Goodwin Auction

[GoldenAge50s]

Besides being just about the same age, from the same area of the country and having very similar late '40's-'50s collections from our youth--yet another likeness surfaces!

All my cards (along w/ all my other "stuff") were stored in cigar boxes, then into whiskey cases and into the cool, dry attic off the bathroom when I left home for the South in 1958.

I had told my Mother to leave my "junk" alone and when I returned back North in the '80s everything was just as I left it! The card boom had started & I eventually dug everything out, sorted into sets and proceeded to get back in the hobby.

I have been selling 1950's Sport & Non-Sport duplicates & unwanteds on EBay since 2001 while retaining just about all of my early sets.

[JP]

Even though the topic has dramatically changed from Bruce's thread starting post, I did have a response for him. In the past I've thought that some Goodwin results were crazy high. But this time it looks like there were numerous deals to be had, especially in T-206. Somebody won a PSA 5 Elberfeld for half the price that the same card went for on eBay last week. What gives?

[MVSNYC]

i agree, some very strong prices, but there were also some deals to be had...i was watching that Elberfeld, but forgot to bid, as i was out the other night...looks like someone did get a great deal on it.

regarding attics & moms:

i'm an only child (and italian), so as you may imagine, EVERYTHING from my childhood has been perfectly preserved by my mother (god bless her). my bedroom at my parents house is virtually untouched. so all of my 80's & 90's cards (from my childhood) are intact and waiting for me, whenever i may need them...too bad i didn't grow up in the 50's...if so, i'd have tons of mantles & mays', rather then van poppel's & dykstra's