Good trades / Bad trades

[Zach Wheat]

I traded a 1992 Topps set with a Brien Taylor autograph in it for a bunch of nice looking '75 mini's. At the time the $$ were about even as Taylor was anticipated to be the next Doc Gooden and they "encapsulated" a limited number of autographed cards in the base set. Something like 12,000 auto's. In 1993 Taylor declined to play Winter ball and tore his labrum throwing a haymaker as he defended his brother in a brawl. He was never the same. Brien Taylor became the 2nd player that was the 1st overall pick never to reach the majors, behind Steve Chilcott in 1966.

Z Wheat

[savedfrommyspokes]

It looks so odd to see Jeter in a #27 Jersey....just as odd to see Mantle in a #6 jersey.

[RobertGT]

At around age 13, I traded 3 or 4 Nintendo games for like (15) 1987 Topps Jose Canseco All Star Rookie cards.

I think both of us came out equally bad in that deal.

[pclpads]

In '86 when he was hotter than the sun, I "traded" a $100 bill for Conseco's Donruss rc in PSA 8. SMR now lists his PSA 8 for $6. Ouch!

[robsbessette]

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

I traded a 1992 Topps set with a Brien Taylor autograph in it for a bunch of nice looking '75 mini's. At the time the $$ were about even as Taylor was anticipated to be the next Doc Gooden and they "encapsulated" a limited number of autographed cards in the base set. Something like 12,000 auto's. In 1993 Taylor declined to play Winter ball and tore his labrum throwing a haymaker as he defended his brother in a brawl. He was never the same. Brien Taylor became the 2nd player that was the 1st overall pick never to reach the majors, behind Steve Chilcott in 1966.

Z Wheat

Being a big Yanks fan I had a 1992 Topps Gold Brien Taylor and held onto that thing like it was the cornerstone of my collection. I think I still have it stowed away somewhere. I have a bad feeling that Pineda is going to be the next Taylor when it comes to young pitchers. But maybe that's just me being a pessimistic Yankees fan and preparing for the sucky years ahead.

[Rich Klein]

At least Pineda made it to the majors.

[steve B]

In about 1981 I traded a 74 McCovey Washington for a few of these.



Some numbered over 150, some reversed photos, all odd colors etc. I got maybe 20 of them.

Immediately swapped half to a dealer for another McCovey Washington.

I've never seen any other 76 Hostess done in yellow/green.

Steve B

[David W]

Very cool Steve B.

I made a stupid deal back about 1990 - Traded 6 to 10 1955 All American Football (including Grange, Hutson, 4 Horsemen, forget the rest) for about 10 Cory Snyder and Todd Worrell 86 rookie cards (86 Donruss as I recall)

There might have been an Eric Davis RC or 2 thrown in also....

But, hey, according to Beckett at the time, I ripped him off

[hangman62]

I was part of a trade of a Donruss Mattingly rookie ( a crazy hot card in the day) for a 1952 T Mantle..slightly trimmed and glued on the bottom of an ashtray..

[bbcard1]

Too many bad ones to remember...gotta move on...best 1974 Jack Billingham for a lower grade Pete Rose rookie.

[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by hangman62

I was part of a trade of a Donruss Mattingly rookie ( a crazy hot card in the day) for a 1952 T Mantle..slightly trimmed and glued on the bottom of an ashtray..

What part of the trade were you ? Would love to see a scan of that Mantle

[pepis]

Originally Posted by hangman62

I was part of a trade of a Donruss Mattingly rookie ( a crazy hot card in the day) for a 1952 T Mantle..slightly trimmed and glued on the bottom of an ashtray..

I remember those days when Mattingly was on fire late 1986 that was the time
in which modern cards started to go crazy, after vintage cards hit rock bottom,
in the early 80s the main card guide was CPU and for about 3 years straight
vintage cards kept going down! and the 52 T Mantle went down from $6000
high book to $800/$1500 and you could pick up the ones in poor condition
cheap, in 1984/85 because of that i went through more 52 Mantles in those couple of years
than the rest of my life combined, if i only knew what was in the future oh well!

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by hangman62

I was part of a trade of a Donruss Mattingly rookie ( a crazy hot card in the day) for a 1952 T Mantle..slightly trimmed and glued on the bottom of an ashtray..

I hope you got the ash tray! In all of my years searching, I've never found a 52 topps Mantle ashtray. There is something fun about cards glued to weird items.