Forgot about this until I saw them amongst some undownloaded scannage still sitting in my inbox. Here’s what I ended up with:
1983 Cubs Team Leaders Leon Durham/Fergie Jenkins, 1984 Ge(J)orge Bell, 1985 Ryne Sandberg, 1972 Roger Freed, 1960 Al Schroll, 1976 Davy Lopes
Pretty nice haul considering how little I had to work with. No complaints about condition either. Only the ’60 and ’72 had any damage, but except for a certain 1965 card from a recent-ish trade and some pack fresh ’83s, I don’t know that I’ve ever even seen anything from before the junk wax era that was minty fresh. Hell, a lot of current cards don’t even seem to come out of the pack minty fresh. So yeah, these are fine, even centered nicely. Davy Lopes is only has the slightest corner ding, otherwise he’s in perfect condition.
I didn’t have much luck with the MCG, either pulling them from packs, or turning them into vintage once on the site. In fact, I’ve already pulled more Diamond Giveaway chances than I pulled MCGs all of last year, and with better vintage success (close to 50%). Freed and Schroll were the only two pre-1975 cards from the MCG I scored myself without have to trade for. Schroll was was great to get myself as a Cubs fan, but he was the only pre-1970 card I hit at all. I’ve already somewhat duplicated the vintage Cubs feat this year, hitting a 1970 Don Young, that I will most likely be keeping, and hit have hit two pre-1970 cards (both ’69s, one I traded for a ’67) so far.
I really enjoy the idea of these “giveaways”. They definitely haven’t perfected it, but it’s a fun way to score some random vintage cards (and other goodies), and really, who can argue with random vintage (and other goodies)?
The backs..
Freed and Lopes are available for trade. Seeya.
Vintagevintagevintagevintage, its… VINTAGE.
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