Flea Market Finds #30: Baseball Card Binder

[sanjosefuji]

When: Saturday, January 27th
Where: Capitol Flea Market
What: A Baseball Card Binder
How Much?$20

I'm on a pretty strict cardboard budget after the purchases I made earlier this month. But there's just something about vintage cards... I just can't walk away from them.

My buddy and I were just about to wrap up our flea market tour, when we stumbled across a guy with a tub of cards and a binder filled with everything from late 90's parallels to junk wax era inserts to good old vintage base cards.

As I flipped through the binder, there wasn't anything that was going to pay next month's mortgage. No Mantles or Mays. But there were around one hundred 60's and 70'sTopps cards, including a few stars. After going back and forth on a price, we settled on $20 for the binder... which isn't exactly a steal... but it's a price I was willing to pay.

Most of the newer stuff is garbage, but I did find a few cards for my personal collection:

1985 Topps Woolworth's #15

Remember Topps and their 44 card, retail oddball sets from the 80's? This one commemorates one of my favorite pitchers from the era and the MLBstrikeout record by a rookie pitcher that still stands today.

1983 Fleer #643 and #644

Did you rip Fleer products in the mid 80's? If so, then I'm sure you remember their cool, 2-card puzzle subsets. Black & Blue. Speed & Power. Carew & Boggs. Sax & Thon. Good times... good times.

1990 Fleer Soaring Stars #6

This card is proof that inserts don't have to be autographed, holograms, foil wrapped, embossed, refractors, shiny, or die-cut to be awesome.

1989 Pacific Legends II #220

Can't say for sure... but this might just be the first Shoeless Joe Jackson. It's not worth much, but it's a nice addition to my collection.

And finally a few of my favorite vintage cards:

1972 Topps #420

I already own this card, but I needed an extra one for my vintage card binder. Actually there were a few cool pitchers in this binder: Seaver, Blyleven, and Jenkins. But Lefty is easily my favorite.

1972 Topps #454

What's so cool about this card? It's the team card of my favorite team from my birth year. According to Beckett it's worth $2, but to me it's priceless.

1972 Topps #???

I'm sure most of you can figure out what card this is. But I'm going to save it for Thursday's post, because it's main reason I bought this binder and a nice addition to one of my PC's. However, you might be surprised to find out which PC I'm talking about. So stay tuned.

Okay, it's your turn:

What do you miss more? Topps' 44-card box sets or Fleer 2-card puzzle subsets?

Happy Tuesday and sayonara!

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[90sTriplets]

Honestly I don't know about either of those sets. I would like to know if you found any Tris Speaker reprints in there... he is my Great Uncle and enjoy picking up cardboard of him when I find it. His Original stuff from the '10s and '20s are crazy expensive and have yet to find anything before 1960 Fleer of his I can afford. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Fuji! And, of course, thanks for sharing your newest find. Looking forward to seeing what else you find!

[sanjosefuji]

Hmmm... not sure if I've come across any Speaker cards. If I do, I'll set them aside for you.

Honestly I don't know about either of those sets. I would like to know if you found any Tris Speaker reprints in there... he is my Great Uncle and enjoy picking up cardboard of him when I find it. His Original stuff from the '10s and '20s are crazy expensive and have yet to find anything before 1960 Fleer of his I can afford. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Fuji! And, of course, thanks for sharing your newest find. Looking forward to seeing what else you find!