Topps Nolan Ryan w/ nice centering
82 Topps Ripken
86 Topps Rice (beat up)
two 89 UD Griffeys
78 Topps Eddie Murray (EX)
Five '94 UD Arods and one Electric Diamond
85 Fleer Clemens and Puckett
Handfull of Bowman & Chrome rookies from 01 and 02 (Greinke, Cabrera, Wright, Utley, Votto)

MBMiller25 · July 19, 2009 6:20AM

I just read this post from the beginning, Very good read! Congrats guys!

rexvos · July 19, 2009 10:02AM

shortly I will begin listing a few of the football and basketball rookies from the haul. Quality stuff. It is a blast sorting it. My wife has been incredibly understanding through all of this. I just have about 100 more monster boxes and 250 more set boxes to go through.

thekid8 · July 19, 2009 10:45PM

<< 
I got bored

>>

I guess your feet didn't smell too bad -- Gary is still smiling

meuandthelot · July 20, 2009 4:10AM

OK..
Pinch yourself, the dream is over.

Seriously, this is probably all collectors dream come true(sans those with a 5 digit hobby expense acct)

Unreal..an instant CU classic !! Kudos to bbce

Nathaniel1960 · July 20, 2009 5:02AM

<< 

<< 
I got bored

>>

I guess your feet didn't smell too bad -- Gary is still smiling

>>

I didn't know hobbits were into 89 Fleer rips. Nice tootsies.

lsutigers1973 · July 20, 2009 11:35AM

Some scans of some of the extra baseball singles that I have actually had time to scan. Actually it's just the ones that I have had time to put on eBay.

1960toppsguy · July 20, 2009 11:36AM

awesome

BunchOBull · July 20, 2009 11:37AM

Look at your 1990 Topps Baseball carefully...and let me know if you find any of "them."

lsutigers1973 · July 20, 2009 12:40PM

<< Look at your 1990 Topps Baseball carefully...and let me know if you find any of "them." >>

Found a stack of about 20 of them but Topps put his name on the front of all of them.

BunchOBull · July 20, 2009 12:55PM

Remember there are other ones to look for now too.

mreuter · July 21, 2009 12:20AM

How about a link to your auctions, I could use some of those singles for sets.

lsutigers1973 · July 21, 2009 12:56AM

Ebay store link

Football and Basketball lots and singles

fur72 · July 21, 2009 2:09AM

I was out of town and missed this over the weekend. Holy crap!

csmtampa · July 21, 2009 2:46PM

one day I will get to experience something like this........one day

craig44 · November 20, 2023 8:43AM

thanks @stevek for telling me about this epic thread and linking it for me. I am going to bring it to the top, because I would imagine not many current posters have read through it and it is the great american road trip for collectors!

It predates my forum lurking by about a year or 2. I did recognize a number of the old posters though. Many still post here, many others have left for some reason or another. I looked up lsutiger1973. it looks like he was only a member for less than 3 years, but made over 11k posts!!! He sure was active before he got banned. I wonder what happened. ancient history now. I also remember bunchofbull. he started an epic nnof frank thomas thread. one of my favorite all time CU reads. It looks like he hasnt been active for a couple of years. hope all is well with him

The thread ended kind of abruptly. I am left with some lingering questions. I wonder if the 2 guys considered the road trip a success? I wonder how much they actually profited from it, after expenses? How much did they keep for their own PC's? Would they ever consider doing it again?

A very enjoyable read!

graygator · November 20, 2023 1:34PM

Fun read. @rexvos is still around, would love to hear what he thinks about this now.

Mcvillagehtx · November 20, 2023 1:57PM

Prior to about two years ago, members got banned for the slightest perception of a negative post about PSA. This was the easiest forum I have ever been a part of to get banned from.

Ahmanfan · November 20, 2023 9:29PM

Was a great read then, and a great read now. I bet one of two outcomes happened:

1- they (or their spouses) decided it was too crazy a project and wholesaled the vast majority to someone
2- they still have the majority in one of their garages or basements to this day

rexvos · November 21, 2023 7:48PM

Umm. Ha ha. It was a blast. Graded several
PSA 10s from the 80s from this lot that I still have today. The cool thing was after getting back I had a 2 day show to set up at two weeks later. I sold a ton of the sets off then and used the proceeds to buy several PC Cards I still have.

Here is my primary pickup that came from the profit of selling stuff at that show

rexvos · November 21, 2023 7:54PM

@bbcemporium said:
wow, what a day. Mike and Bill arrived around 5 pm, and with 5 people total (and my two sons), we got them loaded up in about 2 hours. First off, the original pictures didn't do the collection justice, there were way more cards than we thought. However, it appears the trip was worthwhile, as there was a ton of junk wax and all kinds of cards and memorabilia. Here are the pics

Bill and my two sons in the process of moving the cards out

Mike was in charge of loading and organizing the Uhaul

Bill finds a factory sealed '83 Donruss set

Myself, my two sons, Bill, and Mike pose with the partially loaded UHaul

My sons crashing after their day of hard work

I imagine Mike and Bill are about half way home now. It was great meeting some of the forum members, and I hope they enjoy the cards

Ha ha glad some of the pics are still there

rexvos · November 21, 2023 7:57PM

@graygator said:
Fun read. @rexvos is still around, would love to hear what he thinks about this now.

Thanks for tagging me in this. It was an exhausting trip. I do not know if I could do it again but I would

craig44 · November 22, 2023 5:46AM

@rexvos thanks for the update on your road trip!! it was fun to experience it vicariously. I have another question. It looked like, in the pictures, that there were tons of monster boxes/shoe boxes. I would imagine those were mostly commons. what did you guys do with all of those "bulk" cards that were not part of complete sets or star cards? It looked like there was an amazing amount of those boxes.

by the way, your wife must be a saint. My wife would have lost her mind with all of those boxes coming into the house!

rexvos · November 22, 2023 6:16AM

@craig44 said:
@rexvos thanks for the update on your road trip!! it was fun to experience it vicariously. I have another question. It looked like, in the pictures, that there were tons of monster boxes/shoe boxes. I would imagine those were mostly commons. what did you guys do with all of those "bulk" cards that were not part of complete sets or star cards? It looked like there was an amazing amount of those boxes.

by the way, your wife must be a saint. My wife would have lost her mind with all of those boxes coming into the house!

Bill took most of the baseball, I took the football and basketball. I covered all expenses. Bill sorted through the baseball
and paid me back by covering grading fees. He trashed a lot of the bulk commons. I kept most of the football and basketball commons and sold on sportlots, until my recent move I did a good volume for a number of years once I got it all organized

BLUEJAYWAY · November 22, 2023 10:09AM

@craig44 said:
@rexvos thanks for the update on your road trip!! it was fun to experience it vicariously. I have another question. It looked like, in the pictures, that there were tons of monster boxes/shoe boxes. I would imagine those were mostly commons. what did you guys do with all of those "bulk" cards that were not part of complete sets or star cards? It looked like there was an amazing amount of those boxes.

by the way, your wife must be a saint. My wife would have lost her mind with all of those boxes coming into the house!

I would of never been let back into the house.

Get a Uhaul, and come get these cards!

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