childhood card collection discovery

bnorth · #1 01-10-2025, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ALBB

A buddy asked to check out his childhood card collection

said OK... this could be real good... stuff from 66 thru 71

Been going thru it and Im completely " underwhelmed " LOL

about 200 cards from almost every year...but almost no high #s, and ( I guess as could be expected ) 90% commons !

In addition, every Mantle, Mays, Aaron...well worn and " played with " ! LOL

He took trouble to put EVERY card in a plastic sheet ( every G- VG common, all of them ! LOL )

so far best stuff seems to be some of the late 60s early 70s inserts ( which Im guessing as a kid were played with the least ! )

and finding another example that this " last series/ 7 th series " thing..is obviously true

its been a lot of fun, but absolutely no pot of gold at end of his rainbow !

At least it was 66-71 cards. Pretty much every mint condition really old collection I look at is beat up junk from the late 80s-early 90s.

Zach Wheat · #2 01-11-2025, 08:12 AM

Probably had fun reliving childhood memories with you...went back over my childhood collection, which to me is priceless. I stapled many valuable cards to a corkboard so they wouldn't get creased and beaten up playing with them.

ALBB · #3 01-12-2025, 03:36 PM

Did more digging into friend collection and had some amusing / interesting thoughts -

The 60s Topps poster inserts... most all in NM...EXCEPT - the Mantle which used to be taped on the wall !

The 1970 T supers...had only six of these cards....so guessing back in day he just bought 3 packs ( two cards to a pack ) of these

Had a 67 T wax box. Totally destroyed..completely opened flat and used as a ..I dont know what

Getting to some interesting stuff soon - a small pile of little 69 T Supers, and a small bunch of the tough 71 T greatest, and claims he " has or remembers having ..one of those 71 T neighborhood kid cards

jmoran19 · #4 01-12-2025, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ALBB

Did more digging into friend collection and had some amusing / interesting thoughts -

The 60s Topps poster inserts... most all in NM...EXCEPT - the Mantle which used to be taped on the wall !

The 1970 T supers...had only six of these cards....so guessing back in day he just bought 3 packs ( two cards to a pack ) of these

Had a 67 T wax box. Totally destroyed..completely opened flat and used as a ..I dont know what

Getting to some interesting stuff soon - a small pile of little 69 T Supers, and a small bunch of the tough 71 T greatest, and claims he " has or remembers having ..one of those 71 T neighborhood kid cards

The 70 and 71 super packs had 3 cards per

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