I can not tell you how many times, in recent years, I have seen the words "vintage" and "old" used to describe baseball cards and memorabilia in auction, yard sale and classified ads. Then, when I call about the items, I find out the stuff they are trying to sell was made after 1980.
That is why I was shocked about three weeks ago when I went to a yard sale that was advertising baseball cards for sale to find out the cards really WERE "old".
A 62 year-old man and his wife were selling their home and he had cleaned out a closet and found a shoebox with the cards he had collected as a teenager. They were from the mid-1960's and included a couple of Mickey Mantles and a Roger Maris. The man said he was asking $25 dollars for the box and they were the first thing that sold.
Because I made a wrong turn, I missed the cards by five minutes.
Other than that, I haven't seen many really old or vintage cards for sale in the last 10 years. Living in Indianapolis, I thought there would be more popping up out of the woodwork especially during the bad economic times we just had. So, I don't know WHERE the older stuff is.
David
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