cheaptrick77 Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 I ventured out on 110 South this afternoon, only to find out that the only Tyler area Baseball Card shop was no longer there .......... nothing but a big THIS SPACE FOR RENT sign. I had to go to Ground Zero to purchase my 9-pocket notebook sheets. Another casualty of the Internet age, I suppose .......... :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chase.colston Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 The owner had told me a while back he was strictly going wholesale on his stuff, but he was going to stay in the same building ... not sure why they left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Baseball cards are so ... 1994! I kid, I kid! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chase.colston Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Baseball cards are too expensive nowadays ... and if you get a game jersey card numbered to 10 of Alex Rodriguez it's only worth $10 because they make so many now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 I have a Babe Ruth (as a Red Sox, mind you!) card, and a signed Mickey Mantle rookie card. BOOOYA COLSTON! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Ive got a Honus Wagner and Johnny bench signed rookie card. Not to mention a Nolan Ryan signed rookie card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chase.colston Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Originally posted by sppunkI have a Babe Ruth (as a Red Sox, mind you!) card, and a signed Mickey Mantle rookie card. BOOOYA COLSTON! :) Prove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Originally posted by MantleLives4Ever Originally posted by sppunkI have a Babe Ruth (as a Red Sox, mind you!) card, and a signed Mickey Mantle rookie card. BOOOYA COLSTON! :) Prove it. It's in a safety security box in my parent's hometown. No way I'll keep those around my lovely little apartment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxBroadcaster Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 sure spunk..sounds like the guy who always claims his girlfriend lives in another town ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poisoned10 Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Originally posted by TxEaglecallersure spunk..sounds like the guy who always claims his girlfriend lives in another town ;) Like on Napolian Dynamite. HaHa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Originally posted by TxEaglecallersure spunk..sounds like the guy who always claims his girlfriend lives in another town ;) Mantle's met the fiance, so this post is moot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaptrick77 Posted December 31, 2004 Author Share Posted December 31, 2004 Which Ruth card is it, sppunk .......... 1915 Sporting News ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 I think it's a 1917 card ... I haven't seen it in ages. My grandfather willed it to me, along with the Mantle rookie and a baseball signed by most of the '28 Yankees, when he passed a few years ago. I loved my grandfather ... too bad he had season tickets to watch the Yankees play for 63 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaptrick77 Posted January 1, 2005 Author Share Posted January 1, 2005 Originally posted by sppunkI think it's a 1917 card ... Could it be this one (1917 Collins-McCarthy) ??? : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chase.colston Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Originally posted by TxEaglecallersure spunk..sounds like the guy who always claims his girlfriend lives in another town ;) His fiancé actually lives in another town!:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sppunk Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 I think that's the card, but it's not in that good of shape. There's a crease underneath the knees and the edges are very tattered. OH MAN I MISS BASEBALL SO MUCH! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxBroadcaster Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Originally posted by sppunk Originally posted by TxEaglecallersure spunk..sounds like the guy who always claims his girlfriend lives in another town ;) Mantle's met the fiance, so this post is moot! I was drawing a comparison not saying you do not have a mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaptrick77 Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 OK, it is my turn to dig deep into the SDC archives... #dusty 'sez here that there is a Card Shop in Longview called Sports Card Shop - on Gilmer Road. Can anyone confirm and recommend ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Going to Hastings just ain't the same as going to Benchwarmers or Allan's was. Hadden's Sandwich shop had the old cardboard longboxes. Depending on the Beckett you could get alot of cards for a buck. I mean if an old Topps Ed Too Tall Jones was a quarter a little kids allowance could go along way. The mylar smell. The "gum" that if you dared to chew it tasted like a baseball card. Great memories. Kids need a place like that nowadays. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 http://www.manta.com/mb_55_B63B37N3_KPM/trading_cards_baseball_or_other_sports_entertainment_etc/longview_tx This help Cheapy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaptrick77 Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 THREE ?!?!? Are any of them worth a trip from Tyler ??? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 I'm not sure. I'm shocked that they say there are three. We need one of our Longview peeps to confirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTV1 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I haven't seen a sports card store in years. I don't even see them in convenience stores anymore. I think the likes of Fleer, Donruss, Upper Deck, and Pro Set destroyed the collecting of baseball cards. While many people don't like a monopoly, Topp's made card collecting fun and valuable. I only recall one baseball card shop in Longview when I was growing up, but they also had old comic books, and a coinless arcade (you paid $3 an hour to play Sega games) that was next to the Hastings cater-cornered from the loop from the mall by Hastings. In Tyler, I remember two one on Paluxy Dr. behind the old KTBB/Liang's building and around the corner from Hastings, and the one on 5th Street. I liked the guy at the Paluxy Dr. location, because he didn't charge an arm and a leg for some of the vintage cards that I wanted. He made me reasonable offers on cards, but I never sold any to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaptrick77 Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 LONGVIEW ROAD TRIP !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 LONGVIEW ROAD TRIP !!! Load up the bus!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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