Saturday brought another opportunity to attend my local card show. The last one was held the first Saturday in April. This one did not have as many dealers, I was able to find a few good ones. Due to the lack of vintage, I only spent $26 in the three hours I was there.
The first dealer I bought from had plenty of $1 boxes. The 1959 Topps is not centered, but not as bad as my scanner cut it off. The autograph is a refractor numbered to 499, while the Mathews is numbered to 75.
The next dealer is one that always has quarter boxes sorted by team. It was nice to see he restocked his Cardinals section.
The third dealer also had multiple $1 boxes. I love finding older serial numbered rookie cards and Topps gold cards I need.
The fourth and final dealer I bought from was running a 40% off sale. He had everything sorted by quarter, 50 cent, $1, and higher boxes. His table was busy from the moment I walked in. I waited two hours before I could find a spot. It was worth the wait. I spent $15 on a nice stack of Cardinals and trade bait.
My first 2026 bowman cards along with a nice Heritage red parallel.
2023 Topps Hall of Fame Gallery foil parallels and 2 2002 Topps Gold cards.
Some miscellaneous Cardinals. Love the red cards.
Only 2 Altuve cards in all the boxes. My son needed the spring training parallel, but not the Museum Collection.
Found quite a few Pirates and Yankees for my trading friend Ron B.
My colorful trade bait along with a photo variation and some numbered cards.
I was shocked to find these 2026 Bowman parallels listed for 50 cents each. After the discount the cost me 30 cents apiece.
Best part of this deal was talking to the dealer as I was searching. He is buying out 2 collections close to St. Louis at the end of the month. He took my email address and will let me know where he will be setting up after he gets them sorted. Fingers crossed I will be free at this first show.
