Monday, January 9, 2012

VINTAGE CARD PICKUPS FOR $5 OR LESS

Over the weekend, my local mall had a small baseball card show.  There was only 3 vendors there, but there was definitely some bargains to be had as I highlighted in 2 previous posts.  I have been slowly chipping away at my pre1975 Topps Pirates wants and this show definitely helped.  There wasn't a single vintage card in this post that I paid more than $5 for which is a bargain considering there was a handful of Hall of Famers Clementes, Mazeroskis, and Stargells.  In addition there was a 1952 Topps amongst other Topps cards from the 50s, 60s, and 70s.  I even got an Al Oliver rookie card for $1.  A fricking dollar for a guy that put up near HOF numbers.

I didn't have time to individually scan all the cards or take them out of the cases.  Many of the cards were just sitting in penny sleeves throughout the boxes.  I must have spent 2 hours going through boxes upon boxes of 70s baseball cards $1 and 60s baseball $3. The 52, 53, and 54 Topps were just sitting on a table unmarked.  I asked how much for those and he said. How about $25 for the lot.  Hmmmm.....let me think about that? DEAL!!!! $5 for a 1952 Topps card.  Um yes please. 

I was extremely happy when I found the Clementes though.  A 1971, 1972, and 1973 Topps Roberto Clemente for a couple bucks.  How could anyone pass that up? Seriously?????  That's a steal.
Overall I couldn't be happier and am now only 9 cards each away from completing the 1970 & 1971 Pirates Team sets.  I will update all my team set needs in the future.










4 comments:

  1. Only one of my favorite Pirate but an awesome vintage haul just the same.

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  2. Thanks Adam. Who was your favorite Pirate?

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  3. Oooh, a '71 Clemente for under 5 bucks. That's what I need for my '71 quest.

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  4. Adam is a Bill Virdon SuperCollector.

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