May Pickup Thread

[wdwfan]

I haven't been active in vintage in a while. But glad to be posting in this section again.

I have decided that I have way too many cards. Why do I have 40k cards of 2019-2024 products sitting in boxes in a closet? I mean, inserts, parallels/refractors, base, RCs, etc. Why do I have 20k Rangers cards sitting in boxes? I have no clue. And I have a wife nagging me to downsize. So I've made the decision to do just that.

I've decided to sell off all of my non-PC stuff and use the money to focus on slabbed vintage HOFers. Doesn't have to be high grade. Mid-grade (4s-6s) are just fine with me. To take it a step further, I've gone through all of my Rangers and picked out the players I like the most over time and pulled those players. I've decided to ditch the rest. Not sure what I'll do with 5 3200 boxes of Rangers from '72-'24, but I'll figure something out.

To get start, I have sold a pair of lots of 1980s-90s junk wax Rangers to a buddy of mine. Players like Palmiero, O'Brien, some of the no name guys. He then turned around and has sold me a very special card. Hopefully, it'll be here tomorrow, and I can show that off ... stay tuned.

So far, I've only sold a little bit of stuff. But I got enough to buy a couple of graded vintage cards. I'm extremely happy with my pick ups. I know Mantle isn't slabbed. But I plan on slabbing it with SGC at the Allen show next weekend. I will also take the 1958 Topps Snider, crack it and reslab that one too.

For now, here's what I picked up.

[wdwfan]

2nd high end mail day in a row. I could get used to these types of mail days, lol. But I realize I won't get them every day or even every week. Heck, I may not get mail days like this but a couple of times a year. Got this one for next to nothing. Long story, short version.

I've done a couple of deals with a guy about 2 hours away that lived probably 30 minutes from where I moved from. Anyway, I sold him probably 1,200 Rangers cards over the past 3 weeks. Older guys like Palmiero, Jeff Frye, Pete O'Brien, the nickel/dime type stuff. Probably 200 different Palmiero cards.

Anyway, he reaches out and says he has a card he wants to move and would make me a deal on it since I had given him a good deal and been easy to work with on 3 previous transactions (2 in the last 3 weeks and one in December that had 160 IP/TTM Rangers autos).

He shows me this card. I ask what he wants, and he lets me know. The amount he was asking was only $25 more than the cards I had sold him in the past 3 weeks. So, I basically paid $25 for this card. Well, it came in the mail today.

I plan on subbing it to SGC at the Allen show next week to get it slabbed. Not sure what I'll do with it then. But a dang Joe D auto. How cool is that? I wasn't sure where to post it since it's technically a 1992 card of a guy that played in the 30s-40s.

[effe]

Down to just 2 to finish my set. Anyone have a Bruton fielding or Covington 7 bats they're willing to part with?

[Schlesinj]

Stopped at a local show and grabbed a little nostalgia and a nice Berra. Very little vintage, but had a nice conversation with a few dealers.

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[Tom S.]

There was a show in my area today too. Among the stack of cards that I picked up were a few 1962 & 1966 high numbers and a nice little batch of 1969 O-pee-chees:

[sammythunder]

Picked this up at the Garfield, NJ show from Brian Fish. Since my budget doesn't afford me the opportunity to go after the 1968 Venny Nolan Ryan, I thought that Tom Terrific's 68 would be a fantastic alternative!

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[olecow]

Not a new pickup, but I got a new SGC tux for Edwin
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[pherbener]

Originally Posted by sammythunder

Picked this up at the Garfield, NJ show from Brian Fish. Since my budget doesn't afford me the opportunity to go after the 1968 Venny Nolan Ryan, I thought that Tom Terrific's 68 would be a fantastic alternative!

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Congrats! Beautiful card!