Shiny and motion. Blue Wave Renfroe, Atomic Thome, 3D Barry Sanders.
A few nice rookie cards of guys I collect. The cheapest of that tongue-out Springer on COMC is $7, so that might be my deal of the day.
More shiny. The Jordan Hicks diecut /150 was another nice pickup ($6.75 on COMC). Hell, the only base 2010 Tribute Stargell on COMC right now is $8.25.
A coupe kings of New York, including my first Tim Tebow card. Hey, laugh at me if you want, but the cheapest one of those on COMC is $5.24. (That's my last COMC mention of the post, I promise.)
I got this complete set of 1992 Mother's Giants just for the Rod Beck card I needed. The rest are available for trade. (I actually got a fair amount of trade bait at the show, but the rest will wait for a separate post.)
Low-numbered early-00s cards of first-ballot HOFers for less than a buck? Yes, always. Love those Sportscasters.
Some vintage.
And a baker's dozen of 1957 Topps needs, including familiar names Billy Pierce and Al Dark. These 13 were from the 50¢ box, and the old-timer said, "How about $10?" And not thinking and in kind of a rush (my wife had dropped me off at the show, taken our dog to play at the river, and then was back to pick me up right then) and just said, "Sounds good to me." Pulled out a couple fives and in doing so basically gave the guy a $3.50 tip. Didn't realize it till later. Whatever, he's given me deals before. And if I give him shit about it next time I buy from him, he'll probably cut me a deal to balance it out. (Still not a bad deal, even with the overcharging.)
Driving home from the show with a happy, soaked dog.
So yeah, maybe "castration" was overdoing it, but it fits in with my thing of titling card show posts "Card Show (C-word)" ..but no, not the C-word, lol. But you know what I mean. (Card Show Crapulence, Card Show Chiropractic, Card Show Khlav Kalash, etc.)
Thanks for reading. I'll try to get a trade bait post up tomorrow.
Sporty Kaline! The Springer is a favorite of mine. Shopping under such time constraints would stress me out. You were at least, able to go I spose - and add some nice stuff to the old C (collection.)
ReplyDeleteI know that feeling. Like I've got a calculator in my head going like "okay so this is 50 cents then another 50 cents..." but then when I stop and look back my pile I've got a huge stack of cards that somehow comes out to twice the dollar amount I had in my head. Thus begins the slow, saddening and humiliating process of trying to decide which cards to put back.
ReplyDeleteI've inadvertently "tipped" a fair number of dealers over the years as well. Most collectors, it seems to me, aren't math whizzes (myself included), which leads to some wonky addition sometimes. I've also encountered some vendors who've taken about five minutes to compute how much 200 dime cards comes out to be. Looks like a great haul nevertheless though -- that Mother's Shooter was worth whatever you paid for the set all on its own.
ReplyDeleteAwesome Thome and Barry Sanders
ReplyDeleteNice to see that Mother's Cookies SGA set make its way from Candlestick all the way up to Oregon.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Sweet dog!