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From: kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: Re: Lionel Trains
Keywords: old
Date: 8 Sep 92 23:40:11 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

In article <1992Sep8.222011.17727@cbnewse.cb.att.com> gotribe@cbnewse.cb.att.com (richard.g.barry) writes:
>I recently dug up an old Lionel train, still in the original
>box, from my basement.  Most everything is still there (some
>parts from the exploding box car are missing), and it still
>runs.  Do these things have any value?  I have the engine
>plus 4 or 5 cars, the oval track and the transformer.
>

Nope, they're absolutely worthless.  If you give me $5, I'll take them
off your hands for you. :-)

But seriously, I was in an antique store in a small west-central Illinois
town a week ago -- five empty Lionel rail-car boxes were there on consignment
for $18.  Engines, cars, and track are worth substantially more, based on
age, condition, and other factors.

A hobby/model shop near here sells antique Lionels for large sums of money.

-- 

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From: eddie@acpy01.att.com (Eddie Adamko (CXNIXPT1))
Subject: CARDS: Cracker Jacks
Organization: AT&T IMS - Piscataway, NJ (USA)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 12:41:12 GMT


Hi Everyone,


CRACKER JACK CARDS NEEDED SERIES I:
-----------------------------------

	2,4,5,11,14,26,29,31,36



CRACKER JACK CARDS NEEDED SERIES II:
------------------------------------


	4,11,21


CARDS TO TRADE DOUBLES: 
	 2nd Series: 3,8,9,13,18,23,26,31,32,35 



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 E       E  D      DD   |eddie@acpy01.att.com        |
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 E EEEEEEE  D DDDDD D   |Year Of The YANKEES..92.... |
 E     EEE  D DDDDD D   |			     |
 E EEEEEEE  D DDDDD D   |Miami Dolphins in ...93.... |
 E EEEEEEE  D DDDD  D   |			     |
 E       E  D      DD   |Princeton Tigers IVY CHAMPS |
 EEEEEEEEE  DDDDDDDDD   |Long Awaited BRUCE ALBUM 92 |
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From: jwd2@owlnet.rice.edu (Joseph William DeVincentis)
Subject: Re: Question about Card shows.
Organization: Rice University
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 18:02:25 GMT

In article <1992Sep15.164158.830@muddcs.claremont.edu>, byau@jarthur.claremont.edu (Ben Yau) writes:
|> In article <1992Sep14.131827.6638@b11.b11.ingr.com> b11!seminole!rick@ingr.com writes:
|> >
|> >   Oh yeah, good luck trying to get a good deal on a volume buy.  Regardless
|> >   if you buy one card or twenty cards, you pay high book value.  
|> >
|> >
|> >Rick "Bad experience" Hopkins
|> 
|> are you serious?  wow.. see, i've never been to a card show (going to first
|> one this SAturday).  i always thought card shows were for the buyers, not
|> the sellers, and that things were usually cheaper, esp. in bulk buys.
|> 
|> are you serious that hi-book is the only price?  anyone else who has gone to
|> card shows confirm or deny this?
|> 
|> much advice/help needed since I would like toohave a good experience at my 
|> first card show.

  No, high-book is not the only price out there, especially at card shows.
Typically, the bigger the show, the better bargains you can find.  Also,
if you want bargains at a multi-day show, go on the last day - some dealers
will discount stuff they just want to get rid of.  Often at these shows
you will find bins or display cases full of cards, with the entire case
marked "xx% off high Beckett," where xx is typically anywhere from 10 to 50.
  At the Southwest Regional card show here in Houston this summer, I found
one guy with a display case labeled "70% of marked price", and most of the
marked prices were at or near high Beckett.  I bought a '91 UD Frank Thomas
for $1.20, and a number of other cards.  I wouldn't expect you to find
deals this good, but there are good deals out there.  However, if you
want to find deals like this, you have to go to the big shows - avoid small
shows with less than 100 tables - as typically at the small shows there's
not enough competition, and most of the guys are local anyway, and end up
just using the show as an extension of their card shop, charging the same
(or higher) prices as they normally would.  BTW, it helps if you're in a big
city like Houston.
  As far as buying in bulk goes, you can sometimes get a discount, but not
often - mainly only when you want whatever some dealer happens to have a lot
of what you want, and he wants to get rid of it.

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From: chim@sfu.ca (Alan Chim)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: CARDS:  Topps Stadium Club, Members Only Update Set
Date: 12 Sep 1992 14:24:43 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Buying/Trading for Topps Stadium Club Charter Member Update  Pavel Bure
Calder Trophy -- Rookie of the Year Award Winner.  Will trade for other
Topps Stadium Club Charter Member cards, McDonald/Donruss cards/packs,
and various other hockey/baseball cards.  If you're interested in
selling, mail me with price expectations.

Thanks.

Alan.
chim@sfu.ca
From: byau@jarthur.claremont.edu (Ben Yau)
Subject: Re: Question about Card shows.
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:41:58 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.131827.6638@b11.b11.ingr.com> b11!seminole!rick@ingr.com writes:
>
>   Oh yeah, good luck trying to get a good deal on a volume buy.  Regardless
>   if you buy one card or twenty cards, you pay high book value.  
>
>
>Rick "Bad experience" Hopkins

are you serious?  wow.. see, i've never been to a card show (going to first
one this SAturday).  i always thought card shows were for the buyers, not
the sellers, and that things were usually cheaper, esp. in bulk buys.

are you serious that hi-book is the only price?  anyone else who has gone to
card shows confirm or deny this?

much advice/help needed since I would like toohave a good experience at my 
first card show.

thanks
ben
From: aa718@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Taras Lawriw)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: Cards: Minor League Card Lots for sale
Date: 15 Sep 1992 13:02:24 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc12.ins.cwru.edu


  I am selling misc Minor league card lots. Each lot has 132 cards. I am selling
them for $3.00 each + postage and handling. If interested please send me some
e-mail.
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From: mwalls@nmsu.edu (Commander Keen)
Subject: Re: CARDS: Best/Complete Price Guide?
Organization: NMSU Computer Science
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 01:46:51 GMT


		For the most part, I rely on Beckett for my card prices.  As you
noted, Beckett doesn't list ALL cards.  The reason for this is that
some items have little trade/sell activity and don't require a price
guide to be printed EVERY month.  So Beckett (and most, if not all,
other monthly guides) list only the main sets.  However, there are a
number of price guides that are printed annually that cover a wider
spectrum of card prices.  In addition, there are some that cover other
sports memorabilia.  Right off, the only ones I can think of are those
that are the Sports Americana price guides.  You probably can find an
ad for these in your Beckett.

	Like I said, I rely on Beckett, mostly, but for things such as
Starting Line-Up, Promos, & Non-Sports, I usually use Tuff Stuff.
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: tomra@Lise.Unit.NO (Tom Ranheim)
Subject: *** WANT List ***
Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 16:54:04 GMT

Here is my current want list. All items must be original First Printings and 
in MINT/NEAR MINT condition. Please Email me to discuss prices and shipping.

APPLAUSE
- Rocketeer PVC Figure: Rocketeer Standing
- Rocketeer PVC Figure: Rocketeer Flying
- Rocketeer PVC Figure: Rocketeer With Suction Cup
- Rocketeer Pull-Back Vehicle: "Flying" Rocketeer
- Rocketeer Pull-Back Vehicle: Zeppelin
- Rocketeer Pull-Back Vehicle: "GeeBee" Airplane
- Rocketeer Keychain: "Flying" Rocketeer
- Rocketeer Keychain: Standing Rocketeer
- Rocketeer Pencil-Top: Rocketeer Helmet
- Rocketeer Pencil-Top: Rocketeer Figure
- Rocketeer Vinyl Figure
- Rocketeer Logo Mug

BLACKTHORNE PUBLISHING
- Sheena In 3-D #1 (May 1985) (Blackthorne 3-D Series #1)
- Planet Comics #1 (1988)
- Jay Disbrow: The Iger Comics Kingdom
- Jungle Comics #3 (1988)

BOSS MUSIC PRODUCTS
- 18" x 24" Sampler Safari Poster
- 18" x 24" Feedback Monster Poster

COMICO
- Attractions #6
- Lust and the Dust (Graphic Novel with Dave Stevens Print)
- Comico Christmas Special (December 1988)

DC COMICS
- Elvira's House of Mystery #11 (January 1987)

ECLIPSE
- Sheena 3-D (January 1985)
- Crossfire #12

FANTAGRAPHICS
- Amazing Heroes #37

FICTIONEER BOOKS LTD.
- Comics Interview #89 (1990)

GRAPHITTI DESIGNS
- Betty's Boudoir Print (Limited to 450 / Signed and 
  Numbered by Dave Stevens)

KITCHEN SINK COMICS
- Fear and Laughter #? - 1977 (Starring Hunter S. Thompson)

PC COMICS (PACIFIC COMICS)
- Alien Worlds #4 (September 1983)
- Rocketeer Postcards Set #1 (A Set Of 6 Cards)

PLAYBOY
- 1983 Playboy Back Issue Catalog

POP-SHOTS
- Greeting Card: "Thanks for a Wonderful Evening!" 
  Inside: "LET'S DO IT AGAIN... REAL SOON!"

PURE IMAGINATION PUBLISHING
- The Betty Pages #1

THE TOPPS COMPANY
- Rocketeer Collectors' Set (99 Glossy Movie Cards
  and 11 stickers + 22 bonus cards)

WALT DISNEY PUBLICATIONS, INC.
- The Rocketeer Poster

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Email..: tomra@lise.unit.no
Address: Tom K. Ranheim, Bugges veg 5, N-7016 TRONDHEIM, NORWAY
From: tip@lead.aichem.arizona.edu (Tom Perigrin)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: Re: $$$$$$$$$$$$
Date: 4 Sep 92 23:42:12 GMT
Distribution: na, usa
Organization: A.I. Chem Lab, University of Arizona

> Hey did that get your attention or what????

Yeah, it did.  But you've done it once,  so it won't work a second time.
Next time,  gut yourself with a dull fish knife.  That'll really get a lot
of attention.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 10:28:12 EDT
From: <CMS@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: Collector's Sport Disgest

Anybody subscribe to this magazine?    If so do you
have any issues of this year?    Looking for list of
football cards.
From: SSVKJ@TJUVM.TJU.EDU (KEN JOHNSTON)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: STAMPS: Baseball items(CARDS folks may be interested)
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:26:43 GMT
Organization: Thomas Jefferson Universtiy

Netters.... I recently found a couple philatelic items that are still on sale
and are baseball oriented. The first is the Olympic Baseball postcard. The
picture on the card is the same as the .29
reverse is white with the Olympic baseball stamp with a fancy cancel. The
cancellation is a "swinging batter" followed by :
OLYMPIC BASEBALL STATION
Philadelphia, Pa. 19148
July 18, 1992
 
The second item is an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet saluting Mike Schmidt. The sheet
includes Mike's picture as well as a list of achievements in 4 areas (career,
records, final numbers(stats), and honors). At the bottom is the .25
Gehrig stamp with a fancy cancellation  which is an image of Mike Schmidt
with : MIKE SCHMIDT
         STATION
       May 26, 1990
     Philadelphia, PA 19148
 
If anyone is interested in these I'd be happy to pick them up and send it to
you. Cost for the postcard is $1.75 and for the Mike Schmidt sheet is $4.50
including postage.
 
Drop me a line using info below. Thanks!!
 
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SOFTWARE ANALYST             
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PHILADELPHIA, PA             
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From: tengck@eecs.nwu.edu (Chuen-Kwong Teng)
Subject: Re: CARDS: that Stadium Club smell...
Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, Il., USA
Distribution: world,local
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 18:00:06 GMT

tswanson@misvax.mis.arizona.edu (QUIS CUSTODIET IPSOS CUSTODES.) writes:
> 
> Is it just me, or do the Stadium Club cards have a very unpleasant odor to
> them.  After opening a few packs, I got a slight whiff of something odd.  I
> held a card up to my nose and nearly became sick.  I've never noticed that
> smell with other cards, is it a something to do with the coating?
> 
> Hmmmmmmmmm,
> Ted

I think it's the coating plus the way the pictures are made.  Fleer Ultra has
the same smell.

John

Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: moyj@rs6223.ecs.rpi.edu (Jayson Moy)
Subject: CARDS:Looking for trades in Hockey and Baseball
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 22:00:34 GMT

Hi! I am looking to finish sets in the following:

91-92 Score Hockey (Bi Lingual)
92 Score Pinnacle English
92 Score Pinnacle French
91-92 Upper Deck French
92 Parkhurst II

In baseball:

92 Donruss
92 Leaf I and II
92 Score Pinnacle II


If you want to trade, email at the address below.
Thanks in advance!

Jayson Moy
moyj@rpi.edu
From: tengck@eecs.nwu.edu (Chuen-Kwong Teng)
Subject: CARDS: auction update(West, Spidey, Front Row...)
Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, Il., USA
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 19:47:10 GMT


Sept. 14 update:
Next update: Sept. 16


Hi, I am going to try my own auction to sell some of my extras.  The auction 
would have no deadline.  Any lot that has not been bid on for a week will be
considered sold to the highest bidder.  The famous going once, going twice will
be marked in a two-day interval (only Monday thru Friday count as days).  The
auction will be updated once every two days.  Please increase your bids in $1.00
intervals.  Bidders will be notified about highest bid info.  Thanks and happy
bidding!!


Lot No.	Description				Min Bid	  Hi Bid
==============================================================================
2 	Spiderman II Prism card P-10 Creating	$ 8.00    $10.00  Frank
	30th Anniversary Prism card, tough to		  ***going once***
	find.  Seen at shows for $15.00 (mint)

4	Front Row basketball update silver set  $20.00
	cards are numbered 51-100 which is the
	update to the 1-50 draft pick set they
	have.  Only 3,000 silver set produced!!
	Set is factory sealed with certificate
	of authenticity saying the set is no.
	244 of 3,000.  Set is priced $25.00 in
	Front Row catalog for club members only.

5 	Front Row promo card featuring a 2-card $ 5.00
	strip of Larry Johnson and Steve Smith
	the back proclaims the strip as a
	promotional product with only 25,000
	made.


John
tengck@delta.eecs.nwu.edu

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From: moyj@vccnorthd.its.rpi.edu (Jayson Moy)
Subject: Re: Question about Card shows.
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 19:58:27 GMT

In article <6SEP199218554633@zeus.tamu.edu> burt@zeus.tamu.edu (Burt Juarez) writes:
>I was recently at a card show.  While i was at one of the booths, I saw
>a person selling a card (that i wanted) to a dealer.  I wanted to offer
>the person more money so I could have the card but I hesitated.  A feeling
>of guilt came upon me (that's odd!).  So, I didn't act.  Was i right in
>hesitating or should I have offered the person more money to get the card?
>
>Burt

You were totally correct in leaving the situation alone. There is nothing
that pisses off a dealer more than someone making a deal at or in front
of his/her table. If you look at it, it's sort of like going into the
person's shop and making deals from inside their shop.

I will give an example of what I mean.
Recently I attended a show and someone had unopened boxes of Denny's holos
for sale. They went up to a dealer and offered the dealer a quote for the
2 boxes that he was holding. While the dealer helped someone else at his
table, someone came along and offered more for 1 box than the person
offered the dealer, so the seller took it. Needless to say the dealer was not
a happy person. He inturn, called the promoters of the show, and had the buyer
banned from the shows for life, was asking the buyer for rent for the use
of his table, and almost threatened bodily harm.

You did a good job.

Jayson Moy
moyj@rpi.edu
From: tp0001@srilanka (Terry Pinotti)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: Re: Question about Card shows.
Date: 9 Sep 92 17:29:06 GMT
Organization: Medtronic, Inc.

I attend card shows as a vendor and I don't know if this is generally
accepted but the vendors at the card show pay dearly to be there and
usually the show organizer posts a rule that trading and selling of
cards can only occur between attendees and vendors. Attendee to
attendee trading or selling is frowned upon. 

Of course there are those that violate this rule. I just think that
attendees should keep in mind that they may pay a buck or two to get
in, but the vendors are paying from $35.00 to a a couple of hundred
per table to be there.

Just my thoughts. No criticism ment.

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From: stewart@healthy.uwaterloo.ca (Terry Stewart)
Subject: CARDS:  Baseball minor league
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 19:55:27 GMT


\..Hi All!
Anyone out there interested in trading minor league baseball cards.
I've opened some boxes of Skybox AAA, Skybox AA, and Classic
Best so far and have plenty of traders.  (Don't you just love the  
collation on the Minor league stuff?)
Drop me some e-mail if you're interested.
Terry../
From: tswanson@misvax.mis.arizona.edu (QUIS CUSTODIET IPSOS CUSTODES.)
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
Subject: CARDS: Stadium Club - Series III for I or II
Date: 8 Sep 92 08:09:00 GMT
Distribution: usa,local
Organization: University of Arizona MIS Department
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


Well, I hadn't intended on collecting Stadium Club, but I got a good deal
on Series III.  So I've got a bunch of Series III cards but no Series I or
II.  

Does anyone want to trade a Series III set for a Series I or II set?  Or 
if you just want to trade extras, that's fine too.

Also, I was curious about inserts in Series I and II.  Were there any? 
There is a three card "#1 Draft Pick of the 90's" insert set in Series III.
Anyone know how rare these are (how many per case for example?)

Thanks,
Ted.
Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS)
Subject: Triumph Belt Buckle with Serial Number
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 01:14:45 GMT


I have a 1976 Triumph Belt Buckle with serial number 670.  I
was told that not that many of the buckles were made but I 
don't know.  I bought the buckle because it looked so neat. 
The shape is hard to describe but kind of like:


          _
         / \
         | |
         \_/

(This is a sideways picture) 

The border of the buckle was cast in the shape of a chain
(front and back) and they went so far as to make it look
correct on the sides as well.  The word Triumph is on the
face of the buckle.  The buckle was made by The Great American
Buckle Co of Chicago.  

Since I am really trying to get rid of things, not collect more,
I would like to sell this.  If anyone is interested, please
e-mail me.  As a lower bound, I'm going to cut my losses and say
that I won't take less than $5 + shipping.  It really is a very
nice piece. 

Sorry for consuming so much bandwidth.

Best Regards
Jack Waters II

Newsgroups: rec.collecting
From: jdd@sgfb.ssd.ray.com (DeMaster)
Subject: Personal for Eddie Adamko
Keywords: CARDS, GOLD WINNERS, EDDIE ADAMKO
Organization: Raytheon Company
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 11:36:34 GMT

Sorry folks, I don't know why I can't get E-mail through to Eddie...


Hi Eddie,

> Here's goes again, hopefully our problems with mail is fixed...

Apparently not...

> Please let me know, even if you have to go through the net.

Ok.  Again, my apologies to everyone else (if you are still here)...

>> : **************************************************************************
>> : Update 8/25
>> 
>> : 9 19 20 47 48 63 77 102 104 105 108 113 136 155 166 171 177 189 191
>> : 208 212 219 231 241 269 273 299 312 315 321 326 327 342 353 359 364
>> : 384 404 407 440 442 452 463 523 525 536 541 557 565 573 609 610 632
>> : 634 643 647 650 658 663 674 677 680 687 690 702 717 728 730 735 739
>> : 755 759 780 791 792
>> The above cards total $29.16 using $0.30 for commons and 8X for non-commons
>> (Sept. Beckett's prices).

> Well I found 29 winners that you need, and you have about 75 that
> I need ;-( So can you just pick out what's fiar in price from your data
> base and then let me know what cards you'll ship to me, so I can delete
> them from my want list. Thanks Eddie

> CARDS YOU NEED:
> 11,44,80,80,137148,151,188,240,267,297,348,406,434,434,439,487,510,511,
> 516,526,531,531,579,605,380,305,510

These total $14.70, about $14.00 short.  Do you have any of the following to
trade (listed in order of preference)?

	1991 UD Ryan or Aaron Heroes header
	1992 UD Williams Heroes Header
	Any UD Heroes Headers
	1992 Fleer Clemens inserts
	1992 Fleer All-Star inserts
	1992 Fleer Team Leader inserts
	1992 UD Williams Heroes
	1992 UD Bench/Morgan Heroes
	Other insert sets/cards from this year or previous years.
	Pat Listach cards (all 1992)
		FU #385    Leaf #370   Pinnacle #562   SC #757   UD #775

If you can put together $14.00 worth from the above list, I'd be willing to
trade all of the gold winners I listed.  See what you can come up with.

> PS. I have them here at work so if you give me the go ahead I'll ship them
> today or tomorrow.

Please ship them.  Let me know if you can come up with $14.00 worth from the
list above and I will ship all of yours too (I'd really like to get you all
of them).  Include your address too please.

Thanks,
Jerry
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