Conference school::sports_memorabilia

    Well, thanks to the help of John St.Onge, I have found 3 more cards
    that I needed and that drops my want list down to only 4 cards.  I
    picked up these 3 via mailorder, but John pointed me in the correct
    direction.  Thanks John.
    
    Now all I need are 4 Fleer Team Action cards.  Does anyone know of
    someone out there who specializes in these Fleer Team Action cards?
    
    Glenn

    It's getting down there now folks.  Last evening I found 2 more of the
    cards that I need and that again drops my want list.  This time I'm
    down to needing only 2 cards to fill my collection.
    
    I need 2 Fleer Team Action cards from 1976.  Anyone have any ideas?
    
    Glenn

    John, I haven't done that yet, but I have thought about it.  I'll
    probably end up doing this because these 76 Fleer Team Action seem to
    be REAL hard to find.
    
    Thanks....Glenn

    OK guys.  Well, I've done it.  I put the ad in SCD for the 2 1976 Fleer
    Team Action cards that I need, based on the input y'all put in here. 
    We'll see how it goes.  I think it's due to run November 22nd.  I'm
    keepin' my fingers crossed.  What a relief it would be to have the
    final 2 Charger cards that I'm missing.
    
    Thanks for the help...we'll see how things turn out.
    
    Live from Charger Central.......Glenn

    Hey Glenn,
    
    I hate to bum you out, but I used to have those cards.  Occasoinally my
    wife complains that my collection takes up to much space, so I succumb
    to the pressure and get rid of something.  About 2 years ago I lived in
    Haverhill Ma and such a event took place.  I finally decided upon
    getting rid of both complete sets of those Fleer action cards and a
    mess of dupes, about 200 cards in all.  I figured they never would be
    worth anything, I did try to sell them but nobody wanted them (until
    now).  So, in the ol'dumpster they went.
    
    With regrets,
    
    Jon
    
    

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>    worth anything, I did try to sell them but nobody wanted them (until
>    now).  So, in the ol'dumpster they went.
>
    Jon (or anyone elsein here),
    
    I have a request ... whenever you have "worthless" stuff to dump please
    don't dump them ... give them to a local kid ...or give me a call ...
    I'll take them to the local Boy's Club or a kid's hospital.
    
    Take care,
    Greg
    
    PS - Anyone who has some old toys the same deal goes ... please don't
    chuck them if they are in at all reasonable shape ... I'll find someone
    who can use a freebie.
                               
    MSBCS::YANNEKIS
    DTN: 293-5357
                                                      

    
    
    	Here is another suggestion:
    
    	If you have something you don't want, and can't find any buyers,
    	find out from the magazines what their estimated value is, then
    	you donate them to some charitable institution like The Salvation
    	Army, for example, get a receipt, and you get a deduction from
    	your income tax at the end of the year, provided you itemize
    	your deductions.

    >Hey Glenn,
    >
    >I hate to bum you out, but I used to have those cards.  Occasoinally my
    >wife complains that my collection takes up to much space, so I succumb
    >to the pressure and get rid of something.  About 2 years ago I lived in
    >Haverhill Ma and such a event took place.  I finally decided upon
    >getting rid of both complete sets of those Fleer action cards and a
    >mess of dupes, about 200 cards in all.  I figured they never would be
    >worth anything, I did try to sell them but nobody wanted them (until
    >now).  So, in the ol'dumpster they went.
    >
    >With regrets,
    >
    >Jon
    
    Hey Jon.  I think that's why these 2 cards are so hard for me to find. 
    They're not valuable, but no one collects these Fleer Team Action cards
    so they're not out there for me to find.  
    
    I'll let you know in this note, any progress from my SCD ad.
    
    Glenn
    
    

    Well it figures.  My ad is due to run in SCD in 2 weeks and suddenly I
    found the 2 remaining cards that I needed to have.
    
    Yes, you heard right.  I FOUND MY LAST 2 CARDS!!!
    
    I can't explain what it's like to not have a wantlist.  It's different. 
    It's lite.  It's a floating sensation.
    
    I heard of a guy in Carlisle, Pennsylvania who has old sports oddities
    and sure enough he had my 2 cards.  I asked what he wanted for them,
    thinking that he would rip me over the coals, but he said $10.00 a
    piece.  He could have said $50.00 a piece.  And since I've never found
    another person who had them, I scarfed them up.
    
    (You should be hearing music about now....) So, I now have one of every
    Charger card made, within my domain.  (the music should be peaking
    about now....)
    
    So now all I have to do is keep up with the new sets that come out.
    I think I'll miss not having to find the old stuff.
    
    Live from Charger Central.......Glenn

    Congrats Glenn!!!
    

    
    Yes Congratulations.  I know how you felt, I felt the same way when
    I finished my '70 set a couple of years ago.  Major feeling of
    relief, followed by, "okay, now what?".  8^)
    
    -rjk

    Thanks guys.  I appreciate it.  As it turns out, my ad came out in the
    SCD I got yesterday.  Figure that!
    
    Glenn

    Well, now that I have all the cards, I got to thinkin' about what's
    next.  I decided that since the Chargers have 3 guys in the HOF, Sid
    Gillman, Ron Mix and Lance Alworth that it'd be great to get them to
    sign their respective cards.  
    
    I sent each of them a card, along with a letter and a pen and a SASE. 
    They each signed the card and sent it back.  Ron Mix even found an
    error on his card.  1967 Topps card 125 (I think) says that Mix was all
    Big 5.  USC is in the PAC10, not Big8, or Big5 back then.  So he not
    only sent the card back but wrote on my letter to him about the faulty 
    information on his card.
    
    So, now the question becomes who WILL the Chargers have in the HOF! 
    Well, Dan Fouts and Charlie Joiner will certainly make it.  I already
    have Joiners autograph on his card from when I hit him up last year
    outside Denver's Mile High Stadium, so I guess I better get Fouts'.
    
    That's my latest update.  
    
    Live from Charger Central.......Glenn

    > They each signed the card and sent it back.  Ron Mix even found an
    > error on his card.  1967 Topps card 125 (I think) says that Mix was all
    > Big 5.  USC is in the PAC10, not Big8, or Big5 back then.  So he not
    > only sent the card back but wrote on my letter to him about the faulty 
    > information on his card.
    
    Well into the 1960s, the PAC-10 (formerly PAC-8) was known as the 
    Big 6 (Oregon and Oregon St. didn't join till the 1960s).  That's
    probably the error.
    
    I haven't looked at this file in a long time, and am wondering if
    there's a lot of interest in general in older football cards.  A few
    years back I know there wasn't.  Other than sets of Topps 1974-75, 
    1977-80 that I want to hold onto, I've got a lot of cards (including
    doubles) from most of the years 1971-80 and even some older star cards 
    from back into the 1950s that I wouldn't mind trading for comparably
    valued baseball cards from the 1950s or 1960s.  I know off hand for
    big stars I have Jim Brown 1958 rookie (only VG), Jim Brown 1961 
    (mint), Unitas, Gifford, Starr, OJ Simpson 1970 rookie (EX), a couple 
    of Payton rookie cards (mint) and a bunch of other stuff if anyone's
    interested in a swap for similar high-value cards of baseball stars... 
    
    Sorry to say, Glenn M., but I think I even have a couple of sets of 
    those Fleer team cards you were looking for (two cards per team per 
    year, right?).  I might have been able to save you a lot of trouble 
    had I kept up semi-regularly in here. ;-(
    
    glenn
    

    Received my signed Dan Fouts card back in the mail last month, so
    that's pretty neat.  
    
    I'm starting on some sports oddities like 1971 Topps Poster Inserts,
    1980 Marketcom, 1968 Fleer Big Signs, 1968 Topps Test Team, 1971 Topps
    Game Cards, etc. and I'm having absolutely fantastic results.  
    
    I have 3 guys who I contact and they deal in sports oddities and 
    between them I've found everything except the 1968 Fleer Big Signs.  
    If you want names and numbers send mail to me.  I'm somewhat hesitant 
    to put their names and numbers up on this notesfile. I'm not sure why 
    I am, but I am.
    
    Live from Charger Central.......Glenn

    Well, I waited outside the Charger locker room when they were in Denver
    yesterday, and with my trusty Sharpie and my cards I got the following
    autographs:
    
    	* Steve Hendrickson
    	* Bobby Beathard
    	* Bobby Ross
    	* Eric Moten
    	* Junior Seau
    	* Eric Bieniemy
    	* Ronnie Harmon
    	* Rod Bernstine
    	* Leslie O'Neal
    	* Burt Grossman
    	* George Thornton
    	* Anthony Miller
    	* John Friesz
    	* Stan Humphries
    	* Bob Gagliano
    	* Stanley Richards
    	* Dave Richards
    	* Chris Mims
    	* Marion Butts
    	* Gill Byrd
    	* Henry Rolling
    	* Courtney Hall
    
    Not bad eh?
    
    Live from Charger Central.......Glenn