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Beckett Baseball‘s Chris Olds caught up with New York-based dealer Jeffrey Finnigan as he ripped a pack of 1963 Topps at the Topps booth during this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention.
What will he find inside? Watch and find out …
Merovius I know this guy! When I unearthed my family’s old collection last August in Albany NY he helped me with some much needed supplies, told me which cards I should think about having graded and even showed me some of the best cards in his personal collection (some t206 tobacco cards).
Ive since continued to do business with Jeff and he’s given me some of the best deals to date.
Jeff is a real class act and a true bright spot in a sometimes dim industry.
Posted August 6, 2012 at 2:56 pm Permalinkvideo looks more like an advertisement… I like how Jeff put his business card next to the pack before he opened it. I would rather see the cards right side up on the video, but since the cards went back & forth on direction it made it easy to see.. I never seen a vintage baseball pack be opened…
I thought it funny that there was huge TOPPS advertisements in the background, but the dealer was sporting a Panini T-shirt…
I want TOPPS & UD Basketball back…
had to throw that out there, since I only collect basketball. can’t afford to collect every sports. Especially with today’s high priced boxes/packs… so I stick with my childhood love of basketball…
Posted August 6, 2012 at 4:24 pm Permalink
TR Enjoyed seeing the Tony Cloninger card being pulled from the pack. He and my dad graduated from the same high school.
Posted August 6, 2012 at 4:24 pm Permalink
chrisolds Josh: The business card is his move as a smart businessman. My move as a smart editor? Not to film it. You don’t open a pack like that without trying to get attention for yourself — there was a pretty big crowd around us at the Topps booth, but I couldn’t keep that spot and still show everyone.
Posted August 6, 2012 at 4:54 pm PermalinkChris. I see the point of the businessman. I probably would of done the same thing.. I enjoyed the video & the read. I’m not a huge baseball fan.. but love the stories about old cards & those scarce finds…
There are not many old packs to bust anymore.. so when one is opened, it has to be done big…
I wish I can make it to National one day.. I miss card shows. Haven’t been to a good one since around 1994.. me being 14 back then.. I had a few breaks in my collecting days, but now that the addiction has caught me in 2007.. I enjoy the cardboard industry.. at least the collecting part..
Posted August 6, 2012 at 6:27 pm Permalink
afff thanks for the video. i really enjoyed watching the old pack being opened
Posted August 7, 2012 at 12:58 am Permalink
card opinionator Do you need that much drama and precision unveiling each card? I thought that was a little much, but maybe that’s just me.
Posted August 7, 2012 at 10:52 am Permalink
Mike Furman Agree, Jeff is a class act. Done business with him a few times, great deals, honest dealer. Can walk in his shop and get a nice pull from a pack from an opened box on the shelf.
Hey Jeff, don’t send it to PSA, send it to Beckett!! : )
Posted August 8, 2012 at 7:15 am Permalink