Sweet Vintage Find Today

xbaggypants · May 28, 2007 1:09PM

So i walk into this antique shop about 30 mintues from where I live and I see a Ziploc bag full of what I think are 1994 Topps Archieve baseball cards. So I pick-up the bag and they end up being 1954 topps baseball with a price tag of marked "500 baseball cards $25" . I then race to my car and discover there are also 1955 Bowman, 1953 Bowman, 1953 Topps and two 1952 topps high numbers. I nearly sh!t my pants. I nearly got 500 cards for $25 plus I end up getting a 1954 Jackie Robinson, Richie Ashburn, #1 Ted Williams a 1955 Bowman Berra , Campy, Banks , Aaron. This is the sweetest pickup of my life. Here are a couple of pics of the 52 topps':

Cheers,
Ryan

prscott933 · May 28, 2007 1:10PM

awesome. i have dreams of finds like that.

Gonblott · May 28, 2007 1:16PM

WOW! Grats on the cards man!

Gonblott · May 28, 2007 1:17PM

Yeah, bring on more scans!

Bosox1976 · May 28, 2007 1:18PM

A nickel a card can't be beat! More scans!

neenish · May 28, 2007 1:29PM

Sweet! I love hearing about finds like this. Can't wait to see more scans (like the '54 Robby).

frankhardy · May 28, 2007 1:34PM

PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xbaggypants · May 28, 2007 1:37PM

Here is some more...

Not in the best shape,but who cares

Ahmanfan · May 28, 2007 1:55PM

are you selling the 54s? I'd like to start a set.

ORANGE · May 28, 2007 2:01PM

Wow. A real antique, and in an antique store no less... Ya never know.

HoofHearted · May 28, 2007 3:31PM

Great find! I've gone through a lot of antique stores over the years and haven't found anything as good as the deal you got!

That's what keeps me goin'!

baseballjeff · May 28, 2007 3:40PM

WoW!

This one is for you!

MantleMarisFordBerra · May 28, 2007 11:36PM

CONGRATS!!!Keep the scans comin'

RipublicaninMass · May 29, 2007 12:07AM

Great find! You NEVER know when you are gonna come across something like that. They could have been NM-MT! Unless you are always looking, you will never find them!

WinPitcher · May 29, 2007 12:47AM

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steve

baseballfan · May 29, 2007 1:14AM

very nice find
i once found a 87-88 fleer basketball and stickers set priced for $12.50, that's been my best find but i like yours better.
i got a 52 topps duke snider for $10 at a show in detroit and it came back a psa 5 (black back)

perkdog · May 29, 2007 1:51AM

Great find! Now those cards have character!

chaz43 · May 29, 2007 2:30AM

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeetttttt !!!!!!!!!! chaz

Morgoth · May 29, 2007 2:46AM

Those cards show alot of love and handling. No reprints here.

ORANGE · May 29, 2007 8:42AM

Wow. You really got ripped off. Just look at those corners.

Guru · May 29, 2007 9:42AM

I don't know about ripped off. Still a pretty good find. The only thing I have to compare it to is when I found a bunch of old comic books at a yard sale once for like $1. I almost sh*t my pants then too.

Yankeeefan · May 29, 2007 10:09AM

Very cool find!! Did you continue searching for sports memorabilia or run w/ your find, before they realized their mistake??

onlyanumber · May 29, 2007 10:22AM

Sweet find. Please show us some more scans!

Bunker · May 29, 2007 11:25AM

Man that is an awesome find!

Downtown1974 · May 29, 2007 11:32AM

Congrats on a great find!!

xbaggypants · May 29, 2007 11:57AM

<< Very cool find!! Did you continue searching for sports memorabilia or run w/ your find, before they realized their mistake?? >>

Ran like the wind

Stone193 · May 29, 2007 12:33PM

Great find xbag!!!

25$?

I spent more than that on sushi last friday!!!

Thanx for sharing
mike

digicat · May 29, 2007 12:39PM

<< Wow. You really got ripped off. Just look at those corners. >>

Yup. Total garbage. Send them my way, and I'll dispose of them properly for you.

Buccaneer · May 29, 2007 12:39PM

Giving what I am working on now, I would have loved to find something like that.

digicat · May 29, 2007 12:47PM

<< So i walk into this antique shop >>

One of the last times I went camping, we stopped by this little sleepy tourist town, and visited a few antique shops. Of course, I've got baseball on the mind, so my eyes are scanning for something like what you found. I did find some baseball cards, however, they were in PRO and GEM holders! Imagine that! He had a PRO 9 1963 Stargell rookie in the front of the case with a $5k price tag on it. I wonder if the guy's cash register was full of 3 and 4 dollar bills as well.

Yankeeefan · May 29, 2007 12:57PM

<< 

<< So i walk into this antique shop >>

One of the last times I went camping, we stopped by this little sleepy tourist town, and visited a few antique shops. Of course, I've got baseball on the mind, so my eyes are scanning for something like what you found. I did find some baseball cards, however, they were in PRO and GEM holders! Imagine that! He had a PRO 9 1963 Stargell rookie in the front of the case with a $5k price tag on it. I wonder if the guy's cash register was full of 3 and 4 dollar bills as well. >>

stown · May 29, 2007 1:32PM

Now you are going to do the right thing by telling the Owner how much he left on the table, right?

Great find

JVette · May 29, 2007 2:02PM

Congrats!! Outstanding find !!!

ORANGE · May 30, 2007 6:40AM

In that condition it's a cool find, but people sell those cards for a dollar at their tables at shows... if they're lucky. O.K. so you didn't really get ripped off, I suppose. but it looks like some of them corners did...

stevek · May 30, 2007 7:10AM

<< So i walk into this antique shop about 30 mintues from where I live and I see a Ziploc bag full of what I think are 1994 Topps Archieve baseball cards. So I pick-up the bag and they end up being 1954 topps baseball with a price tag of marked "500 baseball cards $25" . I then race to my car and discover there are also 1955 Bowman, 1953 Bowman, 1953 Topps and two 1952 topps high numbers. I nearly sh!t my pants. I nearly got 500 cards for $25 plus I end up getting a 1954 Jackie Robinson, Richie Ashburn, #1 Ted Williams a 1955 Bowman Berra , Campy, Banks , Aaron. This is the sweetest pickup of my life. Here are a couple of pics of the 52 topps':

Cheers,
Ryan >>

Well, I've been in a lot of antique stores and we know they don't give things away. I'm wondering if perhaps the owner meant for the cards to be $25 apiece or something like that and a clerk didn't properly interpret the price tag. Highly unusual. Even $25 for some of those cards would be a low price. I guess we'll never know. Great find!

CDsNuts · May 30, 2007 7:21AM

ORANGE, even if he sold the cards at 25 cents each, he'd get $125 for the group. You'd be surprised at how many people are collecting low-grade sets these days. This group of 500 vintage cards is worth easily $500, maybe more. The stars alone (Aaron, Jackie, Ted Williams, etc...) are worth $25 a piece minimum.

Just because you don't see value in vintage low grade cards, doesn't mean it's not there.

Lee

Thulnanth · May 30, 2007 12:31PM

Awesome find - it's stories like this that make it fun to read through these forums. Thanks for sharing

Take it easy,
Jared

Downtown1974 · May 30, 2007 12:41PM

I have never seen cards like that for a dollar at any show I have been to. Never mind the HOFers, If you can find 1952s in that cond. in a dollar box, I'll take a monster box please.

Cokin75 · May 30, 2007 12:41PM

Very sweet. If you took some pics and put that lot on eBay, I wouldn't be surprised if you got 50 times your investment for it. You never see 500 card lots of early 50's cards...

nam812 · May 30, 2007 12:52PM

He'll get $40 or $50 each just for the two 1952 high numbers.

2dueces · May 30, 2007 1:13PM

Ryan, There is no way you can keep those cards. You collect football. FOOTBALL!!!!. Get a box and wrap them in bubble wrap and send them to me. I'll gladly pay the $25 in American greenbacks, plus shipping of course to take those mis matched cards out of your collection so it can remain pure. Send me your paypal account. Never mind I still have it.

Manofmoe · May 30, 2007 2:46PM

pm sent on the 52 topps

ORANGE · May 31, 2007 3:10AM

Don't get me wrong I'd buy that for 25 bucks in a flash. But later on I'd be like. Damn these are some bad condition cards...

xbaggypants · May 31, 2007 4:02AM

I just listed the 1954 topps lot HERE just cause I don't collect this year. I'm interested to see what they will fetch, my guess round $75. I also have the two 52's up right now with over 20 watchers on each of them.

rise2it · May 31, 2007 5:42AM

Congrats!!!!

...and thanks for sharing. That's what makes this board worthwhile !

onlyanumber · May 31, 2007 6:17AM

baggy--you're charging $20 for shipping on the Robinson???

xbaggypants · May 31, 2007 6:19AM

oops, that should be $3.50

Morgoth · May 31, 2007 7:34AM

Good idea on selling them as lots. I predict you will make at least 300 on the whole deal easy.

cohocorp · June 3, 2007 6:14AM

well i never saw 1952 topps high numbers on any dealers table for $1 a piece. i guess the dealers got "lucky" and sold them before i got there. since you are the one who comes across these, orange, do yourself a favor and snatch them all up and make 25+ times your money on them easily.

onlyanumber · June 3, 2007 10:37AM

5 days to go and the 52s and 54s are already at $105. Can't get better than that...but you know it will.

ORANGE · June 3, 2007 1:05PM

Because he advertised in the right place. That dude may have found those or not, he sure as hell told the right people about it.

Sweet Vintage Find Today

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