Posted By:
Jaime LeidermanBack in 1989, run a small classified add on a regional Venezuelan newspaper asking for any kind of baseball material. (I was looking for Topps Venezuelan sets).
A guy called and said he had a box full of cards from the 50's and 60's... of course my heart stopped!
Went to this old house near the downtown and the guy was waiting for me with a huge closed box...
They guy opened the box and almost 600 topps & Bowman cards from '51 - '67 ranging from F to Ex+ were inside...
After a little "fight" over the price, gave the man $50 and "RAN AWAY" with the box, of course, on the front seat of my car.
Well, to make things short...
a '51 Bowman Mantle (VG), Mays (Ex), almost every Mantle and Mays topps in VG-EX+ (No 1952T...)
Sold all the good cards after 2 years and only kept a pretty 1956T Aparicio Rookie and still have the box in my Caracas apartment garage (It's always nice to see that old box and remember how lucky I was that day)
