A very interesting lot is up for auction on Yahoo right now. Its about 350 cards.
The good news: roughly half of them are lovely vintage Calbee cards from the 1970s and 1980s. My favorite kind of baseball card and exactly the sort of thing I like to browse for and bid on.
The bad news: the other half is 1988 Donruss cards. More specifically, 1988 Donruss cards with dinged corners.
What an odd pairing. I'm not sure if my desire to own more vintage Calbees outweighs my desire to not own more 1988 Donruss cards (and a slightly stronger desire to not own more 1988 Donruss cards with dinged corners).
Well, its not really a dilemma as the Donruss would be going straight into the cardboard recycling bin on arrival if I did win this lot, so I'd really just be bidding for whatever I think the Calbees are worth. I more just find it amusing that lots like this exist with such odd combinations.
Very odd combination. Good luck on winning those Calbees. Btw... I would have jumped for joy had I pulled that Mark Grace rookie back in 1988.
ReplyDeleteThanks! And I also have fond memories of pulling one of those Grace rookie cards from a cello pack back in the day! I may have jumped for joy (or at least was quite happy, I pulled a Jefferies rookie at some point too....)
DeleteWeird that I think of 80's era Calbee cards as old but it feels like 1988 Donruss came out just a couple years ago.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes think that way too. But for perspective, 1988 Donruss cards are now as old as 1953 Topps cards were in 1988!
DeleteI was surprised about this lot, it sold for 31,000 Yen last night. That is more than what I thought the Calbee cards alone were worth, I wonder if someone actually bid more on it for the 88 Donruss cards...