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(04-21-2010, 12:36 PM)US_Tank Wrote: I sold my Don Mattingly rookie cards (4 of them) for $90 a pop about 12 years ago to finance a new gun.
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The most memorable card collecting thing for me was in 1989 when Jeff George was the #1 draft pick. His rookie card wasnt worth a whole lot, about $12. I bought a box of Pro Set packs, and started opening them. There was one of his rookie cards in the first pack, and I kept opening. The second pack didnt have one. All the rest had one in it, and the last pack had two. I cant remember how many, maybe 20, maybe more. I was soooo excited. I took them to a card show, and found a guy that really wanted them. I traded almost all of them with him, he gave me $10 in trade for each one. That was a lot of money to a kid back then. I got some really good cards out of the deal. Ricky Henderson and Mark McGuire rookie cards to name a few. I am not sure what any of the stuff I got is worth now, but it was a good trade. As we know, he turned out to be a real lame duck QB, and now I doubt those cards are worth the price it cost to print them. That is one of my favorite card collecting memories.
Pretty shrewd business deal for a 12 year old.
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I think I have found most the more valuable cards after sorting through the cards from the 70's. I think im going to see what I can get out of some of them but either way it was cool looking at sports history and I have some cool new St. Louis Cardinals stuff to display now!
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Interesting you brought this up. I found my sons cards in the attic a while back and thought how intensive the research would be to check the price on every card. It just boggles my mind. I would have to guess there would be some $$ in them from the early 80s and a few rare cards but how would you cross check them all. I got into signed Ken Griffey Jr stuff when Dominic played ball and have quite a bit and don't know what to do with it. Sighed all star baseballs from each year, bats, helmets and so on. $$$ in the closet.
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