Here are a bunch of scans from a recent card show! Very random, but I will try to give some color...
This first scan was from several different dealers and different price points. The Niekro was a dollar and the bottom row was 'probably?' 50 cents. The rest were dimes. Don Mossi for a dime! Numbered LaSorda for a dime (even if it's an ugly card)! Fun stuff. The Fred Lynn reminds me of the first All Star game I really paid attention to. I was rooting for the NL, but Lynn hit a grand slam, and the AL rolled. Good times. The old timers Rice is cool, and the Miggy is numbered /45.Now some randomness:
Speaking of dimes, I found a small dime box with a bunch of brand new youngsters. Check these out.
The next three cards, I grabbed for dimes just on a whim as I sped through the boxes. Didn't realize it, but they appear to be box bottoms. Blank backs.
Yep. I'm not really a Pirates fan, but I still paid dimes for these. Guess that's what happens when old oddballs fall into my lap!
Yep, Julio Rodriguez and Wander Franco for a dime. But I am probably more excited about the others. I don't often get to add semi-hot rookies to my collection until after the hotness has worn off.
I'm going to transition to my basketball purchases, and this awesome dime box find is a perfect way to do it! When I saw this card for sale, it made me laugh, and the dealer got my dime. Pretty funny, but I do feel bad for poor Amed Rosario who has 'transitioned' into LeBron.
I only grabbed about 20 basketball cards, all from 20 cent boxes, but many of them turned out to be great deals! Quite a few of the cards in this scan seem to sell in the "few dollars" range, not the 20 cent range. I really had to work for these though, the vast majority of the cards in these 20 cent boxes were pretty junky.
At most card shows, I get into a bit of a feeding frenzy in the cheap cards, and buy some dupes by mistake. Here are the dupes I grabbed this show. And yes, the Niekro from the first scan was one of them.
Why don't we reward any of you who have slogged through this mess of a post by offering these 6 dupes up to you readers**. Claim in the comments! Also, please take more than one, I'd rather not use 6 stamps to get these out to you! I'm a cheapskate!
J-Rod and Wander for a dime? Insanity! Nice haul here. Those Pirates oddballs are quite cool.
ReplyDeleteWow some fantastic deals! Great giveaway too but I'll let others grab first.
ReplyDeleteMossi for a dime wins it.
ReplyDeleteI have the Niekro.
I'll take Griffey Jr. and Tatis the bad boy please.
I'm not letting that Niekro escape, I will claim (sorry, just the one, basketball doesn't register with me).
ReplyDeleteNot claiming anything, but I have to mention that I picked up a '68 Niekro for about a buck at the last show I attended, too!
ReplyDeleteYou got a '57 Mossi for a dime? What!? Congrats, I mean. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the 2009 OPC baseball design. Love the fact that those are blank backs even more.
ReplyDeleteYou definitely did well. Julio for a dime is surprising.
ReplyDeleteIf there are still spots available, I would be interested in the O'Neill Cruz and "LeBron. James" cards. Email me for my new address.
ReplyDeleteI never knew Jim Rice played in the Senior League!
ReplyDeleteI'll claim the 3 basketball cards if no one else wants them!
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats on some nice pick ups from those dime boxes too!
DeleteThat's the first Wander Franco I've seen anyone find in a dime box - seems like so long ago now when everyone was flipping out over his rookies!
ReplyDeleteGreat grabs on the rookie stars!
ReplyDeleteGot 'em. Thanks.
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