A few weeks ago, I swung by my parents’ house. They live
about three hours away, and my childhood card collection is still there in the
attic. I didn’t have the car space to bring it back, nor the current living
space to store it. I would love to grab it at some point, as all of your trade
packages would then be filled with some sweet 1990’s inserts.
I ventured up to the attic just to make sure it was still there and hadn't been thrown out or anything. It was there and stored pretty nicely. I did quickly open up one bin and grab one of those little clear card cubes that was
filled with cards, as well as a padded envelope. I had no idea what was
in them, but figured they’d be fun to go through once I go home.
There were many commons, some TTM returns, a few Tinos, and
some other stuff I had forgotten about. I’ll highlight a few of those cards on
the blog in a series of posts.
First off, here are a few random rookie cards. I had no idea
that I had an ’84 Donruss Darryl Strawberry RC. I must’ve won it on eBay at
some point, but it was news to me. Totally didn’t remember getting that one. I
also found a few Carson Palmer RCs. Being a Bengals fan, I must’ve bought a few
of them on eBay during college, thinking he was going to be an all-time great. As a Syracuse alum, I'm sure I randomly went on eBay to pick up a Carmelo Anthony RC as well.
Another card I found was a Bowman Futures Game relic of
Dioner Navarro. At the time, he was a big Yankees prospect, eventually dealt
away in the Randy Johnson trade. I also don’t remember acquiring this card.
I hope you've already told your folks that collection is not to be thrown out under any circumstances! :)
ReplyDeleteLove the Strawberry card! But not as much as the look on Carson's face. Who hurt you Carson, who hurt you?
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ReplyDeleteNice cards... especially the 84D Strawberry. A huge portion of my collection is stored at my parents and whenever I visit them, I spend at least one afternoon sitting in their garage looking through my stuff. I know what I have over there... but every now and then I'll come across a card I didn't know I owned. It's a pretty cool feeling.
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