I spent yesterday afternoon scanning the remaining cards on my desk and filing them away in my team boxes. Every time I accomplish this feat, it is bittersweet. I love being able to say I am all caught up, but I do not like the fact I do not have any trades coming in.
When I was filing cards away, I realized I had a stack of cards I had forgotten about. On September 1, my son and I had the chance to visit a new card shop. My wife and daughter wanted to shop, so we found a shop a few miles from the mall. The shop was well organized, with showcases organized by sport. Vintage and modern cards were also separated. I did not spend much time looking at those, but I did notice a stack of 5000 count boxes. The owner informed us everything was a quarter, and they were all organized by sport. That was music to my ears. We spent close to an hour going through 4 of the boxes. We pulled 20 cards, most of which were former Cardinals.
There was almost a full box of Donruss parallels. Not very many that I needed, though.
There were quite a few other Panini parallels. The Mosaic red Edman is a great looking card.
We managed to find a few needs for a small run of Topps Chrome refractors.
A few Topps parallels, including the only current Cardinal Goldschmidt.
My favorite card was this 1997 Flair Showcase. I found a few older premium cards from Showcase, Upper Deck Encore, and SP Legendary Cuts, but only this Young that I needed.
That Young is cool. I've always liked 90's Fleer Showcase. And the fact that he once owned one of the greatest graded rookie card collections is a bonus.
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