Card Show Recap

Saturday was the second consecutive week I attended a card show.  The first one I did recap.  I was only there for about 45 minutes and found only some trade bait in dime boxes.  Some nice cards, but you come here to see Cardinals.  For the second show, my son and I spent nearly two hours walking the aisles of a 200-table floor.  If the show had been arranged better, we could have seen everything of interest in half the time.  We had no interest in the nearly 35-40 tables of Pokemon cards.  It would be great if they had their own area.  

We spent $19 at the show with three different dealers.  There were not a lot of value boxes to be found for less than $2.  Some of the ones we saw were a mix of sports, which we did not waste our time on.  It amazes me that dealers can not take the time to sort their cards by sport.

These were from the first dealer who had dime boxes.  We spent $2 there, most of which was for trade bait.  A majority of those cards are already off to other collectors.  His box was full of 2024 cards, inserts and base.    

We spent another $2 at the second dealer's dime boxes.  His boxes were full of 1990s and early 2000s cards.  This 2004 Topps Total Pujols insert is the only keeper.  The other cards I pulled were of Griffey Jr, Ripken Jr,  and other Hall of Famers.  

My big purchase of the day was this 1961 Topps Bob Gibson for $15.  It has a couple of fuzzy corners but is in great shape otherwise. 

I saw several vintage Cardinals I needed at another dealer's table, but they were in screwdown holders without prices.  I am not one to really negotiate.  I prefer to see a starting price on cards I am interested in.