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Group: alt.sports.football.pro.sf-49ers · Group Profile
Author: JohnBoy
Date: Dec 1, 2006 20:16

On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:39:54 GMT, "Leonard" citlink.net>
wrote:
>I was in the Gray Area alot in the past few weeks. While at a Wal-Mart
>checkout line I spied some football cards hanging on a rack. They had team
>sets of the 49ers and Raiders. I bought a team set of the 49ers for $4.97
>plus tax. Thought the kid might enjoy them. Turned out to be 10 cards.
>What do you do with a 2006 49er Barlow card?? Thinking back to my youthful
>days of baseball cards, I thought that was pretty pricey (no gum even), but
>what the hell, I share an office with a Seahawks fan and anything to torment
>him is a good deal. The thought of a Frank Gore card slipped into his top
>drawer or taped to his computer was all it took for me to buy the cards.
>
>Anyhow there is a Trent Dilfer card in the set. "Trent" was wearing #7 and
>looking a lot like Ken Dorsey. Major mistake by TOPPS as it is Ken Dorsey
>on the Dilfer card. This card could be worth literally $4 or $5 bucks a few
>years from now. Get signatures on the card from Ken and Trent and the card
>could be worth $20. Skep, you gotta go get some as an investment and they
>are something you could sell on this newsgroup down the road.
>
>Leonard
>

I'd value the Barlow as "near mint condition" since, like Barlow, it
was hardly used. ;)

John
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