NYG PC Spotlight 17:1982 Topps Joe Danelo

 
Joe Danelo
Base Card
Card #421

2016 Yard Sale Find Part 1

The first thing in my yard sale find, the most obvious from the picture I posted last week, were these complete sets.

I made sure that every card was in there and impressively they were. The Fleer ones came with players like Roger Clemens and Pete Rose. The Topps Kmart set is from 1982 and comes with a solid lineup of players from the AL and NL.

 

Also inside of those sets were bonus cards. Each one had a "filler" card and not bad ones. Marty Barrett was the odd card of the group that consisted of my man Griffey Jr, Eddie Murray (1982 Drake Cake Card) and George Brett (1984 Drake Cake Card)

 

 

Not a bad start at all. More to come in the next few days as I break down each section of the cards I got.

Cramer Vs Me

My never ending sorting project, I posted about this project last year, has me sorting my entire collection by teams and key players now after years of sorting by brand, number and year. Sometimes when you go back through everything you find some cool pieces you had forgotten about. One of the many cool things I found were these 1980-1983 Pacific Cramer baseball cards.

This product was issued over a period of four years by Cramer Sports Promotions, who was the forerunner of Pacific back when they existed. From 1980-1983 you could buy packs of these and try to put sets together. Every year had a section of the set to put together, cards 1-30 were issued in 1980; #'s 31-60 in 1981; #'s 61-90 in 1982; #'s 90-124 in 1983 and finally cards #121-124 were issued on the 1983 wax box. The set consisted of mainly big namers and Hall of Famers.

As for design, the cards have a sepia-toned photo on front with a black frame. Some had a brighter tone then others, almost a  yellow look to them. Overall they had a very old appeal front and back.

Here is the handful of them I found in the boxes. I also later on found some in a binder that went in a trade with Project Pedro Blog.

Some of the key players I found in the stack

Maris in an Athletics Uni.....


The real Home Run King!


 

Can't go wrong finding these kind of names in a box. They are worth much in terms of value, but they are something I plan on holding onto just because. I like the oddball kinda finds and you will see that when I roll out other things I found in my sorting project that is never-ending.

How many of you collected these? Anyone put a set together?

Flashback Product: 1982 O-Pee-Chee Baseball Wax Box

 

  

Look for rookie cards of Terry Francona, Jesse Barfield, Jorge Bell

Boxes run around $160