Back in 1988, I traded my entire 1950's-60's Topps collection,thousands upon thousands of cards with many duplicates of key cards for three guitars, a 1958 Fender Strat and a pair of 1969 Gibson Les Paul customs. I still have all three and have them hanging on the wall in cases. I have seen comparable Strats in the 40k range and the Gibsons in the 20k range. Back in 1988, I thought it was a fair trade based on card values at the time,today it would be hard to say,this was way before card grading companies were around, so it would hard to place a value on those cards in today's market, or even when card values were at their peak. I can't even recall what all I had, I do know that I had a half dozen or more each of Ryan, Rose, and Seaver rookies. I am just glad I didn't start selling off my pre-war collection back then. Since then ,with the exception of a few key cards from 1952-58 Topps I have stayed focused on pre-war and never replaced those cards.
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