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[frenchytoo]

also got these


french made Peugeot with Brooks


Nishiki olympic with Concor San marco



and gonna turn this...




into this...




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Originally Posted by 330CK


Yes, I've quietly coveted all the bikes you've found. Wish I could run across something like that around here.

 

[Ace_Face]

Here's a story to keep you motivated. A guy in a nearby town discovered what is being called the most valuable baseball card find of all time. His late aunt had a box of pristine cards from 1910 in her attic. Honus Wagner, Cy Young, Ty Cobb and others. Expected auction price: $3M+.


http://www.toledoblade.com/sports/2...lds-rare-stash-of-vintage-baseball-cards.html

 

[AndroFan]

**** me running. I used to be an avid baseball card collector, and AS SOON as I saw the subject of the post I knew it was going to be a Honus Wagner card, and I predicted that it would be a better graded version of the T206 card - the single most valuable baseball card ever sold...something my APPARENTLY STILL-10-YEAR-OLD BRAIN RECALLED WITHOUT LOOKING IT UP, WTF?!? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T206_Honus_Wagner). I'm surprised the article doesn't mention the T206 as I believe that it's still the single most valuable card ever sold (last sold for $2.8 million according to Wikipedia).

Here's a story to keep you motivated. A guy in a nearby town discovered what is being called the most valuable baseball card find of all time. His late aunt had a box of pristine cards from 1910 in her attic. Honus Wagner, Cy Young, Ty Cobb and others. Expected auction price: $3M+.

http://www.toledoblade.com/sports/2...lds-rare-stash-of-vintage-baseball-cards.html

 

[jkidd41011]



Here's a story to keep you motivated. A guy in a nearby town discovered what is being called the most valuable baseball card find of all time. His late aunt had a box of pristine cards from 1910 in her attic. Honus Wagner, Cy Young, Ty Cobb and others. Expected auction price: $3M+.
http://www.toledoblade.com/sports/2...lds-rare-stash-of-vintage-baseball-cards.html

Saw that..they are saying they are the best examples of this series of card they've ever seen.

Next time I'm up that way Ace we need to hit some thrifts. There's a GW is Toledo my son always finds cool toys at.

 

[VLSI]

And to think all our grandchildren have to look forward to is finding a holographic charizard....

 

[AndroFan]

haha, screw you, I still have my MULTIPLE Ken Griffey Jr, Mark McGuire, and Sammy Sosa rookie cards....

too bad they all did roids...and too bad they produced like 6 billion baseball cards during the late 80s-early 90s, thus devaluing everything for that entire decade.

And to think all our grandchildren have to look forward to is finding a holographic charizard....

 

[Ace_Face]



Saw that..they are saying they are the best examples of this series of card they've ever seen.
Next time I'm up that way Ace we need to hit some thrifts. There's a GW is Toledo my son always finds cool toys at.

Definitely. Also, i maybe able to help you out with a decent turntable as I have a few that aren't being used.

 

[LooknGr8]



Here's a story to keep you motivated. A guy in a nearby town discovered what is being called the most valuable baseball card find of all time. His late aunt had a box of pristine cards from 1910 in her attic. Honus Wagner, Cy Young, Ty Cobb and others. Expected auction price: $3M+.
http://www.toledoblade.com/sports/2...lds-rare-stash-of-vintage-baseball-cards.html

Nearby town? I grew up in archbold (live in NH now) next door to defiance...BLack Swamp territory. Where are you?

 

[capnwes]

haha, screw you, I still have my MULTIPLE Ken Griffey Jr. and Mark McGuire rookie cards....

too bad they all did roids...and too bad they produced like 6 billion baseball cards during the early 90s, thus devaluing everything for that entire decade.

+1 Mcgwire was my fav player, I have a few hundred of his cards in mint worthless condition.

Waiting for them to legalize roids so they will regain their value.

 

[jkidd41011]



Nearby town? I grew up in archbold (live in NH now) next door to defiance...BLack Swamp territory. Where are you?

Another NWO guy...nice

 

[LooknGr8]

So I covered the baseball card market for a decade and actually edited 3 editions of one of the fat annual guides you buy at Barnes & Noble. I also wrote magazine columns about all sports cards & memorabilia (yeah, racing and golf in addition to the 4 major sports).

I can definitively say that the only cards that will ever be of value are pre-1980s. In mint-ish condition. They're rare in good condition because printing/cutting technology sucked back then so badly (so many cards have edge problems or printing defects or centering problems)...and after that, printing technology still sucked for a good 10 years because they were too cheap to upgrade their machines and by the time they figured it out...mass production killed the market. So many high quality specimens flooded the markets that marketing could only take them so far. Card grading gave the market a boost for a time, then short print rookies...but now it's like, say a Bryce Harper rookie is amazingly valuable until next year's Bryce Harper comes along. I mean, if you're sitting on LeBron rookies SELL NOW

the real value is 1860s- late 1950s cards. And some select beauties after that. Graded well in comparison to the other specimens of that particular issue. Other than that...barely worth the cardboard they're printed on (yeah there's exceptions: U find a shoebox full of 1975 Topps minis or some great regional issues or old Star basketball...yeah you've got something...) but for the most part, post-1980 is a bunch of dogs. And then you get something great like an '84 Fleer Update Clemens in gem mint condition...oh never mind. You get my point...

...some certified autograph issues in the last 20 years can bring some coin, especially if the athlete's now dead (REggie White? Etc.) but good luck plucking that out of a thrift store or attic.

I did a lot of through-the-mail collecting for the sport of it. Reggie white returned my card signed....but on the back. Never figured out why he did that. Either he thought his picture too pretty to deface, or he figured the flippers wouldn't get as much $$$ when they hucked it up on eBay.

 

[Ace_Face]



Nearby town? I grew up in archbold (live in NH now) next door to defiance...BLack Swamp territory. Where are you?

toledo. They're actually calling this the Black Swamp find.

http://sports.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=7057&lotIdNo=68002

 

[aglass]

So I covered the baseball card market for a decade and actually edited 3 editions of one of the fat annual guides you buy at Barnes & Noble. I also wrote magazine columns about all sports cards & memorabilia (yeah, racing and golf in addition to the 4 major sports).
I can definitively say that the only cards that will ever be of value are pre-1980s. In mint-ish condition. They're rare in good condition because printing/cutting technology sucked back then so badly (so many cards have edge problems or printing defects or centering problems)...and after that, printing technology still sucked for a good 10 years because they were too cheap to upgrade their machines and by the time they figured it out...mass production killed the market. So many high quality specimens flooded the markets that marketing could only take them so far. Card grading gave the market a boost for a time, then short print rookies...but now it's like, say a Bryce Harper rookie is amazingly valuable until next year's Bryce Harper comes along. I mean, if you're sitting on LeBron rookies SELL NOW
the real value is 1860s- late 1950s cards. And some select beauties after that. Graded well in comparison to the other specimens of that particular issue. Other than that...barely worth the cardboard they're printed on (yeah there's exceptions: U find a shoebox full of 1975 Topps minis or some great regional issues or old Star basketball...yeah you've got something...) but for the most part, post-1980 is a bunch of dogs. And then you get something great like an '84 Fleer Update Clemens in gem mint condition...oh never mind. You get my point...
...some certified autograph issues in the last 20 years can bring some coin, especially if the athlete's now dead (REggie White? Etc.) but good luck plucking that out of a thrift store or attic.
I did a lot of through-the-mail collecting for the sport of it. Reggie white returned my card signed....but on the back. Never figured out why he did that. Either he thought his picture too pretty to deface, or he figured the flippers wouldn't get as much $$$ when they hucked it up on eBay.

Not to sound impertinent, but how did you accrue so much knowledge about baseball cards? I mean, how did you end up in that field of expertise?

 

[capnwes]

So I covered the baseball card market for a decade and actually edited 3 editions of one of the fat annual guides you buy at Barnes & Noble. I also wrote magazine columns about all sports cards & memorabilia (yeah, racing and golf in addition to the 4 major sports).
I can definitively say that the only cards that will ever be of value are pre-1980s. In mint-ish condition. They're rare in good condition because printing/cutting technology sucked back then so badly (so many cards have edge problems or printing defects or centering problems)...and after that, printing technology still sucked for a good 10 years because they were too cheap to upgrade their machines and by the time they figured it out...mass production killed the market. So many high quality specimens flooded the markets that marketing could only take them so far. Card grading gave the market a boost for a time, then short print rookies...but now it's like, say a Bryce Harper rookie is amazingly valuable until next year's Bryce Harper comes along. I mean, if you're sitting on LeBron rookies SELL NOW
the real value is 1860s- late 1950s cards. And some select beauties after that. Graded well in comparison to the other specimens of that particular issue. Other than that...barely worth the cardboard they're printed on (yeah there's exceptions: U find a shoebox full of 1975 Topps minis or some great regional issues or old Star basketball...yeah you've got something...) but for the most part, post-1980 is a bunch of dogs. And then you get something great like an '84 Fleer Update Clemens in gem mint condition...oh never mind. You get my point...
...some certified autograph issues in the last 20 years can bring some coin, especially if the athlete's now dead (REggie White? Etc.) but good luck plucking that out of a thrift store or attic.
I did a lot of through-the-mail collecting for the sport of it. Reggie white returned my card signed....but on the back. Never figured out why he did that. Either he thought his picture too pretty to deface, or he figured the flippers wouldn't get as much $$$ when they hucked it up on eBay.

+1

Last fall I actually came across a yardsale where an old guy GAVE me over 500,000 baseball cards (all commons). I sold them in one lot for $120, not bad for a free find, but not even worth the paper they were printed on.


Oh yeah, I used the $120 towards a suspension work on my car, probably damaged hauling all of them.

 

[Digmenow]

SERIOUSLY? NO ONE?

Should I just PM teh guyz who are asking for XL shirts in their sig lines or is that too pushy?
I realize these aren't Brioni but they are still pretty sweet and

A while back, some awesome guys on this forum helped me out in a time of need by sending me their ​

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and wouldn't take a cent from me, even to cover shipping!​

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Well folks, it looks like I'll never
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Spoiler: Teh Paul and Shark...you wanty?

Spoiler: This ***** is FREASH!!11!

Spoiler: ....um...mostly.

Yeah, it's got a cracked button on the cuff but there's extras attached to the shirt tail!​

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Looks like a pull but I think it's just the linen. A "knitpicker" should pull it back nicely.​

Spoiler: zzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZANELLA-Ella-ella

That's right...XL bay-bee! (Although this one might need to be measured. It seems a bit smaller than the Paul & Shark)​

It feels a bit heavier than a sport shirt but not quite full on flannel.​

Come a bit closer...​

Spoiler: This is how I'll pay it forward!

If you are a demonstrably regular poster in this thread (based entirely on my personal opinion of you and your posts)
and you think either or both of these shirts are for you, send me a PM calling dibs.
Ask any questions about the shirts, which I'll answer to the best of my ability and then after I get your shipping address​

Spoiler: one of these

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Spoiler: But I will only ship to

I do reserve the right to call it off on account of any douchebaggery that might take place and I reserve the right to judge said douchebaggery​