1973 Topps Mike Schmidt Rookie Card #615 ALL SCHMIDT'S REGULAR ISSUE CARDS 73-89

Description: All of Mike Schmidt's regular issue cards 1973-1989 EX-NM 41 Cards TOPPS 1973 #615 1974 #283 (VG) 1975 #70 1976 #480 1977 #140 1978 #360 1979 #610 1980 #270 1981 #540 1982 #100 1983 #300 1984 #700 1985 #500 1986 #200 1987 #430 1988 #600 1989 #100 FLEER 1981 #5 1981 #640 1982 #258 1983 #173 1984 #48 1985 #265 1986 #450 1987 #187 1988 #315 1989 #582 DONRUSS 1981 #11 1982 #294 1983 #168 1984 #183 1985 #61 1986 #61 1987 #139 1988 #330 1989 #193 SCORE 1988 #16 1989 #149 LEAF 1985 #205 1987 #122 UPPER DECK 1989 #406 I'm so lucky. I was 12 when I started this collection. Over 40 years ago. I was in my room, hiding from my constantly arguing parents. I spent 1000s of hours with my cards. I opened a shop in '86, did a few card shows. I put them away for 30 years - taking them out now and then. I've decided to gradually, over the rest of my life, list them for sale. My daughter said, "Dad, even if you don't want to sell them, you can still list them for your price." I agreed. I love selling my way. In lots for gifts and fans. It's never been about big profits or strategy. I hope there's an Angels fan out there that thinks a 400-ct lot of 60's-80's Halos cards is a unique gift for their unlce or season-ticket-holding friend. I use Buy It Now, usually. I'm not too interested in negotiating. The collection takes up the space of a medium-sized gun safe, and they're welcome to stay. I sort of do a mediation with each listing. I say goodbye, and they get filed for send-off. When you've bonded with something your entire life... I think it brings pause to letting go. It's like a fist bump with good intentions behind it. Have you noticed how the hobbyist vibe is missing now? The money is so big, and many sellers seem to prey on the uninformed. There's no Barry Bonds error RC. And a $.05 common for $1 plus $5 shipping? I've stopped buying. It's not rebellion or frustration. It's the movement from "excited to fill in some sets" to feeling the sleaziness of our created right to rip-off. Amazing, huh? How we're encouraged and rewarded for deliberate ill-will. We justify that we're allowed to. We use the laws that keep it all in place. We're free and capable of standing apart and not participating, but inclusion has such power over us. The perceptions we have for ourselves are so fragile. We follow a script. We sustain it for the grand story about Me. Come On, Humans This isn't a loud, showy, "look-at-me" pastime for me. It's quiet. Maybe Howars Stern on the radio or an old movie playing in the background. A spotlight and my glasses. Care, attention, peaceful. All that insensitivity gets to some of us. We can throw our chests out and join in, but just nah. I won't add to the unconsciousness that prevails. It's short-lived. Humans ultimately triumph and come together. I hope you'll time travel with me.

Price: 450 USD

Location: Gilbert, Arizona

End Time: 2024-09-25T17:05:15.000Z

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