Went to a garage sale yesterday and bought a huge lot of cards with some nice finds!

jzx1103 · 01-16-2022, 03:07 PM

Went to a local garage sale yesterday morning in a nearby neighborhood with my wife, I wasn't actually looking for cards, my wife was the one that wanted to check it out. The lady there had 2 shoeboxes of cards out and I got curious and looked through it. There were random RC, inserts, and parallel along with some autos and jerseys from mostly 2000 to 2011 for all 3 sports. Nothing big but I did see some jersey cards of Star players, the autos were mainly nobodies. I inquired about buying the entire thing and the lady said she had more inside the house and she didn't want to take them all out since she didnt even know whether they would sell and would take up space. She said the cards all belonged to her son whom past away last year. Apparently her son has not collected cards in years and from what she knows he sold all his good stuff years ago, and these were supposed to be cards that were not worth his time selling individually back then and they been sitting in the closet all these years. I eventually negotiated to buy the entire thing for $250 which included 10 shoe boxes and 1 big box (first pic) not knowing what's really in them. I must say, I had a blast last night going through all of them, didn't sleep until 3am. There were more Football than any other sport, then Baseball, and Basketball had the least amount. Yes most were junk, tons of base RC of no names, some low end inserts, and lots or refractors and parallels as well with most being commons and semistars. There were about 30+ Jersey cards, and 20+ Auto cards, with most being crap rookie jerseys and autos. There were a few good jerseys including a Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers, two Drew Brees, a Walter Payton, a few Patch cards with the best one I found being a Ultimate Collection Calvin Johnson Patch and a Romo Patch. There was also 1 good Auto that I couldnt believe was in there (see pic below). Here are some of the better cards I found value wise in the lot.

Here's example of what most of the stuff is like

Some GU Autos

Some cheap Tom Brady stuff I found

When I found these in a 50 ct case, I almost had an heart attack hoping for a Brady (currently going for 4 figures)

Found some numbered Brady inserts and parallels. there was one Plates and Patches Parallel numbered 10/10

Some other nice finds in Football, The Gronkowski auto RC was among a bunch of no name auto RC's from the same set

, The Rogers Select is a Gold parallel #ed to 50

Found these for other sports, Pretty much struck out completely with Baseball, vast majority of stuff were Bowman Chrome Prospects that didnt make it or cheap inserts and refractors of commons and semistars. But I couldnt believe the 2001 Ichiro/Pujols was in there. Basektball had some ok stuff like a nice DeRozan RC Parallel that's not even $10 until this year. The Durant Parallel is #ed to 25.

I think I need to start visiting more garage sales

Mahomie · 01-16-2022, 03:16 PM

Nice haul - that Gronk rookie auto is awesome.

TarjetasBéisbol · 01-16-2022, 03:19 PM

Nice little find.

thenwhatjk · 01-16-2022, 03:28 PM

Ooooh I need that McNair refractor!

49erRCCollector · 01-16-2022, 03:36 PM

Any 2002 Fleer Authentix football?

jzx1103 · 01-16-2022, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 49erRCCollector

Any 2002 Fleer Authentix football?

I don't recall seeing any

jplarson · 01-16-2022, 03:42 PM

That Marshall Faulk Finest Refractor is fantastic! If there's other Finest parallels I'd definitely be interested in learning more.

jzx1103 · 01-16-2022, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jplarson

That Marshall Faulk Finest Refractor is fantastic! If there's other Finest parallels I'd definitely be interested in learning more.

There is, none bigger name than Faulk obviously, otherwise I'd put it in the scan. I'll have to dig through em again lol. guess im gonna have to sort everything.

Archangel1775 · 01-16-2022, 03:50 PM

Nice man, I just posted a similar yard sale find in the basketball forum. There was football too but definitely have more Brady's than I did! I also found a stack of 2000 Bowman Chrome with a Brian Urlacher. Sadly no Brady. I still have the baseball side to share which I will get to the next few days.

jzx1103 · 01-16-2022, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Archangel1775

Nice man, I just posted a similar yard sale find in the basketball forum. There was football too but definitely have more Brady's than I did! I also came on a stack of 2000 Bowman Chrome with a Brian Urlacher. Sadly no Brady. I still have the baseball side to share which I will get to the next few days.

Lol I just looked it up now, wow a bunch of late 90s basketball. That would've definitely made me giddy!!!

Dacubs · 01-16-2022, 05:07 PM

very cool find

sonnyday · 01-16-2022, 05:15 PM

Is that Treasury Lebron a refractor? If so thats a nice Benjamin. I would be interested if for sale.

jzx1103 · 01-16-2022, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by sonnyday

Is that Treasury Lebron a refractor? If so thats a nice Benjamin. I would be interested if for sale.

It's serial numbered to 999, I guess it is a refractor. For some reason I thought all base were #ed to 999 or something, but I just looked it up and I guess there's actually a base version.

4Rookie4 · 01-17-2022, 12:40 PM

Nice haul!

auburn35 · 01-17-2022, 01:04 PM

Cool pickup, thanks for sharing.

If any of those crap rookies happen to be Ashley Lelie and are available, I could be interested.

MOONBASE1 · 01-17-2022, 01:46 PM

Better deal than buying a box or 2 of new wax. Fun to search all that group. You got value in the count boxes and plastic boxes as well. Reminds me of a thrift shop purchase I had about 10 years ago. 18 5000 ct. boxes @$10 each. All sports. Was an UD Griffey RC, Thomas Rc's, Thomes, Brees RC. Many jersey cards. 2nd year star cards. Fleer Bskt stickers. Took me many evenings to sort it all out.

jzx1103 · 01-17-2022, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MOONBASE1

Better deal than buying a box or 2 of new wax. Fun to search all that group. You got value in the count boxes and plastic boxes as well. Reminds me of a thrift shop purchase I had about 10 years ago. 18 5000 ct. boxes @$10 each. All sports. Was an UD Griffey RC, Thomas Rc's, Thomes, Brees RC. Many jersey cards. 2nd year star cards. Fleer Bskt stickers. Took me many evenings to sort it all out.

That must've been fun, they're harder and harder to find now though.

officerp · 01-17-2022, 08:22 PM

Any bears game used or autos?

jzx1103 · 01-17-2022, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by officerp

Any bears game used or autos?

Off the top of my head there's a Walter Payton jsy card, but I think it has some foil damage on the bottom. I'm sure there are other no name rookie autos.

officerp · 01-17-2022, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jzx1103

Off the top of my head there's a Walter Payton jsy card, but I think it has some foil damage on the bottom. I'm sure there are other no name rookie autos.

Pm me some photos whenever you can. Thanks

MOONBASE1 · 01-17-2022, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jzx1103

That must've been fun, they're harder and harder to find now though.

Correct. Those types of finds are rare. Was the only one I was fortunate to come across.

ginge01 · 01-18-2022, 02:24 AM

Do you see any Score Red Zone / Artist Proof parallels of the Jets?

f2tornado · 01-18-2022, 02:52 PM

Nice find and you'll certainly profit from it. I rarely see anything like that at garage sales. Slightly better luck at flea markets.

Giancarlo27 · 01-18-2022, 03:12 PM

Nice stuff, lmk if the tomlinson black refractor is available

01-16-2022, 03:07 PM	#1
jzx1103 Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,555	Went to a garage sale yesterday and bought a huge lot of cards with some nice finds! Went to a local garage sale yesterday morning in a nearby neighborhood with my wife, I wasn't actually looking for cards, my wife was the one that wanted to check it out. The lady there had 2 shoeboxes of cards out and I got curious and looked through it. There were random RC, inserts, and parallel along with some autos and jerseys from mostly 2000 to 2011 for all 3 sports. Nothing big but I did see some jersey cards of Star players, the autos were mainly nobodies. I inquired about buying the entire thing and the lady said she had more inside the house and she didn't want to take them all out since she didnt even know whether they would sell and would take up space. She said the cards all belonged to her son whom past away last year. Apparently her son has not collected cards in years and from what she knows he sold all his good stuff years ago, and these were supposed to be cards that were not worth his time selling individually back then and they been sitting in the closet all these years. I eventually negotiated to buy the entire thing for $250 which included 10 shoe boxes and 1 big box (first pic) not knowing what's really in them. I must say, I had a blast last night going through all of them, didn't sleep until 3am. There were more Football than any other sport, then Baseball, and Basketball had the least amount. Yes most were junk, tons of base RC of no names, some low end inserts, and lots or refractors and parallels as well with most being commons and semistars. There were about 30+ Jersey cards, and 20+ Auto cards, with most being crap rookie jerseys and autos. There were a few good jerseys including a Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers, two Drew Brees, a Walter Payton, a few Patch cards with the best one I found being a Ultimate Collection Calvin Johnson Patch and a Romo Patch. There was also 1 good Auto that I couldnt believe was in there (see pic below). Here are some of the better cards I found value wise in the lot. Here's example of what most of the stuff is like Some GU Autos Some cheap Tom Brady stuff I found When I found these in a 50 ct case, I almost had an heart attack hoping for a Brady (currently going for 4 figures) Found some numbered Brady inserts and parallels. there was one Plates and Patches Parallel numbered 10/10 Some other nice finds in Football, The Gronkowski auto RC was among a bunch of no name auto RC's from the same set , The Rogers Select is a Gold parallel #ed to 50 Found these for other sports, Pretty much struck out completely with Baseball, vast majority of stuff were Bowman Chrome Prospects that didnt make it or cheap inserts and refractors of commons and semistars. But I couldnt believe the 2001 Ichiro/Pujols was in there. Basektball had some ok stuff like a nice DeRozan RC Parallel that's not even $10 until this year. The Durant Parallel is #ed to 25. I think I need to start visiting more garage sales Last edited by jzx1103; 05-01-2023 at 06:39 PM.

01-16-2022, 03:16 PM	#2
Mahomie Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 3,987	Nice haul - that Gronk rookie auto is awesome. __________________ PC: Aubrayo Franklin, Kia Nurse, Trinity Rodman, Grogu, Electric Bill

01-16-2022, 03:19 PM	#3
TarjetasBéisbol Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: NOVA Posts: 10,875	Nice little find. __________________ De oppresso liber - RLTW "The Mexicans taught me that trick", "Let me be very clear, crystal clear"

01-16-2022, 03:28 PM	#4
thenwhatjk Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Berrrrrrwyyyyn IL Posts: 8,971 thenwhatjk	Ooooh I need that McNair refractor! __________________ White Sox. Oilers/Titans. Bears. Bulls.

01-16-2022, 03:36 PM	#5
49erRCCollector Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 10,998	Any 2002 Fleer Authentix football? __________________ Will MASSIVELY overpay for: 2002 Fleer Authentix #180, 181 Derek Smith & Zack Bronson AND 2007 Upper Deck Target Exclusive Rookies Autographs #261 Joe Staley #'d to /5

01-16-2022, 03:42 PM	#7
jplarson Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 14,830	That Marshall Faulk Finest Refractor is fantastic! If there's other Finest parallels I'd definitely be interested in learning more.

01-16-2022, 03:50 PM	#9
Archangel1775 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Cali baby! Posts: 20,290	Nice man, I just posted a similar yard sale find in the basketball forum. There was football too but definitely have more Brady's than I did! I also found a stack of 2000 Bowman Chrome with a Brian Urlacher. Sadly no Brady. I still have the baseball side to share which I will get to the next few days. __________________ *There are the intangibles that set someone apart from the pack.So the blur isn't your inability to see his greatness, it's merely the inability to measure it.* Last edited by Archangel1775; 01-16-2022 at 07:00 PM.

01-16-2022, 05:07 PM	#11
Dacubs Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 11,837 pharmkid97 pharmkid97	very cool find

01-16-2022, 05:15 PM	#12
sonnyday Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cleeeevelaaaaand Posts: 2,702 Sonnyday	Is that Treasury Lebron a refractor? If so thats a nice Benjamin. I would be interested if for sale.

01-17-2022, 12:40 PM	#14
4Rookie4 Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Iowa Posts: 575	Nice haul! __________________ Always looking for Akrum Wadley, Shonn Greene, Brad Nelson and former Iowa Hawkeyes!

01-17-2022, 01:04 PM	#15
auburn35 Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 3,894	Cool pickup, thanks for sharing. If any of those crap rookies happen to be Ashley Lelie and are available, I could be interested. __________________ Ashley Lelie Rookie Collector, always looking for more.

01-17-2022, 01:46 PM	#16
MOONBASE1 Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: East Coast Posts: 1,119	Better deal than buying a box or 2 of new wax. Fun to search all that group. You got value in the count boxes and plastic boxes as well. Reminds me of a thrift shop purchase I had about 10 years ago. 18 5000 ct. boxes @$10 each. All sports. Was an UD Griffey RC, Thomas Rc's, Thomes, Brees RC. Many jersey cards. 2nd year star cards. Fleer Bskt stickers. Took me many evenings to sort it all out.

01-17-2022, 08:22 PM	#18
officerp Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kansas Posts: 2,465 iluvdabears34	Any bears game used or autos?

01-18-2022, 02:24 AM	#22
ginge01 Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 784	Do you see any Score Red Zone / Artist Proof parallels of the Jets?

01-18-2022, 02:52 PM	#23
f2tornado Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 1,633 f2tornado f2tornado	Nice find and you'll certainly profit from it. I rarely see anything like that at garage sales. Slightly better luck at flea markets.

01-18-2022, 03:12 PM	#24
Giancarlo27 Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: NYC Posts: 11,104	Nice stuff, lmk if the tomlinson black refractor is available __________________ Collecting: Giancarlo Stanton, Sandy Koufax, Hideki Matsui, Topps Archives Autographs