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Old 12-23-2020, 01:14 PM
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I don't have a giant collection but still do have all of the cards I collected as a kid. These are a few of my favorites of all time from my collection. I think these cards epitomize a classic vintage baseball card and are some of the most attractive in my opinion. I have a few stories that go along with a lot of my cards. The 1954 cards were given to me by a lady I mowed a lawn for when I was a teen. We struck up a conversation about her bottle collection in her window and before I knew it I was holding a whole stack of 1954 Topps cards that belonged to her son. I had two of each of Ted's card and still have many other Hall of Famers from the stack. The 54 Bowman Mantle was also in there with some other stars and commons. It was just one of those once in a lifetime events I'll never forget. She was a super nice lady and treated me like a son. The other Mantles and Kaline I purchased out of the back of a dry cleaners near where I grew up. The owners son opened a small card shop in the back and sold his childhood cards to a few of us kids. He was into comics not cards and wanted the dough to buy more comics. Lucky for me he was quite a bit older and had some really nice stuff. I paid only a few dollars for them. Most of my vintage collection came from there and I gave him every penny of my yard mowing money each week for a great stack of cards. The Red Heart Mantle my Dad bought for me at Canton Trade Days for 50 bucks over forty years ago. It was my birthday gift. All of these were acquired in the mid 1970's before the card collecting boom hit. Just wanted to share a few of my cards.
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Old 12-23-2020, 01:36 PM
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Wow, I mowed lawns and never got anything that good! You had nice customers.
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Old 12-23-2020, 02:29 PM
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Hopefully no trimming
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Old 12-23-2020, 04:51 PM
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These were all original owner cards and obtained before the trimming and grading craze. I have no concerns about these cards.
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Old 12-23-2020, 04:58 PM
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These were all original owner cards and obtained before the trimming and grading craze. I have no concerns about these cards.
I think he was talking about trimming the lawns...
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Thumbs up. Great story!

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Lol. Maybe. So much talk of trimmed cards on here my mind naturally went to that.

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Old 12-23-2020, 05:50 PM
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Beautiful collection. Really nice colors. Most would be worried about them in those screwdown holders, since they've been known to press cards flatter or moisture will get in and some cards will stick to the holder when they are taken apart.
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Here are some of my Favorite cards that I purchased for $20.00 are less in the 70's and 80's except for the Berk Ross Roe which was my Dads You have a nice Collection
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Old 12-23-2020, 08:32 PM
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Love those early tobacco cards. You have a nice collection as well. The 70s were the good old days of collecting at least for me.
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Beautiful collection. Really nice colors. Most would be worried about them in those screwdown holders, since they've been known to press cards flatter or moisture will get in and some cards will stick to the holder when they are taken apart.
Thanks. When I read that here I checked mine and so far no issues. Some had been in those for over 25 years. I’ve always been mindful of how they have been stored so that probably helped out.
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Old 12-23-2020, 08:45 PM
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Thanks. When I read that here I checked mine and so far no issues. Some had been in those for over 25 years. I’ve always been mindful of how they have been stored so that probably helped out.
If that's the case, you're probably best off removing them from those screwdown cases and putting them in Cardsavers or penny sleeves and toploaders.
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Great cards but the first thing I thought of was the screw downs as well. I haven’t seen that many screw down in one place since circa 1996.
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That’s truly a priceless collection. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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