guess it started Wednesday, looks like ill head up saturday
anyone going to The National?
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I never go:
1) I never remember when it is.
2) It is usually somewhere I have no real desire to visit and would have to fly to. Well one year it was in Baltimore which is about an hour (maybe 2 w/traffic) from me. but I found out too late to make plans for it. Since I never remember when it is. I also had no desire to go to it that year.
3) Too many people go to the dang thing and I really hate huge crowds.
On the other hand it has been probably over 20 years since I've been to a card show, or "convention" as the big shows would be called by some.
1) I never remember when it is.
2) It is usually somewhere I have no real desire to visit and would have to fly to. Well one year it was in Baltimore which is about an hour (maybe 2 w/traffic) from me. but I found out too late to make plans for it. Since I never remember when it is. I also had no desire to go to it that year.
3) Too many people go to the dang thing and I really hate huge crowds.
On the other hand it has been probably over 20 years since I've been to a card show, or "convention" as the big shows would be called by some.
actually it wasn't too packed...I killed it going through nickel boxes, met up with a couple old friends, didn't spend a ton of money...only busted 1 box, a Leaf Draft Ultimate or something so I could get a raffle ticket for the National Floyd v Connor Dual /5...didn't do as good as my friend who in 3 boxes hit a 1/1, a McAffery /15, a Mike Williams /25, and a couple other things...I did get a Davin Cook...
spent $30 at the nickel boxes, bunch of refractors, serial numbered, vast numbers of rookies, bunch of Haloti Ngata Bowman Chromes, quite a few Brandon Marshall UD Rookie Premiere box set, just a variety of everything...top card in there was a 2004 Finest Sean Taylor
spent $30 at the nickel boxes, bunch of refractors, serial numbered, vast numbers of rookies, bunch of Haloti Ngata Bowman Chromes, quite a few Brandon Marshall UD Rookie Premiere box set, just a variety of everything...top card in there was a 2004 Finest Sean Taylor
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Sean Taylor RC for a nickel? That's an easy profit.
I haven't been in a few years. Went to the Baltimore one and to one Chicago one. Now I live in Florida and it's a long way to travel since it's always up north it seems. I do miss going though.
The best deals you can get are going through all the bargain boxes. Takes a lot of time but it's worth it in my opinion.
ive been to 2 in Cleveland in 4 or 6 here in Chicago...
i decided to go back today to grab more stuff out of those nickel boxes, as i did some research last night...i don't have a smart phone and such...some dude bought up all the contents of the nickel boxes, so i went back to a dollar table that i had done some looking into yesterday...
ended up with another neat treat...got a ton, well like 130, 2000 Pacific Vanguard RCs, all /762...now where it gets good...i did get a Jamal Lewis 031/762, jersey number, and then i got 2 pairs of Shaun Alexander matching serial numbers...there aren't multiple versions /762 either, so something funny is going on here...
as for the Taylor, i flipped it, well flung it, to a friend that i missed last time it was in Chicago, because he got in later than i could stay, thanks work...
there weren't many $1 auto/jersey boxes this year, most of the 'junk' hits were $2+...
i did finally find some Olympic stuff...one of the tables had 2 boxes of 2012 for $75 each, and there is all of 2 base autos that would cover that (Alex Morgan/Michael Phelps)...long odds to cover, so i passed...when i was buying it, it was $50-$60 a box, which still makes covering difficult, especially when former good sellers of Ryan Lochte and Missy Franklin are in the toilet as far as prices...
i decided to go back today to grab more stuff out of those nickel boxes, as i did some research last night...i don't have a smart phone and such...some dude bought up all the contents of the nickel boxes, so i went back to a dollar table that i had done some looking into yesterday...
ended up with another neat treat...got a ton, well like 130, 2000 Pacific Vanguard RCs, all /762...now where it gets good...i did get a Jamal Lewis 031/762, jersey number, and then i got 2 pairs of Shaun Alexander matching serial numbers...there aren't multiple versions /762 either, so something funny is going on here...
as for the Taylor, i flipped it, well flung it, to a friend that i missed last time it was in Chicago, because he got in later than i could stay, thanks work...
there weren't many $1 auto/jersey boxes this year, most of the 'junk' hits were $2+...
i did finally find some Olympic stuff...one of the tables had 2 boxes of 2012 for $75 each, and there is all of 2 base autos that would cover that (Alex Morgan/Michael Phelps)...long odds to cover, so i passed...when i was buying it, it was $50-$60 a box, which still makes covering difficult, especially when former good sellers of Ryan Lochte and Missy Franklin are in the toilet as far as prices...
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