On the Lookout Just Collect is always on the lookout for fantastic collections. They may not always be the largest, the scarcest or the most valuable, but fantastic collections are incredible because the stories are so much fun to hear and to share, and we love to share them! Occasionally, some of these collections turn out to be fantastic finds as well. Great Finds There have been plenty of finds in the past and Just Collect has been
About a month ago, I had the opportunity to meet up with a young couple from New York. They were getting ready to tie the knot, and were looking for some extra cash to help out with their wedding expenses. They had recently found a few vintage baseball cards which they thought had value - and to be honest, so did we. Although the collection was really small, it was jam packed with Hall of Famers Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, and Hank Greenberg. The cards were from the 1939 Play Ball set - one of the best sets known to
This is one of those rare instances where the story behind the collection is as interesting as the collection itself. Begun decades ago, a father and son team shared their passion for all things Boston Red Sox and put forth a Herculean effort to collect all of the Red Sox cards and assorted issues related to the Red Sox. The collection is a veritable type collection that represents examples of almost everything that was issued featuring a Red Sox player and includes many complete team sets of the Red Sox once the team reached issues from the 1940's until the
We just bought 400 pounds of vintage graded cards. Yes, you read that right…400 pounds, which is about 2,600 graded PSA, SGC, & BGS cards, worth tens of thousands of dollars, all collected by a single man out in Pasadena, CA. It was the largest collection of graded cards we’ve ever bought, and we couldn’t be more excited. A few months ago, we received a call from a collector out in California, who mentioned that he was interested in selling his collection of cards. This one started out kind of slow, with both of us trying to get a sense
It's been a busy few weeks for us here at Just Collect. We've been getting ready for The National (which is next week!), we just came back from a buying trip out in California, we're in the process of completely re-designing our website, and we still have our weekly eBay auctions to attend to! It’s been so busy, we even had to hire two new employees! While all that was going on though, we still found the time to meet with a few locals who wanted their collections appraised. We ended up buying a really neat collection, which we're happy