Boxes, Boxes, Boxes Have you ever seen more than 500 wax boxes spread out like a deck of cards on a dealer's table? We have and it is every bit as awesome as you might imagine. Several weeks ago, Just Collect was contacted by a collector from Florida that had amassed a large hoard of unopened boxes from all four major sports that spanned five decades. Yes, you read that right - FIVE decades. Just Collect has primarily been a vintage sports card dealer,
Not Your Run of the Mill Collection The sports card and the collecting community is vast. Being in this hobby, we've developed a great many friendships and connections. Recently, one of those relationships provided us with a lead to a sizable collection assembled by a long time collector, Stan Marks, who resided in the Scottsdale,
Arizona area for more than 50 years. Stan, originally from Pennsylvania, also worked
It's not everyday that someone calls up the office and tells you they want to sell 9,000 vintage PSA cards directly to you. So when this happened a few weeks ago, we jumped all over the opportunity and I scheduled a flight to Chicago! And it's not like they were a bunch of 1979 Topps PSA 8 commons. No, no, no. This was a haul of true vintage stars and rookies – Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Bradshaw, Namath, Staubach, Howe, Hull, Jordan, etc – well worth over $100,000. The collection was a mix of all sports, dominated by football and hockey, which made
Ice, Ice, Baby Often, we share stories about entire collections that we are fortunate to be contacted about and are able to purchase. Sometimes, these collections are so large that small portions of them can be their own stand alone story. A recent collection that we traveled to purchase fits this scenario like a glove . . . a hockey glove. Are You Interested? We were contacted by a gentleman that had inherited a collection that had been
It Will Be Worth Your While A day at Just Collect isn't just processing cards for sale on eBay. While the numbers vary, there is a lot of the day when our staff is handling inquiries about collections. Whether they are emails or telephone calls, many people think that they have a collection that is worth "a lot" and that we would be very happy if we saw it. While there is no doubt that all of these