Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+ Beanschat hits a sportscard auction, Does anyone want to know what i got?

[beanschat]

Hey all! Been quite awhile since I have posted here...don't know how the site is doing...especially since I see the same names as always..

I have continued hitting craigslist...and last week I found an auction that I went to..Tons of nascar cars and starting lineups..neither of which I deal with...but also TONS of unopened boxes from the 90s and sets from the 80s and 90s...I dropped $146..anyone want to know what I got for the money??

[aceecards]

Please do share..

but dont tell me you got a bunch of over mass produced boxes of score or topps or...

instead

how about some 94 ud sp or some nice spx stuff

[northicehero99]

I was thinking cardboard to start the fireplace or grill.

[captkirk42]

I was thinking cardboard to start the fireplace or grill. 

Seriously what did you get?

Even though the 1990s were the peak of the "Junk Wax" years when you stop to think about it. 20 years have past since they were produced, the kids who are getting into collecting now (OK it isn't many but there are a few out there) are starting to appreciate the cards from those years. There are some pretty nice designs. Also for those of who started a long hiatus from the hobby around that time there are still plenty of base sets to acquire.

[WestCoastSkinsFan]

Okay, no more teasing. Let's hear it!

[beanschat]

Alright...I have some time tonight to start sharing...sorry Ace...no SP or SPX, but I also tried to stay away from those extremely over produced products as well...but I agree with Kirk, there are still cards out there that are still worth something and are making a resurgence.

The auction started with the Nascar and starting lineups and some misc..so it was about 2 hours before I really got involved...though I did pick up a Babe Ruth Frank Thomas starting lineup package for $3 and a flat of 20 of the McDonalds Beanies to be used for my niece for potty training rewards....that cost a buck.

Once they finally got to the cards...they started with uncut rolls of sheets from 88-94. Some guy bought them for $2.50 each. I had checked out the boxes they used to keep the rolls from rolling and I had been told they were just commons...but I saw better. There were a lot of parallels and star cards in there...and some bricks and I know you all know what I mean..ugh..but enough that I got 2 boxes for $6. Some of the cards I recall pulling out of there were about 8 AROD 94 UD RCs and 2 Jordans as well. There are also a lot of Electric Diamonds (including Ripkens) and some inserts including about 20 Mantle Longshots (Mantle included) and whole slew of Stars....more to come...

[beanschat]

Next they moved on to the only "old cards" there....they had about 6 stacks of cards from the 50s and 60s...there was a...grandma age woman I think is fair to say..that had bid against me already and I let her get the largest of the stacks for $8 (my bad)...but I got the next choice at $6 for a stack and I took 3....so for $18 I got 172 cards from 1958-1962. Now granted..only 2 cards are listed in Beckett...but I was surprised at how many would grade as VG-Ex/NM. Many of them are in very nice condition...for about 10 cents apiece. The only notable one is a 1960 Leaf Aparcio.

I suppose I should mention there were about 13 bidders at the auction. I knew my main competition would be a local dealer around here, he sells a lot on line as Chuckssports so I knew he would be buying a lot, but luckily he wasn't pushing prices badly at all, though he would take the remaining lots once prices got incredibly low and interest was gone (read 91 Donruss boxes and the such)...

[beanschat]

Next up they did some sets...from 81-94....I only got 2, should have gotten more, but there was so much yet to come in the auction I didn't want to blow my allotment too early (though I took $400 and only spent $146). The sets I did get were 81 Fleer and 85 Donruss hand collated for $6 each. should have grabbed the 85 topps as well...but I didn't. 84 Donruss went for $25 and I liked that one as well...

Next went unopened boxes of baseball...This is where I was going as large as I dared...I ended up with 20 boxes for about $90...throughout the auction...but I will come back to them...

[beanschat]

after the boxes they headed over to the football table where I picked up a few more unopened boxes again...then Chuck took what was left on the table...much to my dismay. There were a few boxes of "commons" that I had scouted out and I thought they were just doing unopened boxes..i was about to say something to him to see if he really wanted them when he seemed to balk , the auctioneer noticed and asked if he wanted them as well..."just the wax" A silent sigh of relief!

Bidding started again at $3 a box...I waited for 10 seconds before I offered $5 for the lot of 4 boxes...and had no competition (STEAL OF THE AUCTION) I had quickly looked through the lot again and noticed some Sanders and Montana inserts in one 900 count box, and some Shaq and Jordan inserts in another...and lots of RCs in another of the 4 boxes....I'm not a Basketball collector, but I knew there was nothing wrong when a lot contains Jordan inserts, and the possibility of a few Kobe RCs..well, it just seemed like the right thing to do!

Then we finished with some basketball unopened boxes as well...before I hit the road to find more information of what I got!

[beanschat]

The unopened boxes I picked for the roughly $90 include

89 Fleer BB
93-94 Skybox Premium x4 (I opened one up so far and pulled a few inserts including two Jordans w/ BV $25)
93 UD BB
94 Donruss BB x2
93 Pinnacle FB
94 Pinnacle BB
93 Ultra BB x2
91 UB FB x2
93 Leaf BB X5
92 Stadium Club FB x2

Somehow I came up with a slew of boxes that were opened and raped of good cards for the most part..but I think they were part of the $5 lot so that's ok..

Alright...I am going to take a little break to bust a box of the 93 Leaf then I will start posting some of the better singles I have found in that $5 lot.

[beanschat]

alright, busted a box of the 93 Ultra BB.

Got the following from i:

Homerun Kings Cecil Fielder and Dave Hollins
Award Winndes Kirby Puckett, Jose Lind, Ivan Rodriguez, Roberto Alomar, Cal Ripken, Tom Pagnozzi

Now...lets get into some of the cards from those $5 boxes...

These cards I have targeted to go to COMC...

Basketball:

1993-94 Ultra All NBA Stockton, Robinson, Dumars x 2
1993-94 Ultra Power in the Key Mourning
1993-94 Ultra Scoring Kings Barkley x 2, Mourning, Robinson, Wilkins
1994 Fleer Sharpshooter Richmond, Sprewell

Football:

1994 Ultra Touchdown Kings Young, Montana
1994 Fleer Rookie Exchange (whole set of 12)
1994 Fleer Scoring Machine Emmitt, Marino, Means, Sanders, Irvin, Sharpe, Moon, Foster, Lowery, Allen, Bettis

The rest of the cards I am not sure what to do with yet but here are some of them as I am sure it will take a few days to list all of them as I have not even gotten all the ways through these boxes either..but here are some more...

1994 Collectors Edge Silver Crash the Game set
1994 Collectors Edge Gold Crash the Game set
1994 UD Alex Rodriguez Electric Diamond RC x2
1994 UD Mantles Long Shots Griffey, Piazza, Mantle, Thomas x2, Gonzalez, Vaughn x 3, Salmon, Williams, Belle
1994 Fleer Chris Webber RC x18
1994 Fleer Jamal Mashburn RC x10
1994 Fleer Scoring Machine Sharpe
1994 Pinnacle Faulk RC x5
1994 Fleer First Year Phenom Exel x2, Rider x4, Mashburn x4, Kukoc, Hurley x 2, hunter, Bradley
1994 Pinnacle Artists Proof Finley & Polonia
1993-94 Ultra Nickname Hakeem
1993-94 Ultra All Rookie Team Mourning x4
1993-94 Ultra All NBA Ewing x2,
1993-94 Ultra RCs
1993-94 Ultra Playmaker Hardaway
1993-94 Ultra All Rookie Gugiotta
1994 UD Jordan "RCs" x 4
1994 UD Rodriguez RC x 8
1993 Leaf Frank Thomas #10
1993 Leaf Heading to the Hall George Brett
1993 UD Future Heroes Aikman
1994 Ultra Faulk RC x 4
Stadium Club RC Isaac Bruce x2, Faulk
Stadium Club 1st Day Issue Bledsoe, Hampton
1994 UD Electric Montana, Favre
1994 UD Faulk RC x3
1994 Collectors Choice Faulk x3
1994 Collectors Choice Than & Now Montana Header, Mirer & Zorn, bettis & Dickerson, Biletnikoff & Brown, Bettis Checklist, Montana & Dawson, Montana & Young, Griese & Marino)

Tomorrow I am going to list a stack of the basketball cards..but for now..I am going to go through some more of these boxes from the $5 lot...

[aceecards]

wow sounds like a blast!

[beanschat]

I list cards off and an today...

94 Fleer Living Legends of Elway, Emmitt, and Marcus Allen x2
94 Fleer Pro Vision including Aikman x5 and Montana x3 plus more
94 Fleer Award Winners with Emmitt, Bettis and Deion and more
94 Fleer Bettis set and additional singles
94 Ultra 1st Rounders with Faulk and most of the rest
94 Ultra 2nd Year Standouts most of them at least once
94 Ultra Touchdown Kings Marino, Elway
more of the 93-94 Fleer First Year Phenoms including Webber
some Classic Webber inserts with BV of 6-8 each
93-94 Fleer NBA Superstars of Shaq x5, Jordan x 7
93-94 Fleer Liviing Legends including Jordan and Bird and more
93-94 skybox Premiun shaq Talk and All Rookie of Shaq

running out of better cards to talk about so far...

tons and tons of base of stars...Jordan, Favre, Elway, Ripken, etc...plus 100+ electric diamonds and more...And minor RCs up the wazoo...gotta figure out how to flip a bunch of this stuff fast...to dollar up for the next lot I find...