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Have you ever found a card or box?
So, have you ever found a box or a card you forgot about? I decided to go through a bunch of old boxes in the basement and it was like Christmas. I Found unopened Mastro, HA, and Hunt auction boxes. I haven’t opened them up yet as this is a work in progress.
Back in the early 2000s when I was married, I was a buying machine where we had daily deliveries it seemed from eBay, auction houses and private deals. I didn’t know it at the time, but I think my kids or ex wife would just put the box with the other boxes for me to discover whenever.. I guess I can now say with confidence that I was a hoarder of collectibles and I am downsizing to items that fit my taste. One box I’m hoping to find is a type 1 photos box I did with Henry Yee longtime ago which I haven’t found yet.
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You were really hoarding for a bit if you have unopened Mastro winnings.
For me 25% of the fun is unboxing the new things, I don't think I could not panic if I misplaced a box even for a few weeks. Unboxing this looks like fun! Post the secret surprises, I am invested in the excitement now, lol.
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Man I think this calls for some videos of the openings….. hoping for some home runs for you!!!! This is very cool! If you were brave you could auction an unopened box and let the buyer take his chances!!!!
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I'm too OCD not to keep up with everything I buy. Also, a limited budget contributes to the frequency of packages and every member in the family knows to "put it in Dad's chair" if something does show up.
I do have a cool story about finding a card though: My late father and I started collecting in 1978 when I was 5. Fast forward 10 years later and we were full steam into vintage. Dad had a coworker who dabbled in cards and who's wife was really into antiques. She bought an old sewing machine. My Dad's friend was taking it apart to clean it. When he took off the back panel three cards fell out. Two 1954 commons and another that would have ben a "common" to a kid in '54.... Al Kaline! The cards were in perfect condition as if they slipped in that crack and were wedged in for 40+years. Luck dog! I included this story in the book I wrote about collecting with my Dad. I hope the OP has some great luck and fun opening those boxes.
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Mastro? Holy cow!
I used to travel quite a bit. I can remember one span of time when I had over 50 packages waiting for me to open. I would bid on cards on ebay and when I'd win, I'd get a money order and mail it from where I was at that point in time. I think those 50+ packages was from a time I was out for over 2 months. I remember opening stuff and tried remembering the auction. It was fun opening the packages but I bet I was a bit inebriated when I won a few of those lots. Biding while drunk is not a good thing - I had a friend that was ripped, he bid on tickets for a sporting event and won. It wouldn't have been so bad, but the event was on the other side of the country.
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Ha! Will post my findings. So far, I now have an amazing collection of cool Harper and Leslie’s Prints all framed. I found my 1910s Indy 500 panoramic of all the cars on the line which I’ve turned down 10 offers on through the HA website since I couldn’t find it. The next offer that comes it will get sold! Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig premiums I found and a big run of Time life magazines.
Speaking of bidding while drunk…. Barry Sloate (hi Barry if you reading) he will remember when he talked me into bidding some Just So cards during the wee hours of the night when you had to call in your bids. Turned out his advice was really darn good! Looking forward to hearing other people stories about their new yet old finds.
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That is awesome JC. Have fun opening the boxes. Please let us know what you find!
Unfortunately, I have only lost things, including a high grade t206 Griffith batting red Hindu that appears to have vanished like a fart in the wind. |
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Not boxes but padded envelopes with cards ,,have no idea what’s in them 😳😳
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Do you remember if you thought you overpaid for the Mastro items ;-)
PS - I'm a neat freak - that picture stresses me out! |
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I've never done that, but I did misplace two items for years:
I had a 1965 Topps Lou Brock PSA 8. It fell into a gap between a piece of furniture and a wall that was maybe a millimeter wider than the holder. When i moved it, I found the card. I also bought a certified auto of Brian May (Queen lead guitarist, in case you don't know) which went missing. Drove me nuts. I was cleaning out a closet and found an envelope with COAs for various items in it. I went through it and found that I had inadvertently tucked the autograph in with the LOA and put both into the COA envelope. Brian's auto is now in the album with Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, and Alex Lifeson (my personal guitarists' Mount Rushmore). BTW, how is Jimmy Page 80????? If he's 80, I must be nearly 60??? That can't be right. My passport may say 58 but I'm 25.
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Maybe you should auction the boxes on the front page as "mystery boxes"? That would be fun! Of course, they might be worth more if you never open them.
Or, when you open the boxes, you could treat it like one of those special box openings on YouTube. I would watch that! Last edited by GasHouseGang; 02-01-2024 at 09:51 AM. |
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I bought a 1959 Topps Keystone Combo card that featured Nellie Fox and Luis Aparicio off of Ebay some time back. I thought the card looked cool, plus the price was great for having two Hall of Famers. About a week after I got it, I looked for some other 1959 Topps cards I had so I could put the card with them. When I finally found the pile, the bottom two cards were the same Keystone Combo card. So not only did I forget I had one, I forgot I had two of them.
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I, too, would watch if you live streamed this -- especially boxes from 20 years ago!
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I bought a signed 1989 Hoops card of Michael Jordan from an auction house years ago. During the pandemic, I saw the prices on Jordan skyrocket and went looking for the card. Turned out, I'd had it shipped to my parents house and forgot about it. My dad found it still in the auction houses packaging sandwiched between a pile of old bills:
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Great stuff Jay Cee! Those M113 and 114s are so cool!
Eagerly awaiting the Mastro an Henry Yee box.... anticipation is high! Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk |
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Mastro box still sealed and unopened. Haven’t found the Yee box yet which hopefully is in the house. Unfortunately the Cy Young rookie is gone, as I bought it from a board member/dealer on here. I had it out of the safe to possible consign it.
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Absolutely zero. None.. Nada…. I think I might wait for Christmas and wrap it up from Santa.
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I found a box…
At the National…
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