OT? Californiasportscards on Auction Hunters Tues 12/14

[White Borders]

Received this email from Zack Grakal and Matt Federgreen and thought I'd post it for any who may be interested in watching:

"Californiasportscards.com/Beverly Hills Baseball Cardshop will be on Auction Hunters tomorrow night, Tuesday 12/14 at 10 PM/ 9 C on SPIKE TV. Please check it out. Pretty funny stuff. Auction Hunters is a show where they buy storage lockers in auction (without knowing whats inside). Once they win, they go through it , pull out the items they think have value, and take it to the experts they think they can sell them to. You can see what our shop looks like as well."

Yahoo's TV Listing says the following about the episode:

"A 1951 record jukebox; a rare Willie Mays baseball card; a moonshine still; Prohibition-era whiskey; the first model CD player."

[ctownboy]

I was watching one of these types of shows within the last couple of weeks (I don't remember which one) and they won a storage room and pulled the stuff out and there were a bunch of baseball cards. The buyers were ecstatic and said stuff like these were "big name players", the previous owners must really have cared for their cards because they put them in plastic holders and that the group was worth a couple of thousand dollars.

From what cards I could see, they WERE big name players BUT they were from the late 1960's and 1970's.

I thought to myself, if those guys think those cards are worth a couple of thousand dollars, maybe I should get into contact with them and see if they want to buy my cards....

David

[ibuysportsephemera]

@ David- The show is called Storage Wars. I was laughing at the same thing...he found a box of 60's and 70's baseball cards that didn't look all that great and thought he was going to salvage 2k out of them. Amazingly bad for someone who is supposed to be a professional.

[dstudeba]

Yeah, that one cracked me up. Especially since I didn't see any late 60s cards in there. The one he showed to the camera was a 71 Stargell which looked to be in EX. Good luck collecting that 2K.

[cubsfan102003]

I saw the preview for the Auction Hunters episode the OP is referring to. It appears to be early 50's Bowman stuff. They just showed a quick glance at some of the cards, one was a Mays. Couldn't make much else out. I suppose they didn't want to show all the cards to keep somebody interested.

Tom

[Ohio_Collectibles]

I saw this episode last night and the guy who bought the unit was told his stuff was worth $3-4k. It was mostly modern cards from what I saw however there were a few nicer autographed items. Problem is there were no certifications for the autographed items, including a Kobe/Shaq Team signed Lakers Ball. I would be hard pressed to offer him even the $850 he spent on the Storage Locker for it.

[Bilko G]

Originally Posted by ibuysportsephemera

@ David- The show is called Storage Wars. I was laughing at the same thing...he found a box of 60's and 70's baseball cards that didn't look all that great and thought he was going to salvage 2k out of them. Amazingly bad for someone who is supposed to be a professional.

I saw that exact episode and got a kick out of it. Looked liked the cards were worth about $40 total but he said that he thought he could get at least $2K, LMAO!!

"A Rod Carew card, you just gotta know that ones worth money" and i liked when he said something like "You can tell what cards are worth the money because they are in plastic holders (Top Loaders)"

[Matthew H]

I live just a couple of minutes away from the Beverly Hills Baseball Card shop; it's a really great store. if you live anywhere near it and have not checked it out, do so.