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Vintage Card "FIND" Stories

FredGarvinFredGarvin Posts: 50
in Buy, Sell & Trade - Cards & Memorabilia
Not my personal story but I had to re-tell it.

I went to my local card shop yesterday (I think the only one left locally) and was asking him about the best vintage that had come through there since he had been in business, (he has been open for about 15 years). He said about 10 years ago an old-timer (90ish) came in with a box of various vintage intent on making a few bucks himself before he died and his kids sold it all off for nothing at a garage sale, in that box was a COMPLETE set of the 1935 National Chicle football in great condition. At the time the shop owner said that he didn't know much about the set and paid the gentleman $500 for it. He says he has never seen another 1935 National Chicle football card come through his door.

(BTW, he sold it for 5k)


Anyone else have an great "FIND" story?

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    sideordertoddsideordertodd Posts: 262 ✭✭
    About 7 years ago i put an add in the newspaper buying vintage football baseball hockey cards for cash. After a few days i started getting some calls and one stood out. The caller said he had his garage full of cards that he had from when he was a kid till he stopped collecting 15 ears ago. He stated he just moved to my area from jersey and never had a chance to organize his garage from the move so things were just pilled up in boxes. I arrived and was shocked to see that it was true, boxes pilled up to the ceiling of cards from all years that had looked like he just opened them from packs and put in piles in boxes. I found a complete run of pack fresh topps football in binders from 1970 to 1982. Boxes of 10,000+ of 1973 to 1980 football with all wax pack wrappers and all stars included with 3 Walter Payton rookies, Bradshaw and multiple rookie cards from all years. 1000's and 1000's of baseball from 1972-1980 in sets and boxes of wax pack wrappers that he saved. A box of 1979 topps hockey with 3 pack fresh gretzky rookies. sets of hockey from 1979-1982. He was a vendor for major league baseball so he had boxes of pennants from and pins from years ago still in the orginal boxes. It was fun to hear the stories behind the stuff he had but in the end he sold the majority of the cards to me so i made out pretty good on it.

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    FredGarvinFredGarvin Posts: 50


    << <i>About 7 years ago i put an add in the newspaper buying vintage football baseball hockey cards for cash. After a few days i started getting some calls and one stood out. The caller said he had his garage full of cards that he had from when he was a kid till he stopped collecting 15 ears ago. He stated he just moved to my area from jersey and never had a chance to organize his garage from the move so things were just pilled up in boxes. I arrived and was shocked to see that it was true, boxes pilled up to the ceiling of cards from all years that had looked like he just opened them from packs and put in piles in boxes. I found a complete run of pack fresh topps football in binders from 1970 to 1982. Boxes of 10,000+ of 1973 to 1980 football with all wax pack wrappers and all stars included with 3 Walter Payton rookies, Bradshaw and multiple rookie cards from all years. 1000's and 1000's of baseball from 1972-1980 in sets and boxes of wax pack wrappers that he saved. A box of 1979 topps hockey with 3 pack fresh gretzky rookies. sets of hockey from 1979-1982. He was a vendor for major league baseball so he had boxes of pennants from and pins from years ago still in the orginal boxes. It was fun to hear the stories behind the stuff he had but in the end he sold the majority of the cards to me so i made out pretty good on it. >>






    Great story.

    The first "BIG MONEY" card I ever bought as a collector was the Gretzky rookie (big money for me was $20 back in the mid 80's), a VG copy for $25, to this day still my favorite card for that reason.
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    19541954 Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭
    Did a show in December and two people were standing in line which wanted to sell their collection to me. As I was going over their stuff a man (60-65 years in age) comes up to the table and asks if I buy cards. I told him if they are old cards I would have an interest. He tells me that they are old as his mom collected them. I asked him how many cards are we talking about? He tells me that there are boxes and boxes of them and he would guess around 25,000 cards. He asks me if I can go over to his house which was about 45 minutes away to view the collection. Which I replied, "Not a problem." He leaves and I finish up with the two sellers. My mind starts wandering and I start dreaming of T cards and mint conditioned cards from the 40's. He shows up at close and I follow him through about 12 backward towns in Oklahoma to his home. He opens his garage door for me and there sat box after box of the most gorgeous 1991 Topps and Donruss crap you can imagine.

    He asked me what I would give him for all of this. I told him that all I wanted was directions how to get back to I35.

    Some people have all the luck.

    Shane
    Looking for high grade rookie cards and unopened boxes/cases
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    DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,220 ✭✭
    Shane ... THAT is a GREAT story ... great for us to read ... NOT for you to have experienced! LOL
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
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    FredGarvinFredGarvin Posts: 50
    Makes a great story later Shane, but at the time I am sure you were not laughing.

    Doug, sorry to hear about your tough times. Hope things take a turn for the better for you and your family this year.


    KB
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    TreetopTreetop Posts: 1,474 ✭
    I bought a ton of 60's and 70's cards from a guy in 2004. some of the nicest cards I have ever seen. here is one of the submission I sent to PSA


    1 90348780 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 660 PAUL BLAIR Card US
    1 2 90348781 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 660 PAUL BLAIR Card US
    2 1 90348782 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 659 BOB ASPROMONTE Card US
    3 1 90348783 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 678 STEVE LUEBBER Card US
    3 2 90348784 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 678 STEVE LUEBBER Card US
    4 1 90348785 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 688 CARDINALS TEAM Card US
    4 2 90348786 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 688 CARDINALS TEAM Card US
    5 1 90348787 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 685 JOE HORLEN Card US
    5 2 90348788 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 685 JOE HORLEN Card US
    6 1 90348789 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 681 BOBBY PFEIL Card US
    7 1 90348790 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 680 DAVE JOHNSON Card US
    7 2 90348791 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 680 DAVE JOHNSON Card US
    7 3 90348792 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 680 DAVE JOHNSON Card US
    7 4 90348793 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 680 DAVE JOHNSON Card US
    8 1 90348794 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 679 ASTROS ROOKIES B.FENWICK/B.STINSON Card US
    9 1 90348795 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 697 JERRY KOOSMAN Card US
    9 2 90348796 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 697 JERRY KOOSMAN Card US
    10 1 90348797 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 699 BOBBY MURCER Card US
    11 1 90348798 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 706 PAT CORRALES IN ACTION Card US
    12 1 90348799 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 705 PAT CORRALES Card US
    12 2 90348800 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 705 PAT CORRALES Card US
    13 1 90348801 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 704 DOUG GRIFFIN IN ACTION Card US
    14 1 90348802 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 710 JIM KAAT IN ACTION Card US
    14 2 90348803 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 710 JIM KAAT IN ACTION Card US
    15 1 90348804 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 711 BOBBY BONDS Card US
    15 2 90348805 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 711 BOBBY BONDS Card US
    15 3 90348806 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 711 BOBBY BONDS Card US
    16 1 90348807 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 720 SAM McDOWELL Card US
    16 2 90348808 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 720 SAM McDOWELL Card US
    17 1 90348809 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 718 DEL RICE Card US
    17 2 90348810 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 718 DEL RICE Card US
    18 1 90348811 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 726 DICK SELMA Card US
    18 2 90348812 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 726 DICK SELMA Card US
    19 1 90348813 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 724 A.L. ROOKIES CURTIS/HINTON/SCOTT Card US
    20 1 90348814 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 721 EDDIE LEON Card US
    21 1 90348815 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 735 DIEGO SEGUI Card US
    22 1 90348816 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 732 GEORGE CULVER Card US
    22 2 90348817 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 732 GEORGE CULVER Card US
    22 3 90348818 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 732 GEORGE CULVER Card US
    23 1 90348819 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 731 ORIOLES TEAM Card US
    23 2 90348820 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 731 ORIOLES TEAM Card US
    23 3 90348821 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 731 ORIOLES TEAM Card US
    23 4 90348822 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 731 ORIOLES TEAM Card US
    24 1 90348823 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 729 BOB VEALE Card US
    24 2 90348824 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 729 BOB VEALE Card US
    25 1 90348825 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 727 JOSE LABOY Card US
    25 2 90348826 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 727 JOSE LABOY Card US
    26 1 90348827 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 741 AL-NL ROOKIE STARS HUTTON/MILNER/MILLER Card US
    27 1 90348828 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 743 CESAR GUTIERREZ Card US
    27 2 90348829 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 743 CESAR GUTIERREZ Card US
    28 1 90348830 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 742 JIM ROOKER Card US
    28 2 90348831 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 742 JIM ROOKER Card US
    29 1 90348832 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 738 JIM MERRITT Card US
    29 2 90348833 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 738 JIM MERRITT Card US
    29 3 90348834 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 738 JIM MERRITT Card US
    30 1 90348835 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 746 LOWELL PALMER Card US
    30 2 90348836 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 746 LOWELL PALMER Card US
    31 1 90348837 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 762 WAYNE SIMPSON Card US
    31 2 90348838 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 762 WAYNE SIMPSON Card US
    32 1 90348839 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 760 BILL MAZEROSKI Card US
    32 2 90348840 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 760 BILL MAZEROSKI Card US
    33 1 90348841 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 759 CHRIS CANNIZZARO Card US
    33 2 90348842 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 759 CHRIS CANNIZZARO Card US
    34 1 90348843 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 767 TOM McCRAW Card US
    34 2 90348844 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 767 TOM McCRAW Card US
    34 3 90348845 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 767 TOM McCRAW Card US
    35 1 90348846 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 750 WILLIE HORTON Card US
    35 2 90348847 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 750 WILLIE HORTON Card US
    35 3 90348848 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 750 WILLIE HORTON Card US
    36 1 90348849 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 749 WALTER ALSTON Card US
    36 2 90348850 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 749 WALTER ALSTON Card US
    36 3 90348851 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 749 WALTER ALSTON Card US
    37 1 90348852 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 756 RICK WISE TRADED Card US
    37 2 90348853 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 756 RICK WISE TRADED Card US
    38 1 90348854 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 775 JERRY REUSS Card US
    38 2 90348855 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 775 JERRY REUSS Card US
    38 3 90348856 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 775 JERRY REUSS Card US
    38 4 90348857 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 775 JERRY REUSS Card US
    39 1 90348858 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 773 RON BRAND Card US
    39 2 90348859 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 773 RON BRAND Card US
    39 3 90348860 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 773 RON BRAND Card US
    40 1 90348861 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 772 KEN TATUM Card US
    40 2 90348862 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 772 KEN TATUM Card US
    40 3 90348863 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 772 KEN TATUM Card US
    41 1 90348864 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 771 GIANTS TEAM Card US
    41 2 90348865 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1972 TOPPS 771 GIANTS TEAM Card US
    41 3 90348866 GEM MINT 10 1972 TOPPS 771 GIANTS TEAM Card US
    42 1 90348867 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 780 DICK GREEN Card US
    42 2 90348868 MINT 9 1972 TOPPS 780 DICK GREEN
    Link to my current Ebay auctions

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    TreetopTreetop Posts: 1,474 ✭
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    Link to my current Ebay auctions

    "If I ever decided to do a book, I've already got the title-The Bases Were Loaded and So Was I"-Jim Fregosi
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    19541954 Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭
    dude that is one sweet submission. What a great start to a highend 1972 Topps high number set.

    Shane
    Looking for high grade rookie cards and unopened boxes/cases
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    RedHeart54RedHeart54 Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭
    In 1988 we discovered some of my uncle's baseball and football cards that he collected from 1959-1961. Many stars of the day- Mantle, Mays, Musial, Tittle, Unitas, etc. Of course, many were "collector" grade i.e. VG-Ex, Ex-Mt but it was cool nonetheless as I was 12 at the time. 7 years later we cleaned out his father's house and I found another cache of his cards in the attic. He still has them and I doubt he'll get rid of them (until he decides to sell them to me image).
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    KalineFanKalineFan Posts: 868
    FredGarvin..............

    So did the shop owner call the guy back and give him some additional money? While I understand the nuiances of owning
    a store with expenses and everything, $500 to $5000 is quite a large difference!

    Just asking.....

    Tony
    KalineFan

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    msassinmsassin Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭
    August 2001 - Local auction had a stack of about 350 T206's sold as a lot. For $1400 I ended up with the pile of P-VG/EX(many stamped on the back) that included 1 Cobb and 3 Mathewson portraits.


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    benderbroethbenderbroeth Posts: 1,699 ✭✭
    wow
    my t-205's


    looking for low grade t205's psa 1-2
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    otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭
    M116 . . .
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