Vintage baseball card collection - Thought I would share

samspop · February 1, 2011 12:38PM

I posted a couple of months ago about going through my fathers baseball card collection. It actually took some time to get them all in CS4's, but it is done. Now to sort and take a good look at the conditions so I can sell. Initial review is that the 52's are fair-good, the 53's thru 56's are poor-fair, the 57's are fair-good, the 58's are good-vg, the 59's are good-vg+, the 60's-61's are vg-nm, and the 62's are fair-good. The bulk of the collection is 57-61 and there are approx 2000 different cards. I would like to sell lots for the commons by year and the star cards individually. Any thoughts if this is the best way. All opinions will be appreciated...

Thanks for looking.

hhmag70 · February 1, 2011 12:42PM

Some nice looking cards there. I think you have a good plan on how to sell them, good luck.

HeritageAddict · February 1, 2011 12:43PM

Quite the collection Mike, let me know when you put together and price the 59 lot and stars.

dzolot · February 1, 2011 12:44PM

Wow!! Awesome cards!! you selling any of those 60 topps??? PM me!!

Muggyman · February 1, 2011 1:03PM

Muggyman who?

Great collection, good luck samspop!

Toro · February 1, 2011 2:05PM

I'm interested in the 52's(who isn't), 54's and 55's and all the Clementes. As well as the 57 Robinsons. Let me know if you post in the BST or eBay.

HoofHearted · February 1, 2011 3:46PM

This sure is a colorful lot!

Best of luck with the sale. I think your selling strategy is a good one.

Piggs · February 1, 2011 4:31PM

Very cool how you have them layed out. The 1960 cards look real nice, Banks, Maris and Martin especially. Good luck!

leadoff4 · February 1, 2011 9:12PM

Love the display!

Mphilking · February 1, 2011 9:56PM

I don't have any advice on how to sell them, but they sure look nice all set up like that!
Best of luck

Downtown1974 · February 2, 2011 12:05AM

Very nice collection!

kidzfund · February 2, 2011 12:05AM

Love the display! 

ditto - lots of color in those cards.

Dboneesq · February 2, 2011 12:54AM

I think your strategy is a good one. I might even take the better conditioned stars and get them graded.

fur72 · February 2, 2011 1:09AM

Depending on how much leg work you want to put in large lots or one big lot might suit you best. I'll take the whole thing off your hands for $5 if you throw in free shipping.

Thanks for sharing.

Stone193 · February 2, 2011 4:11AM

Good luck on the sale Mike.

Don't sell - so I can't help.

samspop · February 2, 2011 5:07AM

samspop · February 2, 2011 5:20AM

As questions about certain cards or groups of cards come up, I will try and scan. I will apologize up front if there is a slow response, but I will try and answer PM's as quickly as I can as well as get to the scans.

samspop · February 2, 2011 9:35AM

Still trying to figure out what settings work the best on my tired scanner (it's 4-5 years old) to show detail and flaws with the cards, as well as how many to scan at at time. Here are some of the 56's. Some are obviously better than others...

MantleMarisFordBerra · February 3, 2011 5:07AM

Nice collection! I notice there's no Mantle save for one muti-player card and one league leader card. Has someone gone through these prior to you? Did your dad just not like The Mick? Sweet cards either way...

samspop · February 3, 2011 5:53AM

<< Did your dad just not like The Mick? Sweet cards either way... >>

Bingo!! He was from upstate New York. He told me that when he was a kid, he and his buddies would ride their bikes down to the local store and buy packs for a nickel. They always took clothes pins and would stick the Mantles in their bike spokes for the ride home. He always gets a little queasy when he tells that story.

Dboneesq · February 3, 2011 6:02AM

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<< Did your dad just not like The Mick? Sweet cards either way... >>

Bingo!! He was from upstate New York. He told me that when he was a kid, he and his buddies would ride their bikes down to the local store and buy packs for a nickel. They always took clothes pins and would stick the Mantles in their bike spokes for the ride home. He always gets a little queasy when he tells that story. >>

HAHAHA ... Mike, being from Long Island THE MICK was and still is my #1 ball player. I remember going to the store with my dime and buying TWO packs and searching for THE MICK. If you found him, he stayed with you the entire day. NOT in some holder, but either in your back pocket or in your spokes!

stevek · February 3, 2011 6:04AM

Nice "played with" lot of cards. I agree with your basic strategy for sale.

Might not matter all that much with those, but I have found over the years that other than early December, around March is the best time of the year to list baseball cards, with the upcoming baseball season combined with spring, people get in the mood to spend money and think baseball...and especially after this harsh winter.

So I would say take your time, get it all together with the pics and descriptions, and list around mid-March, if you've got the time to wait, to get maximum value on ebay.

Also you may want to check for any high value short prints or high numbers - sometimes they can be worth more than some HOF player cards, but I have a feeling you may have done that already. Good luck.

al032184 · February 3, 2011 9:21AM

Nice presentation, I would be interested in the 61's and 62's.

Vintage baseball card collection - Thought I would share

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