Acquiring massive single year lots for "fun" collecting

[buymycards]

I did something similar with 55 Bowmans. I had a great time finishing the sets and learned a lot of about this high numbers and short prints.

These 73's should be prices at maybe 2K.

Rick

[Rich Klein]

`1) I don't know how many hi #s are in that group but I will tell you that both Jim Hickman and Joe Niekro are Hi #'s. and I saw a nice group of semi-his

2) Based on that -- I think a realistic price is about $6K which I suspect will be 10 percent of book if every card were a pure common with the mix of semis and highs that I'm venturing are in there.

Rich

[thisisradioclash]

I just can't believe someone spent the time to sort all those cards...no wonder they want 20 large for it.

[steve B]

It takes a lot less time than you'd think.

I sorted vending boxes into sets and star lots for a dealer, an hour or two a day but not every day. Probably went through about 75K cards in maybe a couple months.

Just sorting by number is much faster.

Steve B

[Matthew80]

Originally Posted by steve B

It takes a lot less time than you'd think.

I sorted vending boxes into sets and star lots for a dealer, an hour or two a day but not every day. Probably went through about 75K cards in maybe a couple months.

Just sorting by number is much faster.

Steve B

I remember going through '90 Fleer doing this (sort by #) with my dad as a kid. I probably had about 500-1,000, and I'd mess them up after he left just to get him to help me again. My dad was a trooper...

I think that'd be fun to do this for a dealer, especially if they're cards you're unfamiliar with!

[steve B]

They were 78 Topps, new from the vending cases. Although I think I did a few in 79 and 80 as well. I think by 81 they could buy factory sets - at least for Fleer they could and maybe Topps
The cards became familiar very quickly.

Steve B