Plenty of Travel We share stories about collections that we buy and some of the interesting travel that it takes to get there. Over the years, we've figured out some of the best ways to get to places and places to avoid while traveling there. After plenty of travel this winter for collections from Oklahoma to Massachusetts, we had a collector contact us from just outside of Chicago with a small group of 1933 Goudey cards and a few handfuls of other
Two Birds, One Stone Just Collect travels to see quite a few collections every month, so our show schedule is somewhat limited. When we travel for a show, we often meet with collectors in the area that may be interested in getting a free appraisal and/or selling some or all of their collection. We had already been to Chicago in early July when we purchased The Massive PSA Card Collection From Chicago that we wrote about over the summer. Several weeks later
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
Holy Cow! What a game that was last night. The Cubs have finally won the World Series after a 108-year drought. To celebrate we thought it would be fun to put up a list of the best Cubs cards ever. To be fair, not all of the cards below feature the players when they played for Chicago, but they are all famous Cubs. Enjoy. 1887 Old Judge Larry Corcoran A cool card from one of the earliest sets of baseball cards ever. Corcoran is famous for being one of baseball's few "switch-pitchers." Back when he played,