They're Not Tall Just Because They're Basketball Players "Tall Boys!' A moniker typically associated with the oversized 1964 Topps Hockey, 1965 Topps Football and the 1969 and 1970 Topps Basketball issues that were significantly taller than the standard 2 1/2" by 3 1/2" cards, measuring an expanded 2 1/2" by 4 11/16". While athletes in all sports stand tall, it is the basketball players that are literally head and shoulders above the rest of
From A Field of Dreams We meet with collectors from all walks of life and that have assembled their collections in a myriad of ways. Occasionally, we have the pleasure of meeting with collectors that go back to the early days of card shows. A recent meeting and evaluation was with one such collector. A New Jersey dairy farmer contacted Just Collect and spoke with one of our customer service representatives about a sizeable collection that he
Swing For The Fences When evaluating, appraising and buying collections, Just Collect will always swing for the fences. Sometimes we will hit a home run, sometimes we strike out, but most times we get a hit somewhere in between. On a recent buying trip to Florida, we looked at quite a few collections -- some we bought, some we didn't and on one specific collection, we were looking at a home run, but ended up with a double. Actually, we ended up with a lot of "doubles," the doubles and the duplicates from
We love writing about and sharing the details of the collections that we find, the collections that find us and about many of the collections that we buy. The stories behind many of these collections are often even more exciting than the collection. But Just Collect doesn't just buy cards and collections from the public, we also buy at cards trade shows and at major conventions and on the Internet from eBay and national dealers. Many people probably don't even realize that we
Just Collect has thousands of customers via our weekly auctions on eBay, including hundreds of customers that buy from us on a very regular basis. Many of these customers call us when they are interested in selling some of their collection or when they are looking to get a free appraisal. A Just Collect customer that has been buying from us for years recently responded to our "Exclusive Invitation" insert that offers a "FREE APPRAISAL & an OFFER." The initial collection that he forwarded via an