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awesome heelz. when I found my collection in my moms attic a few years back, I bought a book to get an idea of values.

I think the joe namath rookie card was the most valuable card in the book valued at around 1100 bucks. most cards I thought to be worth a lot (paul hornung) bart starr etc were worth very little

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when I was a kid I had a baseball scrapbook where I would tape (with masking tape) cards and clippings from the Daily News, the Post, The Times and Sport and SI onto pages of a book that was 8 inches thick. I had cards from the 50's 60's and early 70's in there. Then when i moved to Florida and started driving a cab I would go to card shows and purchase the cards I didn't have-like the Al Kalines, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron Stan the Man Frank and Brooks Robinsons as well as Mantle, Maris, Nolan Ryan cards-all the greats from when I was growing up.

Every once in a while I would take them out and play with them until I said WTF are you doing? Then one day some guy wanted to buy a Ryan card that I had paid a penny for in a pack for $35, the proverbial light bulb went off over my head and I decided to sell them all. With that money I mead from those cards I bought a new car and a whole set up of musical equipment, a PA system, a Washburn acoustic/ electric guitar and lights-it basically put me in business as a musician and got us the car to fit it all in. I never regretted it or looked back saying I wish i hadn't sold my collection

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when I was a kid I had a baseball scrapbook where I would tape (with masking tape) cards and clippings from the Daily News, the Post, The Times and Sport and SI onto pages of a book that was 8 inches thick. I had cards from the 50's 60's and early 70's in there. Then when i moved to Florida and started driving a cab I would go to card shows and purchase the cards I didn't have-like the Al Kalines, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron Stan the Man Frank and Brooks Robinsons as well as Mantle, Maris, Nolan Ryan cards-all the greats from when I was growing up.

Every once in a while I would take them out and play with them until I said WTF are you doing? Then one day some guy wanted to buy a Ryan card that I had paid a penny for in a pack for $35, the proverbial light bulb went off over my head and I decided to sell them all. With that money I mead from those cards I bought a new car and a whole set up of musical equipment, a PA system, a Washburn acoustic/ electric guitar and lights-it basically put me in business as a musician and got us the car to fit it all in. I never regretted it or looked back saying I wish i hadn't sold my collection

wow thats pretty awesome sfj. I never found my baseball cards & had a bunch. I still treasure my football cards though but would not hesitate to sell em if I weren't so lazy

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awesome heelz. when I found my collection in my moms attic a few years back, I bought a book to get an idea of values.

I think the joe namath rookie card was the most valuable card in the book valued at around 1100 bucks. most cards I thought to be worth a lot (paul hornung) bart starr etc were worth very little

Namath's rookie catches anywhere from $1000-$1400, depending on the condition. If it is graded and has a high number, the value goes up even more.

The Namath Rookie is one of two cards I want to own before I die, the other being a Michael Jordan rookie.

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when I was a kid I had a baseball scrapbook where I would tape (with masking tape) cards and clippings from the Daily News, the Post, The Times and Sport and SI onto pages of a book that was 8 inches thick. I had cards from the 50's 60's and early 70's in there. Then when i moved to Florida and started driving a cab I would go to card shows and purchase the cards I didn't have-like the Al Kalines, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron Stan the Man Frank and Brooks Robinsons as well as Mantle, Maris, Nolan Ryan cards-all the greats from when I was growing up.

Every once in a while I would take them out and play with them until I said WTF are you doing? Then one day some guy wanted to buy a Ryan card that I had paid a penny for in a pack for $35, the proverbial light bulb went off over my head and I decided to sell them all. With that money I mead from those cards I bought a new car and a whole set up of musical equipment, a PA system, a Washburn acoustic/ electric guitar and lights-it basically put me in business as a musician and got us the car to fit it all in. I never regretted it or looked back saying I wish i hadn't sold my collection

u did good,,the market on card valeu has gone down tubes

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