In the previous post where I showed off my 1956 Topps Jackie Robinson (I can't believe I can actually write that!) I wanted to write more about the card, but I didn't want to take away from the card. It's the card that matters. Maybe the backstory might be interesting. Maybe it might prove me a fool? I don't know.
Earlier this year when I was taking stock of the Last Topps Cards of Hall of Fame Players project, I just kind of got frustrated at the names that I needed. In part... Mostly in part due to the fact that I have to keep buying cards for people like Harold Baines and Carlos Beltran, to name just two of many, who are in but really shouldn't be. I started this project and I made up the rules, so I have myself only to blame. But I started shopping around looking at prices of cards and I established a mental dollar amount that I'd have to spend in order to knock the big boys off the list.
Do I sacrifice beer money? Wine money? Grass seed money? Stupid Darryl Strawberry parallels? It would take quite a while to save up cutting those things out. And those are a few of my favorite things.
And then it dawned on me that I had a card in my collection that I might be able to sell. Or, even trade away, if I could find someone with the cards I needed (Feller, Rizzuto, Schoendienst, Williams, Mantle, and Robinson). I contacted a couple of dealers that I know, but no one seemed to have all six cards. I consulted with another dealer I know a few states south, and he was able to find me a buyer for the card.
Oh! I'm sorry. I buried the lead. I never mentioned the card! It was a 1964 Topps Pete Rose PSA 7. I won the card in a set break a few years back and I sat on it. I was glad to "Win Big", as it were. I was happy to own such a card as that. But aside from its potential to make some money, after a while it just didn't mean anything to me. In fact, another card I won in the break, below, meant much more to me.
Now! That's a card!
Anyway, I was able to sell the Rose for a very good return and I used a decent amount of that money to go after the six cards I needed. Happily, I have a good amount leftover to buy 2026 Donruss, Panini, and Optic parallels of Darryl Strawberry. See, I am a fool.
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Now that's a great post. Well-done. One thing about vintage is it rarely loses its value unlike the modern-sensation-of-the-day. I've held on to my Mike Trout rookie for years and all that thing has done is gone down. I feel the fool for not selling it six years ago.
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