1971 Topps #682 |
I printed out my lists on Friday night, and I went with the goal of picking up some vintage Phillies cards to round out my growing collection of cards from the '50s and '60s. The trip was a huge success! In no particular order, here are the highlights and random thoughts from the show: - I immediately stumbled upon a table selling high grade commons from 1953 through the mid-1970's for $0.75 each. I easily spent close to an hour at this table, spending the bulk of my allotted funds on a nice stack (over 50 cards) of Phillies cards from 1954 through 1969. I also picked up 30 or so high numbers for my 1971 set - which at $0.75 a card was an absolute steal.
1954 Topps #45 |
- I gravitated towards bargain bins after reading about the successes of several other bloggers. I found a few $1 and $5 bins with vintage Phillies cards from the '50s and early '60s. The cards' condition would probably be considered mid- to low-grade, but that didn't deter me. The '54 Topps Richie Ashburn featured here, rounded corners, smudged front and all, set me back $5. 1962 Post #198 |
- I don't understand the lure of graded cards. Let me rephrase that - I think graded cards are borderline silly. Table after table contained rows of the sterilized slabs and dealers and their customers were viewing them as if they were framed paintings in an art gallery. I just don't get it.
1965 Topps Embossed #32 |
- There were very few kids or teenagers walking around. Back in the day, in my teen years, I'd typically see a few dozen kids my age walking around with their lists trying to complete their '84 Topps set or their '83 Fleer set.
- Asking dealers if they're carrying any 2009 Upper Deck singles is akin to asking someone if your festering, massive head wound looks contagious.
- I missed my Dad today. Dad's working on getting himself healthy and he couldn't make it to the show. Had he been there, he would performed some advanced scouting for me and then helped me cross my new purchases off my list. Here's hoping he makes next year's show with me.
7 comments:
Ahh... Terry Harmon. One of only 3 players (of that era) to play at least 10 seasons, and all for the Phillies. Mike Schmidt and Larry Christenson were the others.
Richie Allen - The last "Richie" Allen baseball card!
I picked up a bunch of those '61, '62, '63 Post baseball cards about a year ago. One year, they also had Canadian versions that were in English & French.
Completely agreed on so many levels. You really hit the nail on the head.
I hope your dad makes the show with you next year too.
Great show report. I wonder who swiped er I mean purchased all the Phils out of the .75 cent stash.
Thats ok I did pretty well and I am glad to hear others did so as well.
I don't understand the "slab" tables either.
I still see kids at card shows. More often they're tracking down particular players instead of sets (around here it's an endless parade of Jeter lovers).
Looks like you had great fun!
Jim - Terry Harmon was actually at the show signing autographs, but I didn't want to break away from the $0.75 table to get one!
Dave - Thanks!
Phungo - I looked for a guy in a WBC jersey, but our paths never crossed. Maybe next time.
Night Owl - I'm going to take my boys with me once they're old enough. Maybe one of them will be a set builder like their old man!
I was there on Sat, too. I bought the '10 Topps set in the Phillies box, also, and it will be a Christmas present. I got some good stuff and I'm already looking forward to the next one in Dec. I was debating going back yesterday but I didn't want to miss the Phillies clinch the NL East; guess I should have gone after all. Oh well, hopefully the Phillies will clinch tonight!
Jim,
I would have thought that Terry Harmon would be stationed at the $0.75 table (nyuk, nyuk)!
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