It felt like 1960s all over again

[billyb]

Hi All,
My name is Bill, I usually hang around the memorabilia, pre war, area, so I am new to most of you old 50s and 60 collectors.
My neighbors brother came over today and knowing I collect baseball cards and memorabilia, he handed me a plastic bag with cards inside. What do I have , he asked? These cards still had the 1960s rubber bands around the stacks. Geez!
The first thing I did was get him a trading card box to keep them in and then I started to take the rubber bands off and go through what he had.
This was a typical collection from the 60s, just like mine used to be. Cards were not in good shape, and the collection was not geared toward any certain year, or company, though most were Topps. They were not organized at all. I quickly spotted a Mantle, so I got some plastic holders for him, and began to spread out the collection, trying to keep the cards of interest, in one corner.
Besides the typical Topps, mostly middle to latter sixties, there were some earlier sixties and some latter fifties as well, even some 1972 Topps ( which I like).
A fair amount of Post cereal cards were there, 1963 Fleer, Some older Bowman, a few 1967 star trek cards, and Monkees cards were scattered inside.
The more I handled them, they were just like the cards my parents threw away. Nostalgia was starting to set in. My wallet kept kicking my in the keester saying, what the heck are you waiting for. Make an offer.
But my collection I have passed on to my son, so I just deal in memorabilia, or old photos any more. But this was tempting.
Look close and you see all the bad corners and creases, but that was how my old collection used to be, handled, not with care, as I use to flip cards, shuffle them from time to time, to create my own teams.
Yep, it felt like the sixties again, it felt good.
So I gave him the bad news stating, no he is not rich. He then asked, "what should I do with them"?
Oh my God, the apple is touching my nose, so tempting.
What would you do?
Sorry the pics were so blurry, camera has been acting up and Macro keeps kicking itself off.

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[swarmee]

Nice little collection. Great lot to send in to COMC during their upcoming National submission special if your friend is looking to sell them.

[1963Topps Set]

This is a nice collection to build upon. Buying - gold, selling - crap. Good luck!

[billyb]

I took the photos and still had half a box full to go through, as you can see the opened box. It has been about 30 years since I went through a collection that still had rubber bands on them.
A few of the cards in the piles had a zig zag cut through them, rendering them totally unvaluable, as I was told, his brother put these cards on their bikes. But if you look at the cards as evidence as what happened to many of the 60s cards, it has a collectors value, to those who research and record about the loss of cards from the 60s. By the way, they weren't yankee fans as one of the cards was a Berra. Ouch!

[almostdone]

I love lots like this. If it was me and he didn't have any real attachment to them I would make an offer on them and just enjoy going down memory lane. Flip through them again, read the backs, put them in order by year, team or whatever. The lot probably wouldn't cost you more than $100 bucks or so and the entertainment value is greater than that. Even if you got board with them you could probably sell them here in a heartbeat for what you paid or use them in a trade flip foe what you really collect.
Every time someone approaches me with a lot like this I end up with a box full of 92 Score or 88 Topps.
Have fun and recollect your youth. That's what the main drive is for most of us anyway in collecting.

Keep us posted on what goes on with it.
Drew

[KCRfan1]

To coat tail a bit off Drew, you could buy the cards yourself and even pass them on to your son. As Drew said, you should be able to buy the cards at a very reasonable price and your entertainment value will be worth more than you pay for them.

[mrmopar]

I'd probably direct the guy to do his own research online (ebay, COMC, etc) and then he could probably make a few bucks if he was interested in putting in the work.

Someone mentioned thinking the lot wouldn't cost much more than around $100 but from what I can see from the scan, that seems low to me, but I don't really buy much in the way of vintage cards these days. I can see the 60 Mantle, 60 Multiplayer w/Mantle, 57 Mays, 61 Clements, 58 Multiplayer w/ Mantle, 59 Banks, 60 Aaron, 71 Munson and 59 Kaline and 57 Spahn. That is probably the best of the best, but perhaps there is more value in there still…