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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: Paul Carek
Just watched the recent episode featuring a scrapbook full of Cracker Jack cards. The appraiser (don't remember his name) valued the '14 Mathewson at around $20K. Given that the card had a visible crease, and was pasted into the scrapbook, does this seem accurate? Interested to hear your reactions. |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: andy becker
i saw the episode. nice group, they looked mostly stain free. i would say the matty is worth every bit of 20k. if removed from the book properly i would guess 40-50k just for matty. |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: Paul Carek
Possibly a very stupid question (I've been known to ask them from time to time), but can cards soaked out of a scrapbook be graded? |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: leon
Yes, cards soaked out can be graded. If there is staining from the removal they will be graded accordingly. SGC hammers them pretty hard for stains. I don't know about the other graders. |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: boxingcardman
I saw the Mickey Mantle checks episode last night. A woman whose father worked for the Independence baseball team in 1949 and saved a bunch of payroll checks had 5 checks endorsed by Mantle as a kid in his first pro season. They were estimated at around $150,000, which reduced her to tears (I got the impression she was not a wealthy person and that kind of money was very, very significant to her). People do come in with some unbelievable sports stuff every now and then. |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: Brian T.
Since it has been brought up, what is the best method for gently removing such cards. Approximately how long do you soak them and in what? Distilled water, I presume? Typically, is a gentle prying all that is required after soaking? How about remaining residue on the back of the card? How long does it take for vintage cards to become damaged from soaking or do they at all? I also imagine that air drying on a flat, clean surface is best, but are there any other tricks of the trade (short of getting into card restoration)? |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: Dean H
I would hope that a seller would diclose the fact that any card (graded or not)was soaked and removed from an album if they had first hand knowledge of the soaking. Then let the buyer decide if it is an issue or not. |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
I know an old collector who'd advertise in a city paper about being at motel such-and-such in room #____ and that they'd be buying old baseball cards Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday morning. This was 35+ years ago. He and his friend would check in, open the door, and sit there. Folks would come in, and they'd buy cards. Scrapbooks full of old cards. |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: Scott Fandango
not sure all the "oldtimers" agreed with this...i have had a few Lionel Carter cards that were covered in black resin specs, and scrapbook paper on the back...one quick soak after cracking made these cards looks very nice! the resin and residue came off and i remember thinking "maybe lionel would be mad at me" |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
I still have cards that have bits of scrapbook and flour paste on them... but that fact doesn't mean I've never soaked a card. It would be proof that I didn't soak that particular card. |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: Anonymous
I completed a 1914 Cracker jack that was still glued into a album, this story was written up in the SCD, my company is " Gone with the stain". All the cards were removed stain free- all graded , the West coast dealer made a killing. Dick Towle 315 375 8542 if more info is needed |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: Alan
Greetings & Salutations, Dick. Welcome to the forum or welcome back if you've been here before. |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: boxingcardman
"greetings and felicitations." |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: Anthony S.
I currently have a salutations on Ebay if you need it. |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
At first I thought maybe Alan misspelled it, and hit upon the wrong word as he tried to make that red line go away... but I now think he knew what he was typing all along... |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: boxingcardman
"Greetings and Salutations" |
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Cracker Jacks on "Antiques Roadshow"
Posted By: Alan
Adams's right. Actually, I should have just said Mazel Tov & left it at that. |
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