What card are you thankful for? (See what I did there?)

[CW]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

By the way, my name is Max. I take care of both of them...which ain't easy; 'cause when they met, it was murder!

Originally Posted by Samsdaddy

LOL

I watched that particular episode again on the baseball cards and noticed something I did not as a young kid. When they were flipping cards off the wall, Jonathon's wife would hand him a baseball card to flip. If you looked closely, she was handing him 1982 Topps Baseball cards, probably commons. But, when they showed the card against the wall, it was always a vintage superstar such as the Musial I saw.

Classic! I remember that episode when it first aired. IIRC, they also showed an '82 Fernando Valenzuela (I searched high and low for that card after seeing it on Hart to Hart).

I'm going to have to dig it up on YouTube....

[CW]

The card I'm most thankful for is this one, as it reminds me of my Mom, and can sometimes evoke that feeling of being a kid again...



and a card for which I'm simply thankful it exists, whether I own a copy or not, it's this one. Not much description is needed -- it is simply a card that defines coolness

[71buc]

A couple of years ago I found these boxes of unopened basketball cards for $20 a box. I sold them for many times more than that and purchased the rookie cards of my childhood heroes as well as other baubles I had dreamed of owning. Years of searching and finally pay dirt. I am still very thankful for that find and the cards they netted me.

[MattyC]

Obtained in 86 at a local Brooklyn show, attended by me, my little brother, mom, and nana. I was 10. It just did not get any bigger in 86 than the Mets. I would wind up having tequila shots with Straw 25 years later, and tell him the story of when he told the show's security to screw off and signed my extra 86 Topps card "To Matt," when they wanted me to pay extra for the second signature (he'd signed another card for me just seconds earlier).

[71buc]

Cool story. I was never a Mets fan but thought both Strawberry and Gooden were tragedies. I never understood how the Mets front office handled them. They had to know fueling a 19 and 21 year old with a wad of cash and celebrity and setting them loose in New York without adequate supervision was a recipe for disaster. I believe in personal accountability but the Mets were negligent with those two young men. You would think that they would have assigned chaperones or mentors to protect their investment in those two talents from predators and their own immature self-destruction. God only knows what their careers might have been if the adequate support system had been put in place. I think back to my own college days and am embarrassed by my own stupidity and debauchery. Although it would have been to fun to find out, I'm certain had I been in Strawberry's or Gooden's shoes at that same age I would have suffered a much worse fate than academic probation and unexplainable grass stains in my underwear.

[stlcardsfan]

Originally Posted by 71buc

A couple of years ago I found these boxes of unopened basketball cards for $20 a box. I sold them for many times more than that and purchased the rookie cards of my childhood heroes as well as other baubles I had dreamed of owning. Years of searching and finally pay dirt. I am still very thankful for that find and the cards they netted me.

Very cool. What year were the basketball cards?

[hcv123]

It was about 1978. I was 11 years old and heavy into collecting comic books. I "flipped" baseball cards. The owner of the comic book store(The Incredible Pulp in Baldwin NY - Larry Deleo) I went to had rented space to a baseball card dealer and I was intrigued by the old cards. I bought a few cheap ones. Soon after my Mom dropped me off at the Colliseum Motor Inn baseball card show. To say I was a kid in a candy store would be an understatement. I was quickly overwhelmed by all the fantastic cardboard! While looking around - I found a dealer who had a whole bunch of 1955 Topps cards in his display case - the cards really stood out to me. I looked up the 1955 set in my newly purchased ccp(cpu?) and saw that the Clemente rookie was the most valuable in the set having a listed value of $86. The one in the case was marked only $68 - A HUGE value (at the time I hadn't spent more than $3-$5 on any single card)! I waited for my mom to arrive and the process began. Please...........it will be my presents for a year.......I will never ask for another gift again........anything, mom, what do I have to do..........Spending money on baseball cards was a foreign and silly idea to mom (at the time). The dealer saw the struggle and dropped his price to $48 - I couldn't contain myself. After a half hour of begging and pleading, Mom finally caved. My Roberto Clemente collection was born. Years of joyful collecting and great friendships began that day. I still have the card. It would probably grade a 4-4.5. Far from the most valuable card I have, but for sure the one I am most grateful for.

[Samsdaddy]

Originally Posted by hcv123

It was about 1978. I was 11 years old and heavy into collecting comic books. I "flipped" baseball cards. The owner of the comic book store(The Incredible Pulp in Baldwin NY - Larry Deleo) I went to had rented space to a baseball card dealer and I was intrigued by the old cards. I bought a few cheap ones. Soon after my Mom dropped me off at the Colliseum Motor Inn baseball card show. To say I was a kid in a candy store would be an understatement. I was quickly overwhelmed by all the fantastic cardboard! While looking around - I found a dealer who had a whole bunch of 1955 Topps cards in his display case - the cards really stood out to me. I looked up the 1955 set in my newly purchased ccp(cpu?) and saw that the Clemente rookie was the most valuable in the set having a listed value of $86. The one in the case was marked only $68 - A HUGE value (at the time I hadn't spent more than $3-$5 on any single card)! I waited for my mom to arrive and the process began. Please...........it will be my presents for a year.......I will never ask for another gift again........anything, mom, what do I have to do..........Spending money on baseball cards was a foreign and silly idea to mom (at the time). The dealer saw the struggle and dropped his price to $48 - I couldn't contain myself. After a half hour of begging and pleading, Mom finally caved. My Roberto Clemente collection was born. Years of joyful collecting and great friendships began that day. I still have the card. It would probably grade a 4-4.5. Far from the most valuable card I have, but for sure the one I am most grateful for.

Great story Howard. The cool thing is you still have that card 35 years later.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by stlcardsfan

Very cool. What year were the basketball cards?

They look to be 76-77 Topps.

[71buc]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

They look to be 76-77 Topps.

Yes, that is what they were.