1979 vintage card price list

[drcy]

I got my first Pre-War card, a 1933 Goudey Jack Quinn, as a random Goudey card from the Larry Frisch catalog about the same time.

[trdcrdkid]

Looking at the list again, I realize that I also bought a random Zeenut in P-F condition at the same time, for $2, so that I actually spent $5.25 plus $1 shipping. That card was a 1923 Zeenut of Chadbourne, which I also still have.

[stlcardsfan]

Funny, I went to school at Eastern IL Univ. in Charleston starting in 1985. Wish I would have run into this guy!

[drcy]

Marchant owned the Exhibit Supply Co. Bought it from the original owner/founder.

[paul]

I remember Marchant well. I purchased many cards from him. I remember specifically getting my first Goudey from him (1933 Terry), my first Caramel card (E90-1 Keeler), and my first Ted Williams (1958 Topps). I think my time frame was about the same as the original poster's - 1979.

[Piratedogcardshows]

Nice price list David. Its cool seeing the prices of T209's in 1979 which happens to be my birth year. Got any more with some T210 prices and cards available from the era?

[Mountaineer1999]

I was a 12-year old little league 1st baseman in 1979 hitting home-runs at an astounding pace! Then I would head down to the local convenience store (Marushia's) in the massive city of Davy WV (POP 400) and buy me some 1979 Topps cards! I was always hoping for a Bucco and specifically a Stargell card but really, just please no more doubles! Guess I should have been ordering baseball cards mail-order! Live and learn. #StupidKid

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by Jason

Nice price list David. Its cool seeing the prices of T209's in 1979 which happens to be my birth year. Got any more with some T210 prices and cards available from the era?

This is the only price list from Marchant that I have. But I do have the 1976 Sport Americana Baseball Card Checklist, the ancestor of the annual Beckett guides, which has a "Sports Card Catalog" at the back with prices for many prewar sets, presumably written by Dennis Eckes, who partnered with Beckett on those early guides. I posted the prewar pages from that catalog here:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=203206

You can see that he had T210s priced at $3.00 apiece. He didn't include T209s, but I wrote them in by hand based on the Marchant price list. The 1975 catalog, which I also have, is laid out slightly differently but has the same content, including T210s valued at $3.00 apiece.