I had to take the kids to their home school co-op yesterday, so while they were there I decided the check out a card store that I've had my eye on for a while. It's located in Shelbyville, TN right off of the downtown square. It's called John English Antique Sports Cards and it is amazing!
The shop takes up two store fronts with one side being mostly sports cards and the other side being all kinds of vintage memorabilia including a whole wall of antique baseball gloves, two racks of antique baseball bats, and several display cases of all kinds of other collectibles dating back to the late 1800's.
They had a very large selection of $5 boxes of 1950s-1970s cards which I thought were all commons at first. But after flipping through them these boxes also contained several HOFer cards, some in decent condition. In those boxes I bought 3 commons for my 1960 Topps set. They had several more hits I needed from that set, but didn't want to spend all my money on commons. I will definitely be back there when I need to fill in my set needs though. I also picked out a $5 1959 Topps All Star card of Stan Musial. It's only in fair condition, but I've always liked that card and for $5 felt it was a good addition to my HOFer collection.
The shop also had several stacks of nicer condition 1950s and 1960s cards. Unfortunately I didn't find any hits to my 1965 Topps set. I also looked at the sole T206 they had, but it turned out I have the same card with the same back already. They also had 4 T3 Turkey Reds ranging from about $325-$475. The shop owner made it sound like he could go lower on those since they had been there awhile... I may go back and see how low he will go.
I was kind of rushed this time around to John English's store, but plan on visiting again soon and often. I think they have by far the best selection of vintage, including some pre-WWII cards that I have found here and the prices didn't seem too bad. I may even try to pick up an old bat or glove or other collectible to add to my collection.
The shop takes up two store fronts with one side being mostly sports cards and the other side being all kinds of vintage memorabilia including a whole wall of antique baseball gloves, two racks of antique baseball bats, and several display cases of all kinds of other collectibles dating back to the late 1800's.
They had a very large selection of $5 boxes of 1950s-1970s cards which I thought were all commons at first. But after flipping through them these boxes also contained several HOFer cards, some in decent condition. In those boxes I bought 3 commons for my 1960 Topps set. They had several more hits I needed from that set, but didn't want to spend all my money on commons. I will definitely be back there when I need to fill in my set needs though. I also picked out a $5 1959 Topps All Star card of Stan Musial. It's only in fair condition, but I've always liked that card and for $5 felt it was a good addition to my HOFer collection.
The shop also had several stacks of nicer condition 1950s and 1960s cards. Unfortunately I didn't find any hits to my 1965 Topps set. I also looked at the sole T206 they had, but it turned out I have the same card with the same back already. They also had 4 T3 Turkey Reds ranging from about $325-$475. The shop owner made it sound like he could go lower on those since they had been there awhile... I may go back and see how low he will go.
I was kind of rushed this time around to John English's store, but plan on visiting again soon and often. I think they have by far the best selection of vintage, including some pre-WWII cards that I have found here and the prices didn't seem too bad. I may even try to pick up an old bat or glove or other collectible to add to my collection.