Once in a blue moon a collector comes across something that almost no one has ever seen. That's exactly the case with this small group of cards.
I purchased these when they were still attached to a little-known Venezuelan album called El Mundo del Beisbol. There just doesn't seem to be any...
I think it's interesting too. However, SGC knows what it is, as I showed them the album they all came from originally, with the stickers still attached. The only thing we don't know is the exact year. But yes, I wish they would have labeled these with the correct names.
Fast forward a few months, and these are just back from SGC. With great care I was able to clumsily remove several of the "stickers" from the album, albeit with an excess of 40-year-old hardened--and probably petrified--glue clinging firmly to each. I knew that if they were graded, each would...
Like mrmopar, I am an avid Garvey collector. My collecting interest is pretty much limited to cards and other gradeable items that were issued during Garvey's career. This means I'm dealing with a finite number of issues, and this makes it possible to complete my collection one day, albeit...
Thanks for the nice comment. It was definitely the main highlight of this batch for me. Not sure I remember who I purchased the Garvey Gear from, but it was in the past year and probably was from COMC.
I saw that Garvey Pepsi card that sold for $50-ish. The kid's signature was pretty cute...
I just got these back from Beckett. I believe the MSA lids and Doug Allred cards are the first to be graded by any of the Big Three. Really thrilled to finally have these slabbed.