Questions about selling a postwar collection

[brob28]

They look nice, good luck!

[capricesquad]

So PSA finally checked in my submission that was shipped on feb 29 so now the 50 day wait for grades actually started. In the mean time I was hoping to look into his post and jello cards.

I started by putting all his 1963 bazooka all time greats into card savers.

Then I checked out a binder that had this.


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It had a letter addressed to his aunt at his childhood home in South Chicago stuck inside as a bookmark.


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Back side has I think Czech writing but no idea what it says


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My dad was born in 1947 but my grandpa was born in 1917 so maybe the book was a handme down?

Anyways the reason I included the letter is because my dad was born on the south side of chicago and lived there til my grandparents bought a farm in Aurora when he was six. As a result he is a White Sox fan.

He collected a bunch of cards but he made binders of just White Sox Players and occasional Cubs players without much organization.

So you have pages like this

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In the same book as pages like this

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which explain some holes in the 1962 set that was in the boxes


He also like to connect to kids through baseball when he was a principal and he would organize fieldtrips and special days like Kite Day and Baseball day for the whole school. I have a feeling this was sent to him in that capacity but he thought it was neat and laminated and saved it.


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On to the post cards, they are a bit confusing so I decided to put everything in card savers so I can handle them to figure out what he has.



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He had a pretty steady hand as a kid because most of the cards are very nicely cut. But on many he cut along the border rather than around it so I'm not sure how something like this grades exactly. I'll probably send in a few stars and see how they come back. I asked him how he cut them so well and he said he borrowed Grandma's sewing scissors. Once she found out and calmed down, she made him buy her a new pair and he kept the old ones to cut out cards with.


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I filled 2 card saver boxes and ran out of card savers with a small pile of 1962 post yet to go.

I did get a chance to look everything over. He has a bunch of 1962 Post, many 1963 post, and smatterings of 1961 post and 1963 jello. Naturally being from the Chicagoland area he has 10 of the rare 1962 test market Jello cards as well.


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[irv]

Originally Posted by capricesquad

So PSA finally checked in my submission that was shipped on feb 29 so now the 50 day wait for grades actually started. In the mean time I was hoping to look into his post and jello cards.

I started by putting all his 1963 bazooka all time greats into card savers.

Then I checked out a binder that had this.

Wow, your collection just keeps getting better and better all the time!

Must be pretty exciting going through all his old collection.

Enjoy!

[capricesquad]

I got a surprise E-mail from PSA today. Seems my order that I sent March 1st and was checked in on the 12 was shipped today. Nowhere near the 50 days I was expecting.

As far as grades go I am much happier than last time. No gem mint 10's but no complete junk grades either. Out of 25 there were 9 6's, 9 7's and 7 8's with a few qualifiers.


EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1962 Topps 139 Babe Ruth Babe Hits 60 Card
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1962 Topps 466 Norm Cash All Star Card
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1962 Topps 237 World Series the Winners Celebrate
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1962 Topps 340 Don Drysdale Card
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 ST 1962 Topps 10 Bob Clemente Card
NEAR MINT 7 1962 Topps 170 Ron Santo Card
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1962 Topps 353 Bill Mazeroski Card
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 PD 1962 Topps 90 Jim Piersall Card
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1962 Topps 349 Paul Foytack Card
NEAR MINT 7 1962 Topps 367 Checklist 353-429 Card
NEAR MINT 7 1962 Topps 54 NL Home Run Leaders Card
NEAR MINT 7 1962 Topps 179 Tom Sturdivant Card
NEAR MINT 7 1962 Topps 187 Gene Conley Card
NEAR MINT 7 1962 Topps 184 Haywood Sullivan Card
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1962 Topps 117 Gary Geiger Card
NEAR MINT 7 1962 Topps 28 Minnie Minoso Card
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1962 Topps 168 Leo Posada Card
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1962 Topps 436 Felix Mantilla Card
NEAR MINT 7 1962 Topps 151 Johnny Klippstein Card
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1962 Topps 451 Jose Tartabull Card
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1962 Topps 58 NL Win Leaders Card
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1962 Topps 486 Jim Gilliam Card
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1962 Topps 153 Pumpsie Green Card
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1962 Topps 460 Jim Bunning Card
NEAR MINT 7 1962 Topps 234 World Series Game 3 Maris Wins It in the 9th

[irv]

Originally Posted by capricesquad

I got a surprise E-mail from PSA today. Seems my order that I sent March 1st and was checked in on the 12 was shipped today. Nowhere near the 50 days I was expecting.

As far as grades go I am much happier than last time. No gem mint 10's but no complete junk grades either. Out of 25 there were 9 6's, 9 7's and 7 8's with a few qualifiers.

Nice, CS.

[capricesquad]

I was at my parents for easter and I went through and picked out 15 more 1962 Topps and 35 1961 Topps especially the high numbers to send in for the March special.

Some are doubles of cards I already submitted like the Mantles and Mays but most are very sharp looking and I focused on the 1961 High numbers as much as possible.

First 25 (Sorry for the angle the glare was awful and I was pressed for time after getting the submission entered.

[capricesquad]

2nd 25