mrmopar
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Aside from my Dodger autograph thread, I don't usually share much of anything else I get, because frankly I assume it is unimpressive to anyone but me. I thought I would share this though. My first thought was I lucked out big time and got a screaming deal, but then doubt started to fill my mind. Maybe I am just so clouded from weird competition for Steve Garvey items that I often overpay and just expect it for anything else. The reality is, I seem to get some more reasonable deals on other things that don't have rabid nutcases overbidding on them all the time (I include myself in on this, but 1 person does not make an inflated price alone)!
I believe these are former Topps "Vault" items, just minus the fanfare of the vault itself. 1975 Hostess progressive color proofs. They look legit, but no Topps holograms or anything like that. Perhaps these sold before they started doing Vault auctions? Maybe this was part of the big 1898 Auction? I got the entire lot for $20.50! I'm pretty happy about that and if I had any thought of this lot going this low, I would have tried to win the other two. I was surprised I even won, so I never even bothered to bid on Otis or Rojas. Lessen learned, always toss out a bid and see what might happen. If that was Garvey, I swear the lot would have gone for $300 or more. Someone who posts on the CU board or Net54 actually has shown the Garvey set, so that one is off the market for now. Still, Carew is popular and a HOFer (Seller sold 2 other sets of semistars and one just barely broke $10 and the other did not!!), so it really makes me wonder what happened here?
I believe these are former Topps "Vault" items, just minus the fanfare of the vault itself. 1975 Hostess progressive color proofs. They look legit, but no Topps holograms or anything like that. Perhaps these sold before they started doing Vault auctions? Maybe this was part of the big 1898 Auction? I got the entire lot for $20.50! I'm pretty happy about that and if I had any thought of this lot going this low, I would have tried to win the other two. I was surprised I even won, so I never even bothered to bid on Otis or Rojas. Lessen learned, always toss out a bid and see what might happen. If that was Garvey, I swear the lot would have gone for $300 or more. Someone who posts on the CU board or Net54 actually has shown the Garvey set, so that one is off the market for now. Still, Carew is popular and a HOFer (Seller sold 2 other sets of semistars and one just barely broke $10 and the other did not!!), so it really makes me wonder what happened here?