I've been carrying around this card collection for 30+ years and now it's time to sell it. These were 100% collected from wax packs bought at the convenience store down the street from my house when I was young. This collection is in great shape and includes cards mostly from 1981 to 1990 including a lot of unopened wax packs, full sets, and sets that are not quite complete (but every set box has been counted, put in numbered order, and a written list of the cards still needed to complete the set is included), card display album, and some more expensive cards all in plastic holders. These are extremely organized. Asking $750 OBO.
Sets (each set is in numbered order and a full list of the needed cards is written out):
1984 Topps – needs 9 cards to complete
Key cards worth >$1 that are included:
4 – N.Ryan/Carlton/Perry HL - $1.00
8 – Don Mattingly RC - $25.00
10 – Robin Yount - $1.00
66 – Astros TL / Nolan Ryan - $1.00
130 – Ozzie Smith - $1.00
182 – Darryl Strawberry RC - $3.00
206 – Andy Van Slyke RC - $1.50
230 – Rickey Henderson - $1.00
251 – Tony Gwynn - $2.50
300 – Pete Rose - $2.00
400 – Cal Ripken AS - $2.00
426 – Orioles TL / Cal Ripken - $1.50
490 – Cal Ripken - $4.00
596 – Ryne Sandberg - $2.50
700 – Mike Schmidt - $1.50
707 – N.Ryan/Seaver/Carlton LL - $1.50
1985 Topps – needs ~350 cards to complete
Key cards worth >$1 that are included:
30 – Cal Ripken - $2.50
340 – Robin Yount - $1.00
460 – Ryne Sandberg - $1.25
500 – Mike Schmidt - $1.50
605 – Ozzie Smith - $1.00
627 – Eric Davis RC - $2.00
660 – Tony Gwynn - $1.25
704 – Cal Ripken AS - $1.50
717 – Tony Gwynn AS - $1.00
760 – Nolan Ryan - $3.00 (2)
1986 Topps (set 1) – Complete
1986 Topps (set 2) – needs ~50 cards to complete
Key cards worth >$1 that are included:
1 – Pete Rose - $2.00
100 – Nolan Ryan - $2.00
180 – Don Mattingly - $1.25
200 – Mike Schmidt - $1.00
254 – Ozzie Guillen RC - $1.50
300 – George Brett - $1.00
329 – Kirby Puckett - $1.00
340 – Cal Ripken - $1.50
386 – Cecil Fielder RC - $1.00
661 – Roger Clemens - $4.00
1986 Topps Traded – needs 3 cards to complete
Key cards worth >$1 that are included:
11T – Barry Bonds XRC - $15.00
20T – Jose Canseco XRC - $4.00
24T – Will Clark XRC - $1.50
40T – Andres Galarraga XRC - $1.00
50T – Bo Jackson XRC - $5.00
56T – John Kruk XRC - $1.00
1987 Topps (set 1) – needs ~50 cards to complete
Key cards worth >$1 that are included:
1 – Roger Clemens RB - $1.00
320 – Barry Bonds - $10.00
340 – Roger Clemens - $1.50
366 – Mark McGuire - $4.00
420 – Will Clark RC - $1.00
614 – Roger Clemens AS - $1.00
620 – Jose Canseco - $1.00
634 – Rafael Palmeiro RC - $1.50
648 – Barry Larkin RC - $2.50
757 – Nolan Ryan - $1.00
1987 Topps (set 2) – needs ~325 cards to complete
Key cards worth >$1 that are included:
757 – Nolan Ryan - $1.00
1988 Donruss – needs ~125 cards to complete
Key cards worth >$1 that are included:
51 – Roger Clemens - $1.00
61 – Nolan Ryan - $1.00
256 – Mark McGuire - $1.50
1989 Topps Traded – Complete (unopened box)
Key cards in this set that are included:
41T – Ken Griffey Jr. RC - $20.00
1990 Topps – needs ~375 cards to complete
Key cards worth >$1 that are included:
1 – Nolan Ryan - $1.00 (2)
97 – Kurt Schilling - $1.00
220 – Barry Bonds - $1.00
245 – Roger Clemens - $1.00
692 – Sammy Sosa RC - $2.00
757 – Larry Walker RC - $1.00
Others:
October 2020 edition of Beckett Baseball magazine (Whit Merrifield on cover)
August 1995 edition of Beckett Baseball magazine (Frank Thomas on cover)
5+ boxes of other random cards including:
Topps 1980 – 1989
Fleer 1981 – 1990
Donruss 1981 – 1990
Display card album with ~39 pages of my favorites from back then, including:
Rickey Henderson
Tony Gwynn
Darryl Strawberry
Eric Davis
Don Mattingly
Wade Boggs
Bo Jackson
Kirby Puckett
Jose Canseco
Roger Clemens
Dwight Gooden
Benito Santiago
Will Clark
Len Dysktra
Barry Larkin
Pete Rose
And many more
50+ cards in plastic holders are valued between $200 to $500 (According to Beckett Oct. 2020 Lo - Hi pricing). Some high value rookie cards included such as Mark McGuire (USA), Cal Ripkin Jr, Tony Gwynn, Kirby Puckett, Roger Clemens, Darryl Strawberry, Barry Bonds, and more.
Must see it in person. Venmo preferred, but cash is ok. No checks.