Vintage Game Used Ads

[Eric]

Hello everyone-

I picked up some old issues of Sports Collectors Digest and was surprised to see how many game used ads there were. I had to crop some of them to keep the size down, but I kept in the game used parts. This is from March 30, 1984

Check it out

[metsbats]

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Eric,

Thanks for sharing these. It brings tears to my eyes whenever I go thru the old SCS ads and see what I could have gotten back then verses what I actually brought!

David

[kylehess10]

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Here's another ad which I got for Christmas along with my Griffey helmet. These prices seemed pretty good back then. They may not be as old as the ads you posted but it's still weird seeing all these game used ads, since I never see them now, except for a few Steiner ads

[Birdbats]

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What I find interesting are the jersey sizes in the Ball Four ad with the Rangers and Braves jerseys. As small as 38, as large as 46, most 40-44. It's rare these days to find one as small as 46.

[ryan4fregosi]

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A Felipe Alou Braves flannel for $185. (shakes head)

A Tom Seaver '77-78 Reds roadie for $110. (continues shaking head)

[Nnunnari]

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A 1983/84 Tony Gwynn bat for $12!

[Eric]

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Here's two more interesting SCD ads from 1984

[Eric]

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It's nice to reminisce about the times when prices were low and Lou Lampson had an address and telephone number...

[RobSteinmetz]

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"Sherman, fire up the WABAC (wayback) machine...I need that Ivan Dejesus Cubs jersey!" - Peabody

[suave1477]

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Oh my god those prices are ridiculous im jumping aboard with Rob on the time machine.

Rob im in New York can you pick me up at my house lol lol

A Carl Yaztremski and Reggie Jackson bat $100???

Ill take as many as you got lol lol lol

[both-teams-played-hard]

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"Sherman, fire up the WABAC (wayback) machine...I need that Ivan Dejesus Cubs jersey!" - Peabody

In 1986, I bought a Walter Davis Suns jersey for $150 from a SCD ad. The same seller (Andy McCrea, I think) had a Michael Jordan rookie jersey for $700. Andy, I am prepared to pay $800, today, for the MJ shirt. Let me know.