General Forum

This forum is for broad discussions of collecting. Threads relating to a specific set, person or team should be created on that set, person, or team's page.

Inappropriate messages may be deleted. See forum rules for details.

Score!

Posted By

Message

griffey423

Posts: 652
Joined: Jul 2014

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 9:26 AM

So, I had to share my good fortune with somebody (and my family won't care). About a year ago, I bought a set of 1984 Donruss for my collection. Never thought anything of it and just put it away into storage. Well, now with all of this free time I've been going back through my cards and looking at them and enjoying them. Come to find out that the previous seller had taken the puzzle out of the Donruss box and replaced it with a stack of 1962 Topps cards as filler. Mostly common cards, but there is a Willie Mays in the stack!

I've been sending out a handful of PIF cards lately and also provided the cards for vroomed's latest scavenger hunt, so maybe this is karma paying me back. I'm pretty excited!

-------------------------------

Always looking for baseball variation/error cards and anything Garrett Whitley or Ian Anderson

vrooomed

Posts: 14,983
Joined: Dec 2012

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 9:31 AM
Yes! This is great to hear. :) Good things do happen to good people! ------------------------------- -- Dan -- Note: Please see my profile for more info regarding trading (section updated 3/4/2024). I have added a large portion of my inventory to the site, and currently have trading turned on (details are in my profile).

sandyrusty

Posts: 4,677
Joined: Dec 2014

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 9:56 AM

Great score on both counts. The 1984 Donruss set is one of my favourite sets of the 1980s (1984 was a really great card year in baseball) and finding those 1962 Topps cards is a great bonus. Well deserved!

-------------------------------

Bruno

--------

Check my Profile page to see my 2023 Goals and my Lists of sets near completion (5 cards or less) or sets getting close (less than 100 cards missing and 75% complete).

https://www.tcdb.com/Forum.cfm/Page/B/ID/0/?MODE=VIEW&ThreadID=25745&C=0

garychap

Posts: 320
Joined: Jul 2017

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 9:56 AM
What a great surprise!

mzentko

Posts: 2,477
Joined: Jun 2012

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 10:02 AM
Nice story, thanks for sharing Mark

FAMDaddy

Posts: 491
Joined: Jan 2014

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 10:07 AM

Excellent find and discovery! Sometimes it is the small things in Life!! Of course, for Us as Sports Trading Cards Collectors, this is huge!!! Just found the final card (it was misplaced, so I thought - #525 Dennis Eckersley of 1977 Topps) to complete this Set. Even The Admiral was willing to join me in Our Hobby Room to find this one . . .

Yours in Sports Card Collecting Affinity - Felix

-------------------------------

FAMDaddy

Vvvergeer

Posts: 2,058
Joined: Jan 2014

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 10:20 AM
Nice. Congrats! (Who puts any 1962 cards in a box as "filler," Mays or not?!) v3

Beliza198

Posts: 398
Joined: Sep 2017

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 12:11 PM

I LOVE reading things like this- I realize I don't know you but things happen for a reason and this is one of those exciting stories everyone should be happy for...and propogate by continuing the tradition. After the COVID-19 Stay in place my parents are having a yard sale and this is a new idea for sneaking in a "hidden treasure: though I don't have enough of a collection to add 1962 cards in sets!

JennyMiller521

Posts: 181
Joined: Sep 2018

Tuesday, April 28, 2020 1:23 PM
That is an awesome score!!! And i love the "my family wouldn't care" portion-totally can relate to that LOL

General Forum

Score!

Account

Browse

Features

Resources

General Info