Help me decide.

[npa589]

Originally Posted by G1911

% of replies answering OP's question: 4.5%

Lol, I was thinking the exact same thing and let out a cackle when I read this.

I'm not trying to goad anyone or cause a stir - but my guess is that not in Jim's wildest nightmares did he think the thread would turn into a TPG-bashing session.

I think it's safe to say there are plenty of issues we all could point out with TPG companies - but simply out of assistance to a board member, I do deign to say it's possible for us to put aside those grievances to help him decide what 10 cards to send in.

So - the ten:

I would try to have as much variance as possible, and then you'd have some decisions on what to leave out set/category-wise.

1. Mantle
2. Lekang
3. Blood
4. Mace & King
5. Stonewall Jackson
6. Doolan
7. Pick your favorite year/player from Play Ball
8. Mays
9. Chas Bacon
10. Owen Moran (horizontal/boxing look)

[brianp-beme]

I will be the first to both not answer the OP's question and answer it too:

The Mantle card - because people tend to grade Mantle cards

T68 Stonewell - check out that sword...it should be sheathed

Sport Kings Lekang and Blood - Sports Kings are cool, even if not baseball subjects

T205 Gold Border Doolan - have to preserve that somewhat greenish border

T218 Attell and the 3 other boxers - Black Sox involvement, and the other 3 boxers because they are wearing shorts (boxer shorts)

McGraw postcard - to prevent people from sticking a stamp on it and sending it through the mail


Brian

[G1911]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

and the other 3 boxers because they are wearing shorts (boxer shorts)

I laughed.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by npa589

Lol, I was thinking the exact same thing and let out a cackle when I read this.
I'm not trying to goad anyone or cause a stir - but my guess is that not in Jim's wildest nightmares did he think the thread would turn into a TPG-bashing session.

Thank you, Nate and you are correct - I never thought it would turn out the way it has. I was hoping that by presenting a wide variety of vintage cards - all of which I will probably send in for grading for MY reasons - I'd get some really interesting choice selections and see what everyone thought of these cards.

We all collect for different reasons; era, team, player, design/style, rarity, value, etc. I'm a different collector than most. Why in the world would I spend $20+ to grade a 1960 common? Because I found it in the wild....me... I found it. I didn't buy it on eBay, didn't cross it off my want list, or hunt it down. I found it naturally, all by itself and its a 60+ year old card in amazing condition. I have small group of nice 1960 Topps and its one of my favorite sets and I like the way it looks in an SGC slab. That's me, that's how I collect. That's all that matters to me. Why do people throw thousands of dollars into restoring an old car that when complete isn't worth what the parts cost? Because we collect these things in ways that make us happy.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by npa589

Lol, I was thinking the exact same thing and let out a cackle when I read this.

I'm not trying to goad anyone or cause a stir - but my guess is that not in Jim's wildest nightmares did he think the thread would turn into a TPG-bashing session.

I hate TPG's, but there is a time and place to push my view and this ain't it.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by npa589

Lol, I was thinking the exact same thing and let out a cackle when I read this.

I'm not trying to goad anyone or cause a stir - but my guess is that not in Jim's wildest nightmares did he think the thread would turn into a TPG-bashing session.

I think it's safe to say there are plenty of issues we all could point out with TPG companies - but simply out of assistance to a board member, I do deign to say it's possible for us to put aside those grievances to help him decide what 10 cards to send in.

So - the ten:

I would try to have as much variance as possible, and then you'd have some decisions on what to leave out set/category-wise.

1. Mantle
2. Lekang
3. Blood
4. Mace & King
5. Stonewall Jackson
6. Doolan
7. Pick your favorite year/player from Play Ball
8. Mays
9. Chas Bacon
10. Owen Moran (horizontal/boxing look)

Who exactly in this thread said a single detrimental thing about any TPG? What number was the post or posts where such critical comments were made? I'm trying to figure out where you're coming from in now calling this a TPG bashing thread.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by npa589

Lol, I was thinking the exact same thing and let out a cackle when I read this.

I'm not trying to goad anyone or cause a stir - but my guess is that not in Jim's wildest nightmares did he think the thread would turn into a TPG-bashing session.

I think it's safe to say there are plenty of issues we all could point out with TPG companies - but simply out of assistance to a board member, I do deign to say it's possible for us to put aside those grievances to help him decide what 10 cards to send in.

So - the ten:

I would try to have as much variance as possible, and then you'd have some decisions on what to leave out set/category-wise.

1. Mantle
2. Lekang
3. Blood
4. Mace & King
5. Stonewall Jackson
6. Doolan
7. Pick your favorite year/player from Play Ball
8. Mays
9. Chas Bacon
10. Owen Moran (horizontal/boxing look)

And by the way, when someone says I'm not trying to do this or that, and then follow it by a "but", that typically means they are trying to start something, intended or not.

And if by predictable you mean I'm not going to put up with or back down from someone's BS directed at me, then yeah, I'm very predictable.

And you want to know what else I've found to be really predictable? Typically when you respond back and ask people that are giving you BS a question, they never seem to be able to respond with logical answers, facts, or evidence to support the things they were saying or accusing others of. Most of the time they take an "I'm right and you're wrong" posture, and that is often the best (and all) they can seem to do.

So let me try this one more time. In what post(s) in this thread did someone bash or say anything detrimental about any TPG?

I never knew just asking a simple, straightforward question about a claim someone was making could get you accused of being what you're apparently accusing me of being. Thanks!

Now answer the question!!!!!