garage sale gold
jswieton
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You always here story's about people finding vintage cards at garage or estate sales. I was wondering if anyone here has struck gold at a garage sale and if so what cards did they find?
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My father collected old bikes (balloon tire w/horn tank), and tootsie toys and he made out good too.
Yes it does get cold even in Florida
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Besides fantasizing of Nekked women...The ultimate Garage sale find......A 1961/62 1 Cent free standing 2 product holder vending card machine filled with product. The product, 0ver 500 just loaded 1962 Topps Mars Attacks cards filled on each side for a total of over 1000 vending box fresh cards. This machine and the contents would be worth Millions. I mean millions!! There are several still out there waiting to be found. I know they exist because when I was 6 years old my Dad walked me every Sund. Morning to the first 7-11 in Sac, Ca., about a mile from our house and there was one of these in front and he would let me buy 2 cents worth, one cent from each side to get 10 each pack fresh 1962 Topps Mars Attacks cards.!!!!!
The memories!!!!
Neil
Once paid $3 per set of 89 score traded baseball and bought over 90 sets from an opened case. At the time SMCCI was paying $33. That was a quick score.
I have found a 1986 Topps Traded for $4, a bag of 1977 football with stars (no mint cards though) for $7, and some odds and ends you can make a few bux on, but nothing big. My biggest find was an old Budweiser keg crate filled with racing cards. I dont collect racing much and was less impressed when I was offered a box of 1991 Upper Deck that had been opened for $20. But my wife wanted the crate and I figured I would check out the cards later on....I paid $10.
The crate included a set of 1989 Maxx Racing with the Earnhart RC, Jeff Gordon Rc's and folder full of early 1990 stars. I figured the stuff had to be worth $10, until I found the rest of the "gold mine". Underneath the folders of cards were a stack of "Pit Pass" 8x10 cards. He had two pit pass ticket stubs, which I am assuming where he got the 8x10 cards. He had several of all the stars, but was then amazed when I saw that many and I mean MANY are autographed. Mark Martin, Sterling Marlin, Wallace, Gordon..just about everyone except DE himself. I am pretty sure these are authentic as they match just about all the sigs I have seen. Not sure of their value, but I am pretty confident the case paid for itself.
I DO remember my mom dragging me to this place on weekends in the 70's, and recall a lot of baseball cards and stuff, but that was when I was really young and before I started collecting. I'd love to zip back through time and get even just one weekend there in 1975 to do all over again.
<< <i>Antique Stores and Flea Markets in the 1975-85 era were an absolute gold mine. I bought over 300 vintage gloves and never paid over $5 ea., also found hundreds of Zeenut and Obak cards (I lived in the Bay Area at the time). Once bought a lot of 100+ 1911 Zeenuts for $25 including a Weaver.
My father collected old bikes (balloon tire w/horn tank), and tootsie toys and he made out good too. >>
FKW, what do you know about ZeeNut cards? A friend of mine actually has a ZeeNut Jimmy Claxton card raw. I would say it is conservatively in EXMT shape. He would never sell it - he and his dad found it at a flea market in the 70's. But I'm curious what the real value is and who you would recommend grade it, PSA or SGC.
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Last week I spent the following:
* Chipper Jones - Post Cereal bobble-head = 5 cents
* Albany River Rats - official AHL game used puck = 10 cents
* 1989 Score Football - Michael Irving rookie card = 10 cents
no gold yet ...
Nice pick up by Mom, they are glued aren't they?
Neil
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Now if only that was a pawnshop dumpster then you'de be rollin in the dough
Mark
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Walter Payton rc
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Wayne Gretzky 2nd year cards
1967 Red Sox yearbook
300+ 1988 Topps baseball packs
A bunch of 70's baseball schedules/pictures and stickers. He wrote to teams asking for stuff as a kid
A Patriots photo signed by one player. Can't remember who signed it
Over 1000 various cards from 70's football and hockey and a few basketball
I'm sure there was more, I just can't remember it all. I filled the back seat of my car with all this stuff. I sold most of it and made a nice profit, gave some of it away and kept just a handful of items including the 1981 Topps football set.
The only other sports find I have had at a yard sale is a 70's Minnesota North Stars game used puck for 25 cents.
In 1975, my wife, 2 sons and I, drove to Florida to see her relatives.
On the way, we stopped for gas in North Carolina. While I was pumping gas, my oldest son said "hey dad, look at that sign". There was a sign across the highway that said "bazeball cardz 4 sale".
With enough help from my 2 sons, we convinced my wife to let us at least check 'em out.
So, we drove down what seemed to be an endless country gravel driveway, and saw a little old lady wearing a sweater (it had to be at least 90 degrees that day!) rocking in a chair on her porch.
I asked her about the baseball cards and she laughed and said they're in the shed around back.
We followed her and she led us to a 2' x 2' old chest-like wooden box. She said she was 85 years old and had no use for the things. Her husband and his friends used to open their packs of tobacco and pick their teeth with the corners of the cards and then throw the cards in the box.
She said "you can have them all for $5.00 plus the chest."
I opened the box and it was filled 3/4 of the way with T206s.
Of course I had no idea what T206s were worth then, so I agreed and paid the lady.
Those T206s were converted to 5 1952 Topps Mantles back in 1992.
I've never been to a "garage sale" or should I say "shed sale" since.
PoppaJ
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
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<< <i>Never found any cards but I did pick up a great space heater that helped me survive the winter of '95. I lived in a 1930's garage apt that had no heat.
Yes it does get cold even in Florida
HA! I was in Fort Lauderdale in January once. We rented a convertible, and I was driving around one morning with the top down, a T-shirt and shorts on. (It was in the low 60's that morning.) I pulled into a parking garage, and a woman is in the booth with a jacket on, shivering. She said, "You must be from up north". I honestly couldn't believe it. Of course, I'd probably die there when it is 95 in the shade with a dewpoint of 85.
Doug
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<< <i>Never found any cards but I did pick up a great space heater that helped me survive the winter of '95. I lived in a 1930's garage apt that had no heat.
Yes it does get cold even in Florida
HA! I was in Fort Lauderdale in January once. We rented a convertible, and I was driving around one morning with the top down, a T-shirt and shorts on. (It was in the low 60's that morning.) I pulled into a parking garage, and a woman is in the booth with a jacket on, shivering. She said, "You must be from up north". I honestly couldn't believe it. Of course, I'd probably die there when it is 95 in the shade with a dewpoint of 85.
Doug >>
The heat is a killer coupled with that humidity. It has been especially bad this summer for some reason.
The winter of '95, we had many nights in the low 30's and some into the 20's. With no central heat and no real insulation in my shack, that was almost enough to kill this Floridarized New Yorker
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The wife wanted 2 bucks a piece for the cards in the binder , then I asked her how much if I buy them all she started counting the cards , Like I said there were over 900, then the husband came over and said take em all for 80 bucks .
I said sold , American style !
The wife freaked out and I just bounced before anyone changed their mind .
<< <i>My Last garage sale pick up was over 900 autographed Football/Baseball and mostly hockey cards for 80 bucks .
The wife wanted 2 bucks a piece for the cards in the binder , then I asked her how much if I buy them all she started counting the cards , Like I said there were over 900, then the husband came over and said take em all for 80 bucks .
I said sold , American style !
The wife freaked out and I just bounced before anyone changed their mind . >>
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nice score
This was also at the same sale and was $1.
Not sport related but these were more of a recent find (couple years ago). Headed out late in the day and found a sale. Guy had a lot of older/antique type stuff and nothing had prices so really wasn't sure if I was even going to ask (you know the saying if you have to ask you can't afford it) but did and he said $1 for the whole bag.
Haven't found much lately but always looking.
Jeff
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