From: heinlein@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (The tired one)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: CARDS: Auction, and more.
Date: 15 Sep 1992 12:39:16 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
Distribution: world
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Hello all, I am pretty new to this newsgroup, but not to collecting.
I am, however, taking up a prohibitive amount of space in my closet
with my baseball card collection.  This is your chance to do some 
collecting of both easy, and hard to get stuff.  

First of all, I would like to say that there is MUCH MUCH more, to the
tune of about 25,000 cards that i'd like to get rid of.  If you have a
want list, please send it to me.  I want to unload my cards, so want
lists will be filled (as fully as possible) at ONE HALF of Beckett's
upper end for stars and commons.  I have cards dating back to 1975,
so this is a chance to at least see if you can fill some holes in
those sets you've been completing, or get those stars you've been
wanting to get.  I would put the whole list up on auction, but I simply
do not have the time capacity to both sort, and post orders in a short
amount of time.

Now, on to the stuff that I'll auction, the format I'll use is this:
I will post this once, and allow people to see what's for sale, all
people responding will get replys back regarding what the current
high bid is on which lots they bid on.  The auction will be finished
as of Saturday, NOON.  At that time, all high bidders will receive a
notice, and all items not bidded for, well, will go back in my closet. :)

I stress the opportunity people on the net have to obtain older cards
for a relatively small (comparative to most shops) amount, if you only
send in your want lists.  I may not be able to fill them, but as long
as I've got cards, I'm willing to give it a shot. :)  If my collection
gets down to a manageable level, I may put up common and star lots on
auction, but right now, the time involved in sorting 10,000 or so
minor stars and stars out of the other 15,000 or so commons is pretty
much prohibitive.

now, for the items on auction:

Lot #1:  Donruss 1987 Opening Day set.  This set is in great condition,
	having only been opened a couple of times to look at the 
	contents.  Minimum bid: $10

Lot #2: 1 Box 1989 Fleer Baseball cards.  Unopened wax packs.  I bought the
	box right after the hub-bub with the Billy Ripken card came out,
	so it probably won't have the original error in it, but it may have
	the blackout error cards.
	Minimum Bid: $20

Lot #3: Single pack 1989 Wax Pack Fleer Baseball cards.  I bought these
	at the same time, out of a non-complete box, there are (last I
	looked) about 10 individual wax packs.  Min Bid: 50 cents each.

Lot #4: Complete 1989 Factory Issue Fleer Baseball set.  Opened once, but
	you can still see the factory marks on the set to prove that it
	hasn't had cards pulled out of it. (Started to examine them, 
	thought better of it, and didn't, but not before I took the 
	shrink wrap off)  Min Bid $15.

Lot #5: 1989 Baseballs 100 Hottest Players, by Score, still in it's 
	original plastic containers, never opened. Min bid $5

Lot #6: 1988-89's Baseballs 100 Hottest Rookies, by Score, ditto to lot
	#5, Min bid also $5

For those football fans:

Lot #7:  1990 Score Football box of plastic packs (Score doesn't do
	wax, ya know. :)  Series #1, Min bid $15.

well, there you have it.  Send ALL bids to heinlein@matt.ksu.ksu.edu.

if your mail bounces, please try again, this machine has had some
problems the last couple of days, and although I can't forsee any
mailer problems, I thought it necessary to mention. :)

Mike Monthey
heinlein@matt.ksu.ksu.edu

-- 
Gee, I finally made a .sig file. Isn't it grand?
Chris Green is way cool. :)   My idols are camels.  OH! You wanted sarcasm,
well, just go read my .plan then. :)  - Mike Monthey heinlein@matt
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