Selling cards to a players family

[Oscar_Stanage]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

A little off topic but I've always enjoyed buying and giving the last card a collector needed to finish his set as a gift.

So, I have been collecting the monster, and I have the 520.....

[hcv123]

sold a Rollie Fingers rookie card to.... Rollie Fingers! He considered it, but didn't purchase. Related - I sold a sealed 1970's Charlies Angels doll display to a friend of Aaron Spellings who was going to give it to him as a birthday gift (in the 90's)

[Republicaninmass]

I sold a 1952 tony bartirome....wait they arent related...

[Shoeless Moe]

I sold something on Ebay in the summer of 2020 to Craig Biggio's wife.

She was nice enough to appease me and we talked back and forth a bit about Craig, then her son and the Blue Jays, her new favorite team.

I've also sold a 1927 WS Ticket on here to a former St Louis Cardinals pitcher who is a Net54-er.

And I've sold a Buck Weaver Postcard to Bill Mastro......oh wait, he's not a player.

[brianp-beme]

Over the years I have sold 3-4 Zeenut cards to relatives, and have directed that many or more to check with the great dealer Mark MaCrae, who, among other titles, is the king of Zeenuts.

Brian

[jayshum]

A dealer friend of mine told me he had a woman come to his table and ask him for Roman Gabriel cards. He had 4 cards that she bought for $4. She gave him a $5, and he turned around to get her change. When he turned back to her, she had already torn the first one into quarters then proceeded to do the same with the next card. He asked her what she was doing, and she said that the SOB was her ex-husband and her therapist told her this would be good for her. She then tore up the rest of the cards and told him to keep the change.

[greenmonster66]

A few years back, Dale Murphy's wife emailed me wanting to buy a bunch of Richmond Braves posters I had for sale. She was super nice and I even sent her a few free oddball items of Dale!

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by jayshum

A dealer friend of mine told me he had a woman come to his table and ask him for Roman Gabriel cards. He had 4 cards that she bought for $4. She gave him a $5, and he turned around to get her change. When he turned back to her, she had already torn the first one into quarters then proceeded to do the same with the next card. He asked her what she was doing, and she said that the SOB was her ex-husband and her therapist told her this would be good for her. She then tore up the rest of the cards and told him to keep the change.

Hahahahaha, great story!

[egri]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

I sold a 1952 tony bartirome....wait they arent related...

What a roller coaster that thread was.

[puckpaul]

Originally Posted by hcv123

sold a Rollie Fingers rookie card to.... Rollie Fingers! He considered it, but didn't purchase. Related - I sold a sealed 1970's Charlies Angels doll display to a friend of Aaron Spellings who was going to give it to him as a birthday gift (in the 90's)

I sold a really nice 71 Topps Ron Swoboda to…Ron Swoboda! As a big Mets fan (my dad took me to game 5 of the 69 series…but I was 4 1/2 and dont remember it at all except for having the ticket stub), it was quite a thrill. I set up some cards at the Atlanta National to help pay for some of my purchases with my friend, a dealer, and Ron walked up to our table and asked if I had any of his cards. I think I got $10 for it.

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by Wid_Conroy

So, I have been collecting the monster, and I have the 520.....

Love it! LMAO

[Bestdj777]

I messaged a minor leaguer to see if he wanted one of his bats for his kid, it he passed—was going to gift it to him as I wasn’t sure how many he had given his short stint in baseball.

[Mike D.]

I was processing eBay orders the other day and noticed that one was for former Red Sox pitcher and current NESN in-studio analyst Lenny DiNardo.

He ordered a 1985 TCMA minor league card of Mike Griffin, who was a coach in the Red Sox minor league system when DiNardo was around.

DiNardo is actually going to be a guest at my SABR chapter's next meeting (Saturday after Thanksgiving) - I'll have to ask if he was happy with his purchase.

[scooter729]

Lenny is a good guy - I’ve been fortunate enough to know him for a while. He has some nice memorabilia from his playing days (including a 2004 WS ring!) - I’ve tried to get him to come over and join me in the vintage world, but no luck yet!

Originally Posted by Mike D.

I was processing eBay orders the other day and noticed that one was for former Red Sox pitcher and current NESN in-studio analyst Lenny DiNardo.

He ordered a 1985 TCMA minor league card of Mike Griffin, who was a coach in the Red Sox minor league system when DiNardo was around.

DiNardo is actually going to be a guest at my SABR chapter's next meeting (Saturday after Thanksgiving) - I'll have to ask if he was happy with his purchase.

[philliesfan]

Not a baseball story but.....my brother bought a lot of press photos from the 1950's (no sports) and one was a family juggling. There was a boy around age 7 in the photo and that is the person my brother sold it to a few months ago.