Saturday, August 9, 2014

Maiden voyage into a dime box! (card show haul)

Went to the local card show today and finally came across something I had previously only heard stories and legends of on the internet: a dime box! I damn near leafed through the entire freakin' thing. I ended up with 57 cards, and the guy was cool enough to round it to $5. That's a sweet 8.77 cents per card! I will now share scans of these 57 cards with you.

I kinda really like 1986 Fleer for some reason. Probably because I have so few cards from it.. So it's like the "freshest" late-80s set for me.

Bagwell rookies. That 91 Bowman isn't quite as bad as the subject of last week's drunken ramble-- at least, not until you look at the fingers.

Most of these are cards that made me say to myself, "You know, I don't have any early cards of this guy. For a dime, why not rectify that?" And that's not really Omar Vizquel in that photo, right?

I think I already had this card. Oh well, it's cool. I should limit my Carlos Delgado PC to only cards when he was a catcher.

Some mid-80s Donruss. Who doesn't love Spike D. Owen? (The D stands for Dee.. like a Simpsons reference!) The dimebox had lots of Eric Davis' other rookies, but I only had eyes for the 85 Donruss. What a great looking card that is!

No vintage from the dimebox.. a couple cards from 1981 are the oldest in this haul. I think I may have received this Fisk in a trade a few months ago. Oh well, look at those socks!

I had gotten that '92 Leaf Frank Thomas off Listia a year or so ago, but the gold foil was in bad shape when it arrived. Might as well upgrade.

Kellogg's for a dime each? Sure!..even if these aren't big names and this was the year they got lazy and didn't mess with making them have any 3D effect. (and ok, I guess there was some vintage if you count these oddballs.)

I already have Lee Smith's '82 Topps. These 2 cards complete the RC trifecta.

Here are the Padres cards from the haul (and the non-Padres cards that in my twisted collector's mind are considered Padres cards; Yes, Cliff Floyd and Miguel Tejada are Padres through and through). Love that 81 Fleer Ozzie. Perhaps the card I was most excited about out of all 57 was the Seth Smith. He's been one of the few San Diego hitters having a respectable year at the plate. I don't think I owned any of his cards, so it was nice to bring home a serial numbered rookie card for about the price of a stick of gum.

Here are some pre-rookies of guys who went on to fine careers.

I wanted to add some more Smoltzes to my collection. The dimebox had a ton of his rookies, but I thought these 2 looked the coolest. (Really, his '89 Topps, '89 Fleer, and standard '89 Donruss are fugly cards.)

Again, no vintage from this haul (ignoring the 73 Kellogg's), but these 3 cards will do the trick in a pinch.

Finally, here're a couple early Vlad cards. That guy was a beast in his prime.

So there you go! 57 cards that set me back a five. No particular card to make you shoot your drink out of your nose, but I'm very happy with the transaction!

13 comments:

  1. That looks like a well spent $5 if you ask me.

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  2. Those Kellogg's cards would've made me shoot my drink out of my nose...if I was drinking anything when I saw them. Nice dime pickups!

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  3. And now you see why everyone loves to find a dime box! :-)

    The Kellogg's cards in particular are awesome.

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  4. I Have A Dime, Quarter, And .50 Boxes. Last Show I Put 2 Topps Strata AndrewLuck Rookies In .50 box And No One Bought Either One Both Mint. This Show I Have Written On Card Redemptions For 2,4,6 Free Cards Plus A $5 Gift Certificate. Glad To Hear And See You Did Good.

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  5. I'd love a dime box ... if I could find one. '73 Kellogg's for a dime. shoot.

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  6. I think my favorite is the Satchel Paige. That's a great photo.

    Oh, and for what's worth, I think there should be more drunken ramblings within the blogosphere!

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  7. Why not, another comment on the the Kelloggs. LOL! I will trade you for the Garr Kelloggs, and also for the 86 Fleer O'neill. I will make those two dimes (rather 17.5 cents) you spent in to a super super good deal. AWESOME diggin!

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  8. Great cards! Lot's of awesome rookie cards!

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  9. Wow. That's one of the best dime box purchases I've ever seen. Congratulations.

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  10. Thanks, guys! Yeah, it was a pretty sweet dimebox.. seemingly with all good cards, not just a bunch of no-names. Apparently the seller had a pretty nice 50 cent box too.. I'll try to hit that next time if he's there again.

    And sure, John, I'll be in touch about a trade.

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  11. My Craig Biggio PC would be similar to your Delgado-as-a-catcher PC.
    That is a great Khalil card.
    It took me a while to get over the fact that Seth Smith was a former-Rockie who helped beat the Padres in game 163. I'm totally over it now though… because that would be ridiculous to hold a grudge that long, right? Maybe? Dang it, I still don't know.

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