Yup, I’m still alive over here. Spent pretty much all of September on home renovations and sorting out cards to sell (more on that soon). Did find out about a card show within driving distance, though, so I stopped there today.
Here’s what the room looked like, about an hour after opening. People were still moseying in, and it was a little quiet, but there were a good number of dealers there, and they all seemed to have someone or other going through stuff at their tables. A handful of the dealers at this show were coin dealers, but the rest seemed to deal primarily in cards of some sort. There’s a row of dealers to the right of the shot here, too. Really need to remember that things like panoramas and 360 degree photos exist nowadays.
I went in mostly to check out the show, see how much dealer space was available, and if it looked like there’d be enough foot traffic to justify setting up there. Didn’t have a huge budget today, and didn’t want to spend my entire day looking through boxes of cards, but I looked through some, though, blast it all, there were two nickel boxes (!) at one dealer’s table, and the guy who got to them first bought both boxes in their entirety!
I noticed that most of what was at the show in terms of vintage cards was higher end stuff, but I found one box in the corner of a dealer’s table with unpriced, lower end ’50s-’70s cards, and we came to an uneasy agreement on ’em after a little back and forth (I probably would’ve gone easier on him, but I have a buncha stuff to cover this month), while also debating the importance of Kyle Okposo to the New York Islanders. (I still say he was pressing this past season, and picked a bad time to do it…here’s hoping Buffalo’s more relaxed for him, and that he has some fun with Matt Moulson out there.)
Anyway, here’s some of what I got…
First playing-era Brooklyn Dodger in a while, even if it’s a rough one! Also: ’60 Leaf! ’63 Fleer! Mudcat! Hondo! A near-high-number ’66!
A ’67 checklist with floating head Frank! A buncha ’68s! (I cut 36 in total off my want list today. The Santo is rough, but the rest of the ’68 stars are pretty good, and these ended up being near-quarter-box prices, anyway.) A couple of ’69s! (NICE.)
Some ’73 high numbers, bringing me over the 600 mark on the set! (Also: MOAR HONDO!)
I paid a *little* more than I’ve been spoiled into believing I should be paying for these kinds of cards today (I’ve been having some really nice flea market finds), but I’m happy overall with how I did. My ’68 and ’69 Topps sets are getting close to the 400 mark, where I never thought I’d be on a ’60s Topps set, and where they are probably going to stall FOREVER.
If you want to check the show out, the next 2 shows at the Chicopee, MA Boys & Girls Club are November 6th and December 4th, 2016, from 9 AM-2 PM.