...these are the longest; http://www.goliath.com/sports/the-1...8a8136b99ba80830&utm_content=mlb_premium_2017
The Mick ...........made me one happy youth. I always mimmicked his mammoth HRs in the school yard.........the good old days.
...I still remember trading a Duke Snider and a Minnie Minoso card for a Mantle card. ...I also remember that awful waxy gum they included with a pack of cards...you could scratch the card years later and it would still smell like that gum. ...of course we'd put as many pieces in our mouths at one time as possible and pretend it was chewing tobacco ...our jaws stuck out so much it made us look like Bill Mazeroski.
^^^^ Outstanding stuff ~!~ It was The Mick, that inspired me as a kid to switch hit, and aim for the creeks beyond the wheat fields, beyond the snow fences used on most Kansas baseball fields...just like Mick did in the fields of OK... and- nothin' sweeter than a Mick Card from any year. I got screwed big time in Shreveport in 68. Rode my Sting Ray across town to trade a Jerry Koosman/N. Ryan card for 2 Willie Mays 68 Topps. Love Mays as well or the other M&M boys (but those 2 Giants were 2nd best, to the real M&M Bronx Boys). I've long wondered wtf did my buddy see that I didn't, cuz no one knew who Nolan was in 68, or at least I didn't, lmao... 1 Year prior to the Amazing Mets, who knew Nolan's RC would be worth numerous 68 Mays cards; as it was Koosman my buddy wanted.
To me, it seems McGuire had the most leisurely swing where he stroked the ball through his forearms. Both homers occurred when he was in Oakland!
I still have some unopened 80s wax packs with the gum still inside. Of course I'm sure if I open them the gum will crack and crumble into a thousand pieces.
...yup...you'd better hold on to those, Mess. ...that awful gum that came with the cards tasted like Bazooka Joe gum to me...I was always a Dubble Bubble guy, myself. ...when I opened a pack of cards back then, if they were not Yanx players those cards were attached to my bicycle spokes with clothespins to give me that "motorcycle" sound. ...but this was an absolute nono...complete sacrilage;
(looking at pic and screaming at top of lungs): "don't do it, go get your mother's Playing Cards. Better to get an ass beating ruining or parents cards, than our own...? lmao.... yep, that's how I was able to keep my own cards intact from childhood. Something inside said: I can't scar Mick's face. and- if not for Mom, I'd never (still) have those childhood gems. God Bless our Mom's for hanging on to our precious childhood memories, and some belongings. ah, the fresh smell of bubble gum. Still have some (5 cases to be exact) of old un-opened wax packs from the 70's thru to- 1985, Cello packs, Rack packs, and the gum smells stale as hell, thru the wax wrappers....
Well it's like I always say. Those cards like the 1952 Mantle are worth so much because of how many people threw them away, put them in their bicycle spokes, flipped them and who knows what else. Nobody knew about value or what a well centered perfect card would be worth back then. If everyone saved them they wouldn't have as much value today. Just like when they started over producing cards in the 80s making everything pretty much worthless. Now it's hard because getting cards graded is very expensive and if you don't pull at least a 8 grade it's not really worth the money you spent. With shipping an insurance to get your average card graded by PSA or Beckett you're looking at around $20. Then as you go up in estimated value the pricing gets higher and up to $1200 for them to grade a card with a value of $25,000 or higher.
...^^^I think that at one time through buying and swapping, I had every Yanx player when I was 10 or 12...can't imagine what that complete set would be worth now. ...at one time they were mint, but hell, who knew back then they'd be so collectable and valuable ?...we just had 'em because we were Baseball/Yanx fans.
Nobody had any idea. It's kind of like the people who had the thought to start collecting those Hess trucks from day one and keep them in the boxes. I had them when I was younger and I crashed the crap out of them. Who knew?
Spot On Mess ...^^^ exactly so; the grading of cards inflates values beyond what most collectors/hobbyist are willing to pay. The glut over production of the latter 80's damn near killed the hobby; made it a business which was enough for most collector's to quit purchasing newer cards, and focus on older gems. a card is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. Over zealous Business/collectors, shops et al, pay less than the lowest grade for a gem mint card, yet turn around and ask a mint for them, enough to ruin a once fun hobby....
..."Hess trucks"?...do you mean like Hess oil trucks?...if so, I remember them having a Hess hub in my home town. (Jacksonville)...those tanker trucks were everywhere.
Do not overlook the fact.........I am, without a doubt, young at ❤️!!!!!........even after a heart attack! Lol
Ok guys I asked my Mother about the cards. She said I was about 5 years old when they used to sell them.
Yeah like the toys that they come out with every Christmas. Started in the mid 60s I believe. The ones from day one that are in good shape are worth some good money.
