First Post...Estate Sale Haul Today

[begsu1013]

welcome and SCORE!

there is no discrepancies between desert shield boxes and regular topps boxes, there is only one way to find out...open and rip a pack.

a good indication though might be if the house had any military mementos/memorabilia as well.

however, even steve from bbce has to pick out a random pack out of a box that is submitted as a "desert shield" box to find out. I believe he reseals this pack, in the same exact fashion as it was opened and is the only instance of this ever happening of such a reseal.

I do not know this from personal knowledge, but the guy that told me this is extremely reliable on unopened and I would not regurgitate this if I didn't think it was legit. but call bbce, in a week or so (as it's the national) and ask....it would solve your mystery really quickly.

as for feeling guilty, do not. you paid the price that was asked. it's not your position to price someones' items. the guilty feeling is because you stumbled upon one hellavu find and congrats!

and I will take that 63 berra please.

[RobDerhak]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

welcome and SCORE!

there is no discrepancies between desert shield boxes and regular topps boxes, there is only one way to find out...open and rip a pack.

a good indication though might be if the house had any military mementos/memorabilia as well.

however, even steve from bbce has to pick out a random pack out of a box that is submitted as a "desert shield" box to find out. I believe he reseals this pack, in the same exact fashion as it was opened and is the only instance of this ever happening of such a reseal.

I do not know this from personal knowledge, but the guy that told me this is extremely reliable on unopened and I would not regurgitate this if I didn't think it was legit. but call bbce, in a week or so (as it's the national) and ask....it would solve your mystery really quickly.

as for feeling guilty, do not. you paid the price that was asked. it's not your position to price someones' items. the guilty feeling is because you stumbled upon one hellavu find and congrats!

and I will take that 63 berra please.

Yep, a guy on Blowout told me about Steve and I called him yesterday. Very nice guy that said, well, basically the same thing you said...just cross your fingers & rip! Nothing discernible between regular & Shield versions (I didn't ask him about, and haven't tried the blacklight trick Zach mentioned prior)

I've opened the two boxes that weren't sealed, both were just plain ol' '91 Topps. There was a LOT of military regalia in the house, and obviously there were some Desert Shield singles around too...and about 50 boxes of those Desert Storm cards, so there were a lot of things from that era that gave/give me some hope.

[Bestdj777]

Worst case, you've got a lot of great gum for a very reasonable price

Those are some really awesome cards and a great score. Thank you for sharing! The Mantles--my only real area of expertise--are in beautiful shape and, alone, could potentially get you back what you have into the lot.

[RobDerhak]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Worst case, you've got a lot of great gum for a very reasonable price

Those are some really awesome cards and a great score. Thank you for sharing! The Mantles--my only real area of expertise--are in beautiful shape and, alone, could potentially get you back what you have into the lot.

Yea, when I got to the Yankees section I could hardly breathe!

I've got him all ready to go to PSA...I've only done BGS grading before, so I'm not entirely sure what to expect, but I'm cautiously optimistic...any predictions?

[stlcardsfan]

The 62 regular issue looks like a ExMt+, maybe NM. I'll go 6.5

Both 62 all stars look like 8s. Centering a little off on both so I'll go 7s.

63 looks like a 6 to me, although can't see bottom right corner.

Good luck!

[hangman62]

Just a great find / pick up

All Im waiting for now is one of the morons/D-heads in this club to start in with..."something seems fishy" ..and Im not sure I believe this " he said on Monday it was xx cards..and then he posted on Tue at 7.45 am..saying its xy cards

Ral G

[RobDerhak]

Originally Posted by hangman62

Just a great find / pick up

All Im waiting for now is one of the morons/D-heads in this club to start in with..."something seems fishy" ..and Im not sure I believe this " he said on Monday it was xx cards..and then he posted on Tue at 7.45 am..saying its xy cards

Ral G

Geez, I was hoping this site catered to an audience mature enough that may make it Troll free. Oh well, if they show up, I'll ignore them, just like I do the Trolls on other sites.