tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601288284583281350.post8626403248130265863..comments2023-09-29T10:32:49.798-07:00Comments on The Oddball Card Collector: 1989 Smokey Bear Team Smokey GT Racing SetAnthony Nunezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09242610826264193511noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601288284583281350.post-47327062660517655632020-05-14T18:33:11.246-07:002020-05-14T18:33:11.246-07:00You'd need to find someone interested in this ...You'd need to find someone interested in this obscure set, but I'd guess between $50 to $100 is a fair price.Anthony Nunezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09242610826264193511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601288284583281350.post-59014355443218558792020-05-14T18:30:19.255-07:002020-05-14T18:30:19.255-07:00I just found an entire set of these in my grandmot...I just found an entire set of these in my grandmother's basement... they are in perfect shape... This is the ONLY website that has any information on them... Any idea the value of these?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412750602499097607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601288284583281350.post-71890761729879825732019-04-17T18:25:44.696-07:002019-04-17T18:25:44.696-07:00Lively smoky I meant, not lovely!Lively smoky I meant, not lovely!Mr. World Class Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071618718558363064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601288284583281350.post-38945302726902582472019-04-17T18:24:05.661-07:002019-04-17T18:24:05.661-07:00I've got the craziest story ever on this set o...I've got the craziest story ever on this set of cards..... A client of mine came into my barbershop today(I don't even cut his hair, one of my barbers does which makes it even more incredible!), and gave me this complete set today. And here's the kicker: he was one of the two Smoky Bears pictured on the cards! He's the lovely smoky where the other one just stand upright with no personality. Anyway, In the middle of conversation with the guys in the shop, out of nowhere he asks me if I like racing, and I tell him "not really, I've never had a need for speed." He goes on to tell me all about the cards and how his two sons want them but he won't split the set and doesn't want them fighting over them when he's gone. He says he'd rather give them away so that they don't tear each other up over them, since they know they are like his prized possession. So I ask him why me?? He tells me that I'm a good Christian guy, that I'm honest, and that he knows I'll take care of them. He told me only 4,000 sets were made and that they are very rare. When he brought them in later in the afternoon, I sat down with them and wrote down the details of the cards so that I could tell the story if and when I displayed them. I asked him again, why not give them to your kids man?! And that's when the story tugged on the heart strings: his older son is his wife's son but he raised him, and the second son is his blood. He told me if I give the set to the older son, my blood son will say "I'm your blood!" If I give it to the older son he's going to say "I was not good enough" and he said HE KNEW how that felt and didn't want to put him through that. At this point this this big burly man is barely able to speak and is breaking into tears in front of myself and his barber. He was literally disconnecting himself from the cards emotionally and I believe in his mind avoiding a mess in the future. It was a very humbling experience...Mr. World Class Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071618718558363064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601288284583281350.post-61336540583215155002018-12-31T16:09:41.352-08:002018-12-31T16:09:41.352-08:00That's a nice find! Let me know if you're ...That's a nice find! Let me know if you're ever interested in selling them.Anthony Nunezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09242610826264193511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601288284583281350.post-20226674750393968532018-12-31T16:06:07.322-08:002018-12-31T16:06:07.322-08:00Someone just have me a set of these to give out to...Someone just have me a set of these to give out to my middle school students! I don't think they would appreciate them as much as a collector would!CDietzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226901833028189024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601288284583281350.post-63303880832314504312017-02-12T19:24:53.913-08:002017-02-12T19:24:53.913-08:00Hiya, Fuji! I think it may very well be his racing...Hiya, Fuji! I think it may very well be his racing rookie card! :)Anthony Nunezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09242610826264193511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601288284583281350.post-16471061027436364022017-02-12T10:28:27.745-08:002017-02-12T10:28:27.745-08:00Could that possibly be a Paul Newman rookie card? ...Could that possibly be a Paul Newman rookie card? Very cool.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.com