Vintage baseball card collections/collectors

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Was wondering if anybody else in here collected vintage baseball cards. I focus on T206’s, e95’s, but collect hall of fame players up through the 60’s as well.

Also, did you guys know a former Vol football and baseball player appears in the t206 set.
 
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FYI- I collect Peyton Manning cards and will trade to get ones I do not have. I also have quite a bit of Heath Shuler cards available for trade. I hate what has happened to this hobby. I would take my son to a card show(late 90's- give him 5 dollars and he would wheel and deal for hours). Now finding a card show is impossible except probably for the national one.
 
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Well guess not…that didn’t go over well..hahaha
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Not sure if this helps, thread is in the Pub forum

Sports Card Collectors!

Anyone else collect cards? Been thinking about getting back in it a little more. Anyone ever send cards to be graded? I recently found a grading service based in Knoxville I'm thinking of giving a try. I've always held off due to the expense that most grading services charge and fear of...
www.volnation.com www.volnation.com
 
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Not sure if this helps, thread is in the Pub forum

Sports Card Collectors!

Anyone else collect cards? Been thinking about getting back in it a little more. Anyone ever send cards to be graded? I recently found a grading service based in Knoxville I'm thinking of giving a try. I've always held off due to the expense that most grading services charge and fear of...
www.volnation.com www.volnation.com
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Thanks..was hoping to find some vintage guys in here. None of this new stuff. The older the better.IMG_0014.jpeg
 
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MAD said:
If you don’t get a response here, try posting in the dugout thread, I know there are a several guys that have discussed these type of cards in the past.
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I collect mainly 60s and 70s. Have 64, 68, 69 sets. Have all sets from 70s. Currently working on 67 topps set. None are graded. Most are vg-ex.
 
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My dad had a pretty big collection of cards from the 50's. He passed away nearly 15 years ago and the collection was essentially rotting in my mom's attic. As neither my kids or my sister's kids had much interest in them, we decided to part ways while we could still get something from them.

We used a combination of Ebay and an auction house. Many of the cards weren't in great shape, but by the end we had made about $10,000. He had a '53 Mantle that was literally ripped in half that we still got $350 for. Unfortunately no mint condition '52 Mantles!
 
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volplaya8 said:
Was wondering if anybody else in here collected vintage baseball cards. I focus on T206’s, e95’s, but collect hall of fame players up through the 60’s as well.

Also, did you guys know a former Vol football and baseball player appears in the t206 set.
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Who was if? I heard once Todd Helton got inducted that there was only one other player who played the SEC in the Baseball Hall of Fame.…Frank Thomas
 
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elmovols said:
I collect mainly 60s and 70s. Have 64, 68, 69 sets. Have all sets from 70s. Currently working on 67 topps set. None are graded. Most are vg-ex.
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Yeah nice. I’m strictly graded for most part. 2-3 range mainly in tobacco era. 4-6 give or take in pre war. Then mainly 7-8’s in post war through 60’s but some exceptions have to be made.
 
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volplaya8 said:
Yeah nice. I’m strictly graded for most part. 2-3 range mainly in tobacco era. 4-6 give or take in pre war. Then mainly 7-8’s in post war through 60’s.
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My dad had a pretty big collection of cards from the 50's. He passed away nearly 15 years ago and the collection was essentially rotting in my mom's attic. As neither my kids or my sister's kids had much interest in them, we decided to part ways while we could still get something from them.

We used a combination of Ebay and an auction house. Many of the cards weren't in great shape, but by the end we had made about $10,000. He had a '53 Mantle that was literally ripped in half that we still got $350 for. Unfortunately no mint condition '52 Mantles!
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Yes sir..big money if you have the right stuff. You could run over a 52 Mantle with a dump truck 100 times and have it half eaten by your dog and it would still fetch a pretty penny.
 
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volplaya8 said:
Was wondering if anybody else in here collected vintage baseball cards. I focus on T206’s, e95’s, but collect hall of fame players up through the 60’s as well.

Also, did you guys know a former Vol football and baseball player appears in the t206 set.
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Before I die I hope to finish out a complete set of '64 Topps. I might be the only peron on Earth who likes the design. Good times!
 
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elmovols said:
Who was if? I heard once Todd Helton got inducted that there was only one other player who played the SEC in the Baseball Hall of Fame.…Frank Thomas
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Didnt say a Hof T206 player…but Sammy Strang is in that set and went under the name Strang Nicklin while with the Vols.
 
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I have mostly modern but here are some vintage I have.
 

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And a few more
 

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elmovols said:
I collect mainly 60s and 70s. Have 64, 68, 69 sets. Have all sets from 70s. Currently working on 67 topps set. None are graded. Most are vg-ex.
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Collected the ‘68 set when I was about 12-13. Wanted to do ‘67, my birth year, but the Brooks Robinson card was too expensive.
 
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It's not a baseball card, but you can find first printings of the sheet music of Take Me Out to the Ballgame out there that (last I checked) were around $100 or so. The covers had different vaudeville performers on them, so from a collector's point of view, I don't know which one has more monetary value.
 
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