Forget the Dime Box #2 - Quarter Box Finds

OK, so in yesterdays post, I teased a mislabeled box at a card show.  Here are some relics and autos I grabbed from it as a teaser:

Here's the story:

One of the dealers I frequent at our monthly show had quarter boxes out.  Not only is this dealer (I'll call him cooldealer) a good guy with great prices, but I'm a sucker for the cheap stuff, so I wandered over and started perusing the boxes with a couple of other regulars.

A minute after I got there, another dealer (I'll call him psychodealer) a few tables down made a little grab for business.  He does this all the time, calling over to people he knows and saying things like "I got some great stuff today", and "come on over, I have something for you".  He had enticed me to come over the show before by telling me he had a dime box that he had put some extra good cards in.  "Better than a normal dime box", was how he put it.  So I had gone over and pulled out about 20 cards.  When I took them up to pay, psychodealer grabbed them and went through them.  He pulled out 4 of them and said he couldn't let me have them for dimes but quoted a much higher price.  I didn't want the hassle, so I put back the non-dime cards, paid and left.  But it left a sour taste in my mouth.

So when psychodealer called out and tried to get some of us to come look at his stuff, I told the story to cooldealer.  I told him that I wouldn't probably look at the pushy guys cards again and he said he would feel the same way.  So I continued with the quarter boxes...

At first I only found a couple of cards I liked and was on the verge of leaving for some dime boxes on the other side of the show.  But then I started finding good stuff.  Or at least interesting stuff to me.  The stack of cards I wanted was growing high!  I put a cool card on the stack and cooldealer made a slightly confused look.  I didn't think much of it.  I put a few more on the stack and he came over and looked at my stack and another guys.  He mumbled something about "these aren't all my quarter stuff", and wandered off.  I was thinking, is he serious?  and, why doesn't he pull the box then?  I stopped and went over to talk to him.  I asked if they were really higher end cards and he said that some of them looked like stuff he would have asked more for.  I told him to grab the box and re-sort.  He was hesitant, and I realized that the story I told about psychodealer renegotiating on the fly might have something to do with it.  That made me feel like crap!  I told him that didn't apply here, this was an honest mistake!

So I pushed a little harder and he agreed to pull stuff out of the box.  I was really glad.  He's a good dealer and I hated to see him feel crappy.  I pulled out some of the cards I had pulled, the really obvious stuff and took it to him.  He tried to refuse, but I told him I still had more that should come out.  We settled on him taking back some cards, but me keeping some for quarters.  I could tell he felt good about it.

I gave him a few extra dollars and will be giving him my business every show.  I turned out good, but it was very uncomfortable for me while it happened.

So here are some examples of the kind of stuff I got.  They aren't really all that awesome, but some are right up my alley!

I don't know what this is exactly.  It is thick, printed on glass and has a white film on the back that looks like you can peel it off.  Anyone know?  I got a few other great basketball cards, but I put them away and am too lazy to get them out for scanning.

The Bradshaw is a little dinged up but is cool.  Maybe it would have been in the quarter box legitimately?  The Harrison #d /88 is really nice in person.

 I didn't have a Ray Lewis RC.  This one is kind of ugly, in my opinion.  But for a quarter, I'm glad I grabbed it.

The Tulo is probably my favorite from the haul.  The scratchy look is all on the plastic case.  The Votto probably isn't a real RC, but it is a cool mini, and Votto is underrated in the hobby.

I love the Avant SP's from Fleer Showcase.  They're beautiful and cool to feel.  A refractor RC of Longoria!  Totally cool.

I got about 20 cards I think were great deals.  And I did the right thing, at least I think I did.  Its a win-win.