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Yeah... That's The Ticket!
It started with the idea of consolidating three 5,000 count monster boxes, but has evolved into the organization of nearly 45,000 cards. Sadly... I'm not finished and it's already been two weeks and probably thirty to forty hours of sorting. Can you say, Pandora's Box?
The good news is my office will be less cluttered when I'm finally finished and I'll have a firmer grasp of my cardboard inventory. Plus I've uncovered a bunch of cards that I had forgotten about during the process.
Last week, I came across a quartet of holograms that are paired up with some wannabe ticket stubs in one of the boxes:
The cards/ticket stubs were produced by a company called Silver Star/Field of Vision back in 1991. As you can see, each ticket stub/hologram commemorates a key moment from the 1991 season, like Nolan Ryan's7th no-hitter and Rickey Henderson's939th stolen base.
The company followed up them up with an additional four that included: Will Clark, Roger Clemens, Darryl Strawberry, and the Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Maybe one of these days I'll find someone at the flea market who has the final four.
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The good news is my office will be less cluttered when I'm finally finished and I'll have a firmer grasp of my cardboard inventory. Plus I've uncovered a bunch of cards that I had forgotten about during the process.
Last week, I came across a quartet of holograms that are paired up with some wannabe ticket stubs in one of the boxes:
The cards/ticket stubs were produced by a company called Silver Star/Field of Vision back in 1991. As you can see, each ticket stub/hologram commemorates a key moment from the 1991 season, like Nolan Ryan's7th no-hitter and Rickey Henderson's939th stolen base.
The company followed up them up with an additional four that included: Will Clark, Roger Clemens, Darryl Strawberry, and the Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Maybe one of these days I'll find someone at the flea market who has the final four.
Speaking of flea markets, that's where I found these. I bought them for $5. At the time it felt like a good deal. I remember selling these for $10 to $20 each when I worked at a card shop in the early 90's. These days, Beckett lists the four cards combined at only $8. Oh how the mighty have fallen.
Well that's it for now. I'll be sharing more of my finds with you in the near future. Until then...
Happy Monday and sayonara!
Happy Monday and sayonara!
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