A blog/card show question

It's been almost two weeks since my last post, and what an almost two weeks it's been! Well, not really, but making it seem like I've been busy sure sounds nice. Truth be told, I just haven't felt very bloggy (posty?) as of late.

Only two things of note have happened during my mini vacation away from the blog -- I broke a toe, and I went to card show -- the card show being the more fun of the two.

I'm not gonna try to explain how I broke my toe (index toe on my left foot), but I will say that it happened while I was trying to do something that I should be old enough to know that I shouldn't be trying to do anymore. I've broke a few toes in my time, so while painful, I am pretty adept at making toe splints (I used the bottom of an old plastic Gladware container this time), which means that there was no need for a trip to the doctor. Although this one was a little different from the previous times in that, judging by the bruising and sore spots, I'm pretty sure that there are two small fractures (both the knuckles), so I am having to wrap it a little more carefully than I normally would -- but all in all, I'm grateful that it was only a toe (I sprained the middle toe too), because it could've been much worse.

As for the card show, it was one of the now twice yearly 180-table extravaganza's, and not surprisingly, it was pretty awesome (save for walking around with a broken toe). Lot's of cheap stuff was found, for me, and for a lot of you as well:

With all that was bought, I can't help but wonder if people reading the blog actually enjoy seeing everything, especially when it's spread out across 6 or 7 posts? Or would a two-post "best of" be more preferable?

In the past I've shown everything, but after the last series of card show posts I mentioned that I was leaning more towards going the "best of" route for future recaps, however, I am quite prone to changing my mind... and I did say that before acquiring this awesome haul.

Normally I don't really care what people do or don't want to see anymore (hence all the VHS posts), but this is something that I've wondered about for a couple of years now, so I figured I'd finally ask for some input, especially before I start scanning/photographing everything. All opinions and/or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.


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The obligatory card show post

My apologies in advance if this post seems a little ho hum, I have about as much enthusiasm to write it as I had in attending this past Saturday's show (which is next to none).

I had originally planned on skipping this one, but after a text from my favorite seller saying that he would be setting up, I begrudgingly decided to go. I ended up spending around two and half hours just looking through his stuff (mostly dime boxes) and less than an hour on the other 35 or so dealers.

This was a somewhat different show for me (this post will reflect that) in that I didn't get anything of a vintage nature, unless you count buybacks as vintage. I did end up getting my usual 300-400 basketball inserts (90's), which really are my kryptonite. And there is just no way those can all be shown. The other thing that was different was how much good stuff I was able find for others (probably some of you reading this), so obviously all those cards won't be shown either, which doesn't leave whole heck of a lot left to show. Hopefully what is here, will be worth the viewing.

I will start with what seems to be becoming a normal sight on this blog:

Yep... more buybacks! I think I got some pretty good ones in here. This group came to a total of $4.


I'm not usually a big purchaser of memorabilia cards, but I did find two that I really liked.

The first being this 2005 Maury Wills Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic Materials:

I had never seen any memorabilia (or auto) cards of Mr. Wills that weren't Dodger related, so I thought it was pretty neat. I also like the fact that the material looks and feels old, and even though it's hard to see in the picture, it has stitching across the top and bottom.

The second one was this 2005 Don Gullett SP Cuts Classic Careers jerseys:

I mostly just bought this one because I don't recall ever seeing any cards like this for Don Gullet. Also, I thought the text on the back was interesting:

Do you see what I'm talking about? He's shown with the Reds, but the jersey is from his time with the Yankees. I don't know why, but I find that amusing.

I also picked up a trio of autographs.

2013 Panini Golden Age Tommy Davis Historic Signatures:

2008 Press Pass Legends Charles White Saturday Signatures:

1979 Heisman Trophy Winner

2007 Press Pass Legends William Perry Saturday Signatures:

The Fridge has a much better signature than I would have thought!

Up until Saturday, I had never had any interest in manufactured patch cards. But I did find an exception to my previous opinion of them, when I saw these Topps Pro Debut commemorative hat patch cards.

These first three are from 2013 and are all serial numbered to 75:

6/75
 

30/75

65/75

And one of the backs:

This last one is from 2014. And these were numbered to 99:

51/99

And the back:

I really like these cards. So much so, that I have already bought a few more on COMC. The four cards above were $2 each, which seems to have been a really good price.


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Card show summary part 2: The non oldies

Hopefully everyone likes pictures, because this will be another image laden post. The only things I'm not showing are the many cards that I was fortunate enough to find for other people (probably some of you reading this).

Since I covered the who, what, and where in the last installment, I'm just going to jump right in.


Seller #5: I didn't know which post this would belong in since there seems to be some debate whether buybacks should be considered old or new. I only saw two at the show and both were overpriced, in my opinion. But I had to have this one for the set, even at the hefty price tag of $2:

For some reason I just don't think they stamped a lot of '62 checklists, so I just couldn't pass it up.


Seller #6: The most expensive thing from this point on is 33 cents (3/$1 box). This seller is at every show and is set up with mostly dime boxes, although this time he had a few more than normal, along with the aforementioned three for a dollar box.

I don't why I bothered scanning this first group of 1994 Action Packed cards. Even though they are in mint condition, because of the gold borders the scans make them look anything but. On the plus side, I now only need a few more cards to complete this set:

I didn't realize there were two of Chuck Daly until after they were scanned.
 

How about some 90's refractors:

I think a few of the baseball one's are doubles (I haven't checked yet), but at 10 cents each I'm not about to leave any behind.

Here are some misc. 90's basketball inserts, which contain a few more bad scans:

You can't tell from the image, but the 1999-00 Skybox Metal card of Scottie Pippen is one of the emerald parallels.

Now is where we get to some stuff that has probably been shown a million times on the blogs, but most of it is new to me, so you'll just have to endure (or skip ahead a little):



These are some really great inserts from the 2012 Cooperstown set.

Some more players of yore sets:

Here are a couple of more contemporary cards from the 3/$1 box:

And finally from the same box, a card from a set I had never seen before:

I now have yet another new-ish set to work on.


Seller #7: This is the only guy at these shows who ever has 20/$1 boxes, along with other various priced boxes.

I will start with a trio of 1996 Leaf Preferred Steel, that were had for 25 cents each:

A few more misc. inserts, parallels, minis, refractors, etc. that ranged in price from 10 to 25 cents each:

Now for something I somehow didn't know even existed until a couple of months ago, when one was featured on Billy's Cardboard History:

These are the xplosion parallels from the 1998-99 Molten Metal set. Considering they came out during my heyday of collecting I don't know how I missed them. I don't recall ever buying any packs, but I should have at least seen them at a card shop or in a Beckett article. The Larry Johnson and Toni Kukoc were a 25 cents each, while the rest were 5 cents apiece.

Rounding out this post is a whole mess of 2001 Archives Reserve, that came courtesy of the 20/$1 box. I had seen these online many times, but never in person. I guess since I was able to get almost 1/4 of the 100 card set I might as well add this to my set building list. For those that don't know these are refractors, so that's why they look a little weird in the scans:

 

That's it for this round of card show acquisitions. At least the next three posts will be very scan heavy with trade recaps, so don't say you weren't warned (if you're the sort who doesn't like lots of pictures).


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