Just don't turn it over!Big time collector many many baseball cards football and hoops . But have a 1953 Mickey Mantle that I put silly putty on the back of it When a card collector see's it he lights turns on Perfect cut even white no creases . Looks mint condition until he turns it over . In 1969 in college I put silly putty on the back of it against my dorm door . When the year was over Took it down taking about 1} 4th in the back print off. The collector looks at the card and just shakes his head. WTF did you do that for? A card worth thousands ruined by the damage to the back . I was an 18 yr old freshman in college before Cards became popular again What the hell did I know. But before I left for college I wrapped up in a converse sneakers empty box all my most valuable baseball cards Mantlles Ted Williams Hank Aaron etc I put about 10 rubber bands around the box My Mother threw out all my baseball card collections in my closet like many mothers back in the day. But because I had all those runbber bands around one box she kept... them I still have that box loaded with Mantles Aarons Ted Williams all 1956'57'58'and 60's. Worth mucho today I took the mantle 53 card to a dealer and he offered me $300 for the damaged Mantle . I said no thanks and it sitting near my computer as I type this post its in an acrylic clear baseball holder.
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