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post Jul 23 2016, 10:44 AM
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My friend's father passed away a few weeks ago. Among his belongings he found a small collection of vintage baseball cards. Since he doesn't know much about cards, he asked my advice. He bought a Beckett and was expecting the value to be around $20K. There are 2 card shops in town that he took them to. One offered him $500 and the other offered him $2800. That leads me to believe there are some serious condition issues especially since he claims one of the cards is a Willie Mays RC.

He once again asked my advice on what he should do. I told him that I really couldn't tell without seeing the cards and their condition. I'm guessing their real value is around 5-6K based on the $2800 offer and I won't be patronizing the store that offered him $500. If this is the case, I'll most likely steer him toward Sportlots or ebay. Wish I had the dinero to lift them off his hands.

Supposedly there are several Bowman Musials, a Mays RC, and several T-206 cards. Regardless of their value, this is going to be fun. I'll try to get some pics.

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post Jul 23 2016, 05:04 PM
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Can't wait! You know we'll all help out!



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as usual id suspect condition sensitive cards, some shops wont touch stuff that cannot be graded.


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so how did it go marc?


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post Jul 24 2016, 10:08 PM
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QUOTE(aceecards @ Jul 24 2016, 07:02 PM)
so how did it go marc?
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I'm still reeling. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pics. He had a stack of about 100 bookworthy cards from 1952 and 1953, most in VG or EX. (3) 52 Topps Andy Pafko- 2 were in VG cond and 1 was Fair. 1952 Topps Willie Mays in Fair condition-- it would have been VG or EX, but for a miniscule dot of paper loss that really didn't detract from the card. A boatload of 53 Bowman color mostly in EX condition multiples of Spahn, Feller, Musial, Doby. A 1953 Topps Satchell Paige in EX cond. And these are just the ones I remember. I found a few gems that he had overlooked and left in with the commons- 53 Bowman B&W Bob Lemon in EX condition and a couple 53 Topps Smokey Burgess SPs also in ex condition. In addition, he had a stack of about 150 1952 Topps commons mostly in VG condition and around 300 1953 Topps commons mostly in EX condition.

I basically advised him to list the cards on ebay. My overall opinion of their value is somewhere between 7K and 10K, but I am by no means an expert on grading or predicting what cards are going to sell for on ebay. I told him that if he did that to list the commons first. He should be able to get around $5 each for the 52 Topps and somewhere around $2 or $3 each for the 53 Bowman and Topps. Then after he's built up some history, he could list the better cards and should get closer to market value for them. I think time is a factor and fear he's going to offload them to a dealer in town.

I told him that if he goes that route, then he should try to get the dealer to come up to 4K but not to expect more than that cause the guy has to make his money.

Unfortunately I don't think keeping them is an option, but it would be his best option if he isn't going to ebay them. As a vintage junkie, it was an amazing experience to see all those cards up close. Wish I had an extra $3500-$4K lying around because if I did, I would take them off his hands.

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I have better advice

Wait till the national in chicago next year!

then hand carry them there!



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QUOTE(aceecards @ Jul 25 2016, 07:11 AM)
I have better advice

Wait till the national in chicago next year!

then hand carry them there!
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Yeah. I think they need the funds before then, though. Bills to pay. His mom is also in ill health. Big C. She's refusing further treatment and is trying to get everything settled so the kids aren't left with trying to sort through everything.

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