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ThoseBackPages · Feb 24, 2011

Collecting purposes?

Sometimes i do.

i love the New York Mets :

auses for boos and laughter:: i cant help it, i was brainwashed into them as a child.
As you may or may not know, the Mets started in 1962. not much history there when it comes to baseball cards

i see all these fantastic T206's and 50's Topps issues and i cant help be envious in that none of them feature new york Mets

BrewerSuperCollector · Feb 24, 2011

No, sometimes I half heartedly wish baseball would seize to exist for a couple of years so I can catch up :lol:

scotty21690 · Feb 24, 2011

ThoseBackPages said:
Collecting purposes?

Sometimes i do.

i love the New York Mets :auses for boos and laughter:: i cant help it, i was brainwashed into them as a child.
As you may or may not know, the Mets started in 1962. not much history there when it comes to baseball cards

i see all these fantastic T206's and 50's Topps issues and i cant help be envious in that none of them feature new york Mets

Don't be afraid to start a vintage Red Sox collection, E.

:::coughclosetredsoxfancough:::

ThoseBackPages · Feb 24, 2011

scotty21690 said:
ThoseBackPages said:

Collecting purposes?

Sometimes i do.

i love the New York Mets :auses for boos and laughter:: i cant help it, i was brainwashed into them as a child.
As you may or may not know, the Mets started in 1962. not much history there when it comes to baseball cards

i see all these fantastic T206's and 50's Topps issues and i cant help be envious in that none of them feature new york Mets

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Don't be afraid to start a vintage Red Sox collection, E.

:::coughclosetredsoxfancough:::

maybe seeing your sig in proper slabbage will convince me....MAYBE

mudflap02 · Feb 24, 2011

Just move to Baltimore and that will do the trick. Worked for me.

So long, stupid Astros! Thanks for the 2005 World Series! Watched it my first week in Baltimore and became an Orioles fan then and there.

mannyramirezcollec · Feb 24, 2011

Collect NY Giants/Dodgers

JoshHamilton · Feb 24, 2011

Try being a Marlins fan. Their earliest card dates to 1992

scotty21690 · Feb 24, 2011

ThoseBackPages · Feb 24, 2011

scotty21690 said:

very sneeky!

ThoseBackPages · Feb 24, 2011

scotty21690 said:

what did those go for left to right?

marhjan · Feb 24, 2011

I though Mets fans just adopted the Brooklyn Dodgers for their vintage stuff.

scotty21690 · Feb 24, 2011

ThoseBackPages said:
scotty21690 said:

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what did those go for left to right?

$185, $75(raw), $80(raw)

ThoseBackPages · Feb 24, 2011

scotty21690 said:
ThoseBackPages said:

scotty21690 said:

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what did those go for left to right?

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$185, $75(raw), $80(raw)

well done!

scotty21690 · Feb 24, 2011

Hooper was actually $180 shipped, and Lewis I believe was $80, but not entirely sure. I am content with those prices...especially because I now have the Million Dollar Outfield complete.

The good thing is, E.....is that you could actually buy whatever pre 62' cards you want and go from there. Maybe buy the nicest looking ones that fit in your budget. Although I totally understand wanting to just go after cards from one team. If you ever do decide to take the prewar vintage plunge, let me know and I will lead you in the right direction.

TBTwinsFan · Feb 24, 2011

I have the Twins, of course... but I am a fan of all MN baseball... so there is a lot there. Especially the Gophers... even though there are only a handful of cards for the Gophers, their history runs waaaaaay back. I

Our town's highschool team goes way back too... nothing there to collect, but it's still fun to learn about, and to be a part off. We won our first ever game with like 100 points... apparently the rules back then were if you hit a home run, each player would run the bases until they found the ball. The ball was in a cornfield.

elmalo · Feb 25, 2011

mannyramirezcollec said:
Collect NY Giants/Dodgers

The Dodgers were the Superbas.

predatorkj · Feb 25, 2011

No...my team's history is good enough for me. And thankfully...I've been alive for most of the events they have partaken in of any importance. But...its also cool because I also like baseball enough to where I'll watch any game and any team. So I just get my fill with their history.

rsmath · Feb 25, 2011

It's great collecting (well, in my case a niche sub-collection since I"m primarily a set collector), because there hasn't been time for the players coming through to become hall of famers and see the value of their prime stuff hit the hundreds or thousands of dollars. It's very affordable to collect the local team stuff because of a lack of history so far and presumably easy to flip for a great profit anything of significance when I'm ready to sell and the players whose stuff I'm selling has become well established or even a hall of famer.

TwinGnats · Feb 25, 2011

I sort of have the opposite position, I like that the Twins have only been around since 65. For example I'm doing a autograph bat project with minnesota born twins. Two have already passed but I can potentially get it close to complete and pick up some cuts for the other two guys.

hofmichael · Feb 25, 2011

Eric this may give you something to toy with.There was a New York Matropolitan team that played from 1880-1887.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Metropolitans

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