Anyone ever tried to Corner the Market on a Particular Card?

[swarmee]

http://timwallach.blogspot.com/

I mailed this guy about 50 for free. I'm the pushpins on his map from the Florida Panhandle.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by swarmee

http://timwallach.blogspot.com/

I mailed this guy about 50 for free. I'm the pushpins on his map from the Florida Panhandle.

That is odd. I wonder if Tim Wallach knows about this?

[Rich Klein]

I think he does -- and it's fairly harmless as fandom goes.

I think the guy has a great idea and I've sent him cards 2x and have another shipment I need to put together for him

Have hundreds more for him

[CTDean]

I watched Baines play high school & American Legion ball so was waiting for his first card. I picked up about 2,000 1981 Topps & 3,000 1981 Fleer over a one year period from vending case breakers in SCD for a nickel each. Sold the Topps for $1 each to SCD advertisers later. No market for the Fleer then.

[Rich Klein]

IIRC - and this is a long time ago, you also ran classified ads in hobby pubs looking for those Baines cards.

Someday he has an outside HOF shot and you might finally be able to cash in those 1981 Fleer cards

[CTDean]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

IIRC - and this is a long time ago, you also ran classified ads in hobby pubs looking for those Baines cards.

Someday he has an outside HOF shot and you might finally be able to cash in those 1981 Fleer cards

Wow, that is neat that you remembered! I ended up with about 10,000 1981 & 1982 Baines cards, but all are long gone. Sold many to a board member (Hi Tony).

[Tom Hufford]

At one time, Reggie Jackson was actively buying up as many of his own rookie cards as he could find. Don't know if he's still pursuing that goal, but he'll never get them all (I still have one).