show your cards from the original owner

[ctownboy]

To all,

In keeping with the topic, I found out the power of Mickey Mantle when I bought two collections of Topps cards from two different guys who had collected them as boys.

The first guys collection consisted of mostly 1955, 1956 and 1958 cards while the second guys collection was 1958, 1960 and 1961 cards. In both instances, they had no problem selling their childhood collections. They had no problem parting with the big name players like Aaron, Mays, Koufax and others. If there were All Star cards ro high numbers they had no problem parting with those either.

What they DID have a problem with was selling their Mickey Mantle cards. Each guy said I could buy every card in their collection EXCEPT their Mantle cards. They were keeping them as sentimental favorites.

So, even though they wanted to sell the cards and use the money for something else they both kept soem of the msot valuable cards jsut because it was Mickey Mantle.

David

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by ctownboy

To all,

In keeping with the topic, I found out the power of Mickey Mantle when I bought two collections of Topps cards from two different guys who had collected them as boys.

When I was a kid, a female teacher who lived next door gave me a small pile of cards she found in a school locker when they were cleaning up for the summer. Probably only 20 cards total, but there was a '59 and a '60 Mantle, both very well-worn.

[Leon]

All of my early Zs with coupons came from the grandson of the person who collected them as a kid...