Great Finds Thread

[71buc]

I'm sure this is way too modern for this group but what the heck. A couple of years ago I found six and a half unopened boxes of 1976-77 Topps basketball cards. I paid $20 a box and sold them for $600+ per box. I then enjoyed a great shopping spree in which I added many items on my want list to my collection. I did add a few pre war photos to my collection so that may appease members on this side of the board. I felt rich for a day

[Epps]

I recall a story of some guy finding a pretty nice Boston Garter Joe Jackson at a flea market or something and picked it up for $20.

[insccollectibles]

These are great no matter how small if it meant something to you let us know. I love hearing these stories. I went out yard selling this morning unfortunately no great finds but my dog is happy with all his new toys I bought for $2.

[Orioles1954]

1955 Esskay Hot Dogs complete box---purchased for $100
Sold a year later for $15,000 in H&S before I started working there.


We were uninsured at the time so the proceeds helped pay for the birth of our first child.

[Paul S]

About 1967 or so, before I had a driver's license, there was a shop that had just opened up that sold these sort of 50's pseudo-deco items. However, in the back the were tons of baseball cards from '49-'62 . I can only now believe the owner was selling her son's collection. Me and a few friends used to ride our bikes over there and pick up stuff for nickels, dimes and sometimes maybe a quarter. So, one day I go over there, and propped atop the slotted table where the cards were kept is a 1921 Exhibit Display - 16 cards, 4x4. It cost $5. I go home, grab a fiver out of my Chinese Puzzle Box, go back and buy it and go back home with it tucked under my right arms. My Dad says, "You should really frame that" (mind you, my Dad was 7 years old in '21!). But did I listen.......?

The item used to be quite pristine. However, after several cross-country trips and a ground floor washing machine flooding into the basement, I'm left with... One day I swear I will get it restored. Here are a few of the scans of the bits and pieces:

[timn1]

297 different T206s in VGish shape for $1000. Included 25 HOFers and 25 Southern leaguers, and a bunch of scarcer variations like Elberfeld.

At my first National in Cleveland c. 2004

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And this M101-5 Beals Becker (akin in scarcity to the Bobby Wallace that just sold in REA for $8K) for $40 at Ft. Washington, c. 2005.



Those were the days...