My friend Oliver lives in a small town in Maine. Somehow his mother’s friend discovered that he was a card collector, and she told his mom that she had a large collection from when she was younger, too.
Oliver’s interest, naturally, was piqued.
Here we have a woman likely in her 80s, who said she collected many years ago. She was interested in showing him her collection, and he agreed to meet her at her church.
He was thinking there would be cards from the 1950s and ‘60s. He was right.
1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle and others
1963 Topps Hank Aaron & Bob Uecker rookie card
1953 Topps Jackie Robinson and others
1958 Topps Mickey Mantle and others
1963 Topps rookies of Pete Rose and many others
1958 Topps Roberto Clemente, and Roger Maris rookie card
But it got better.
1948-49 Leaf Warren Spahn and others
Every page he turned, his eyes got wider.
1941 Play Ball Ted Williams, Jimmie Foxx, and others
And then, the jackpot.
1948-49 Leaf Stan Musial, Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth, Phil Rizzuto, and others
1948-49 Leaf Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, Honus Wagner, and others
1933 Goudey Babe Ruth and 1934 Goudey Lou Gehrig
As Oliver was sending me photos, this was me:
It turns out she recently sold a significant dollar value of cards through a local auction house, and she’s interested in selling more. Oliver was trying to encourage her to get them graded, and offered to help.
I’ll update in a future newsletter if and when I get any updates on this.
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Jason Vass, the biggest Ken Griffey Jr. collector in the world, tweeted out an explanation for why he collects the way he does. I felt he could’ve stopped after the first reason:
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