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Posted By: bruce Dorskind
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Posted By: sean
best trade: a signed tommy thevenow 1933 goudey for two cal ripken 82 topps |
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Posted By: Rich S
Nice to see Dan's name mentioned, I went to high school with him. My best trade was a lot of Boy Scout memorabilia I traded for a set of 1955 Bowmans. Hopefully he is on a Boy Scout web site talking about the great deal he got. |
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Posted By: bruce Dorskind
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Posted By: Bottom of the Ninth
Ah... so nice to see Bruce pouring on the charm again. |
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Posted By: leon
This board is in a small part, like The Trader Speaks was, in that we can still do trades on the Buy/Sell/Trade pages. I can't say I have been around long enough to do trades with any of the forefathers of our hobby but I do trades regularly with other forum members. I am not sure there is any place else that so many "trades" with our cards can be done today, as on our BST pages. Last week Robert A (Hi Robert) and I traded a card for a card. He let me get a little better deal (I think) and next time I will try to reciprocate. I try not to forget good deeds and repay them when I can.... |
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Posted By: Ed Hans
I don't trade much anymore, but my best by far was in the early 90's. I traded a 1989 Upper Deck factory set to a local dealer, for an E97 Meyers. The dealer threw in $35 to even up the trade. I sent the E97 to PSA. It came back a 7. |
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Posted By: peter ullman
when I just started collecting as a child...I was probably 8 yo and the only cards I had were a bunch of 1970 topps commons. there was a bb card "event" at the local public library and I attempted to trade my whole collection to a cute young girl for a 1976 sporting news babe ruth...she declined! |
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Posted By: Andy Cook
Back in the 70s my friend and I routinely traded future hofs for commons at a ratio of 2 commons for one 1 star. My best trade was trading 2 NM Rickey Henderson rookie cards for a nice Nolan Ryan rookie. My worst was probably trading away my Crofts Cocoa Wagner - I got a good deal, but I just miss that card. |
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Posted By: Matt
Andy - what did you get in return for the Croft's Wagner? |
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Posted By: GHG!
This may be slightly off-topic but does, in fact, involve the old publication, The Trader Speaks, and a resulting t206 purchase in 1972. |
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Posted By: leon
Congrats on your first post. It's not that hard after the first one is done . One comment on dealer integrity of the past. I am sure there was a lot of it....however, with that being said, I have also seen some really remarkable acts of kindness and integrity on this board. I would venture to guess (and hope) that 99.9% of the folks on here would return something that wasn't theirs....I am not saying the hobby is the way it "used" to be, as I don't know more than the last 10-11 yrs of it, but from what I have seen the hobby is mostly full of really nice folks and ones I am proud to be associated with. When we had the last National Net54 dinner it was great to see a room full of so many nice people....top notch, every one of them , all imho....best regards |
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Posted By: Anonymous
Leon, agree with you completely. Intent was not to compare dealer integrity of today with that of yesteryear. In fact, my experience with today's dealers is almost always totally positive. |
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Posted By: Andy Cook
I think I got a number of E104s. Valuewise, it was a good trade, I just miss my Cocoa Wagner. At that time I had over 20 different Croft Cocoas and my set quest had stalled, that's why I traded the Wagner. The E104s were great though. |
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Posted By: leon
I think the first, and maybe only, time we met (if I remember correctly)was when you just got your E104-2 Wagner....That was a sweet card.... |
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Posted By: Paul S
Welcome GHG. |
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Posted By: steve yawitz
I guess this could go in the new pick-up thread, but it seems well suited to this one. Anyway, I'd like to thank Jim R. for having the patience to negotiate a swap with me, since I'm probably the most deliberate trader in the world. I hope he's as happy with his card as I am with this: |
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Posted By: Stephen Mitchell
Although they do not rank as the best or worst of my trades, two swaps with card giant Frank Nagy come immediately to mind. The first was exchanging my childhood collection of approximately 3,000 different (1957 to 1964) baseball cards with a similar number of duplicates to Frank for about $75 in 1967 or '68. I viewed it as an even swap at the time since I had paid roughly one cent per card. (The 1500 or so football and non-sports I threw in were not especially valuable to me, either.) |
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Posted By: DD
Not vintage baseball, but a trade I made with a legend, Mark Macaluso comes to mind. My brother and I traded him 50 or so 1966 Funny Rings and Maya Puzzle pieces, just as they were getting hot back in the early 80's. In return we got a Brady Bunch set with wrapper, Casper set, unopened box of Dark Shadows Postcards, and some other stuff. |
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Posted By: Steve D
mark macaluso that is a name from the past. great guy. Steve Yawie nice Uzit p/u |
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Posted By: CN
Back in 1981 I worked part time helping at the local Drakes cake factory when I was in high school. That was the year they came out with a set made from Topps. The hobby was in a frenzy back then. Anyway I was able to purchase 25 boxes of 500 cards in the old Topps boxes for $8 a piece or $200 dollars before they were released. Ironically I think the the Trader Speaks and BHN was abuzz about this set. In the spring of 1981 I drove down to Philadelphia to sell these cards. The NY Daily News I think Bill Madden just wrote an article about the potential value of the set. I lucked out in that many spectulaters wanted these cards and I was able to sell them to a dealer from Cleveland who I think was named Pasternack after a lot of interest for $225 a box or $5625. I then went to the table next to his and was able to get Complete Topps sets in Ex-Mt which I still have from 1967 to 1973,1975 Minis,1970 and 1971 Supers,1968 Topps Game,1970 Topps Booklets and I got him to throw in a 1957 Mantle and Mays. For $200 dollars I was pleased as by midsummer the Drakes set was going for $10-$15 and is now worth about $5. CN |
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