Another monthly card show has come and gone.
I was surprised it was that time again. I had scrambled the dates and thought it wasn't for another two weeks and didn't realize it was today until yesterday! I had planned on not doing anything today, but I guess I'll get out of bed for a show!
It's a real life of leisure around here, knowing that there's a show to go to every month. I took my time getting there this time. I didn't have a lot of money (it was supposed to be in two weeks!) and there were other things to do.
I showed up with about two hours left in the show, just enough time to visit two of my regular tables, and see what they had.
A couple of 1969 Topps needs crossed off the list. I had been eyeing the Lee May card online for a couple of weeks but gave up after it was swiped from my ebay cart. Good thing though, because I could buy it for less here! It's an off-center beauty, just like '69 Topps should be.
The Gary Wagner is one of those common cards that fall through the cracks when you're trying to complete set. They hide behind the star cards you need and hope you don't notice. But I spotted him!
Here are some star cards right now! My favorite stopping spot at this show contains a bunch of discounted vintage in bins you can look through. I was hoping to find the final few stars that I need from 1979 Topps football but no dice (there was a lot of 1971 Topps football, in great shape, which is weird because those red and blue borders don't hold up too well). So I pivoted to the '60s baseball.
I will always grab 1965 Topps. The Galen Cisco at the top of the post came out of the discount bins. The McCovey and Torre were in the pricier bins but look at their spectacular shape! Also, everything I am showing here cost $15 total.
This is the lone modern card I bought, purchased at the table manned by the guy I work with. I'm glad I am still buying Buehler cards since his trade to the Red Sox.
I added a couple other cards at this table but they're for other collectors. All told, the cards for me and others, they cost $21. I had a little more cash to spend, but I didn't feel like looking through any more tables, I just wanted to go home and do quiet things the rest of the day.
That's how leisurely it can be with a monthly show. No bracing for a three-hour round trip with a stop for dinner, which is what I had to do for the first dozen years of this blog. I'll still do that though because those shows really have more and better cards, yet the show in town does all right as I've demonstrated here.
Glad I went. And glad I'm home, with time to write this post.
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