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The wait if FINALLY OVER! 1933 Goudey Set Break is OPEN!
I am so excited to announce that we are officially LIVE with the biggest and best break we have ever launched on the channel - the 1933 Goudey Set Break!
This 277 Card Break features 45 graded cards of the most iconic vintage baseball card set in history, as well as 15 Hall of Fame Cards including ALL 4 Babe Ruth variations, Lou Gehrig, and Jimmy Fox Rookie Cards!
As some may know, the 1933 Goudey set consisted of 239 cards, and was numbered to 240. (The Nap Lajoie card was never printed, as a marketing strategy to incentivize collectors to keep looking for it! It was later printed in short number in 1934 to a select number of collectors who wrote into the Goudey gum company. Today, the Nap Lajoie Goudey card is one of the most valuable and coveted cards of all time with a population of just 85 graded examples known to exist in the PSA pop report.)
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For this set break we will feature 277 Goudey cards, with several players having doubles of their cards featured in the break in raw and graded versions. I decided to add more of the common cards into the break to get the price down on the break, and allow for more people to be able to join!
While this is not a fully completed Goudey set break, it still offers several of the big hit cards, and guarantees you an example of one of the cards from the greatest baseball card set ever made!
For those that have never done one of our vintage breaks - here is the way it works:
For this break there will be 277 total spots. Once all 277 spots have been sold, we host a LIVE stream where everyone’s spots will be randomly assigned to each card in the set!
Here are some pictures of what the average condition of most of the raw cards look like - there are 232 total raw cards in the break, with average condition ranging from grade 1-4.
EVERY SPOT PURCHASED GUARANTEEES A CARD AT RANDOM USING A LIVE RANDOM GENERATOR!
FREE Giveaway 1939 Lou Gehrig Jersey!
I am adding something fun into this break as well - I will be giving one person who joins this break this incredible 1939 replica Lou Gehrig Jersey from Mitchell & Ness!
SPOT PRICING & HOW TO JOIN:
(Discount Pricing only available if paid through Paypal or Venmo)
1 Spot: $265
2 Spots: $520 ($10 off)
5 Spots: $1250 ($75 off)
10 Spots: $2,000 ($650 off)
Paypal: Gbonks123@gmail.com
Venmo: @Gordy-Bonker
*If you send payment via paypal or venmo, please caption the payment “goudey break” and add your shipping address to the caption!
Purchase spots through the website link HERE
The full breakdown of the cards and list of the cards can be viewed on the Bonkers Vintage Cards Facebook Group
Fun Facts about the 1933 Goudey Set:
The 1933 Goudey Set was the first baseball card set to include bubble gum in packs of cards. Prior to 1933, baseball cards were primarily sold with tobacco products, as well as occasionally with ice cream and candy bars. Many of us remember opening packs as a kid with a stick of gum in them - that all started with the Goudey set!
There are 4 Babe Ruth cards in the set - which are the most valuable?
The Yellow Background Variation, card #53 is considered to be the most valuable and rare variation of the 4 Goudey Ruths. This card has the least population in the PSA POP report with only 991 examples known to exist.
Here is the #53 Babe Ruth Card in our break:
The most common of the 4 Babe Ruth cards in this set happens to be the full stance Babe Ruth card, #144. This card has 1,305 known examples to exist in the PSA pop report, and it is believed to have been double printed in production in 1933.
Here is the #144 Babe Ruth Card for our break:
My personal favorite of the 4 Babe Ruth cards that were made in this set is the red variation, card #149. Here is the copy that is included in our break, which I believe to be the nicest eye-appeal card of the 4 Ruths as well:
REA Summer Catalog Auction LIVE STREAM this Sunday 8/11 at 7:30PM est!
This Sunday, August 11th at 7:30PM I will be hosting a LIVE stream on my YouTube and TikTok channels covering the final hours of bidding for one of the biggest auctions of the year at Robert Edward Auctions.
The current bid on the 1951 Bowman Willie Mays PSA 8.5 currently stands $310,000!
I have my sights set on a few awesome cards, including some potential upgrades for my 1954 Topps Set!
Subscribe to my YouTube channel here and be notified when I go LIVE on Sunday!
Zion Card Case Discount Code!
I wanted to make sure you guys were aware that I am a partner with Zion card cases, and I have a discount code that you guys can use if you wanted to buy a case for yourself!
This is the case I currently use to travel with and store my slabs:
Zion Two Row
(I am kicking around buying a larger one for more storage and traveling to larger shows like the Slab Case XL)
My Discount Code is:
GORDONBONKER
My referral link if you want to share the discount with any card buddies is:
https://zioncases.com/?ref=GORDONBONKER
LIVE Show schedule this week: (I sell cards LIVE on TikTok @bonkerscards )
Thursday 8/8/24 - 8:00PM Est. TikTok
Sunday - 8/11/24 8:00PM Est. on TikTok
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