Card Show Days

 Hello Friends!

After a little bit of a break to get away from the weather, the card show happened yesterday. It was probably the busiest it's been. There were even vendors in the lobby.. 

I found one of the vendors I've built a rapport with that missed last show due to the weather. He handed me a box of 80s OPC to look through. Since I'm working mainly on 88, that's what I was looking at.. I also have 87 pretty far ahead. I'll try to get those next show. 

Anyway. the box was not organized by any stretch. It was slow going to find anything, so I asked the guy if he minded if I organized it for him. (I got the 88s mostly done) 

He said sure if I could find an open table somewhere.. So I holed myself up in the coatroom and sorted, pulling needs and Expos as I went. Did that until it felt like my head was cement. 

Went back in and handed the box back, told him what I got done and the stack I wanted to get. He asked what my price was for sorting services.. My reply, "How about the cards?" So I got 70 cards for the price of an hour sorting. 

I wandered around the show, trying to not run anyone over with my chair. A task made very difficult because, and I may be wrong with this, but it seems like people's spatial awareness goes out the window at places like this.. 

Found one other vendor I've purchased from before and got a few cards that I'll be showing.. 

Also had an interesting interaction with one of the vendors while I was sorting. I told them how I was surprised the vendor I was dealing with let me take the box of cards out.. She replied "It sounds like you built a rapport with them.. Come by my booth! Build a rapport with me!" That booth was Hogtown Cards 

I didn't buy anything from them, mainly because the only thing I might have been interested in was a 1954 Bowman set for probably a month's rent for me.. 

Anyway, I guess I should stop rambling and get to showing cards, eh? 

I saw 84 Donruss and I snapped them up.. I know I didn't have most of the Jays cards from it so it was an easy pick up.. Besides, if I end up buying duplicates, I can always send them elsewhere.. 

Clancy and Gott. I just remember Gott as a journeyman reliever, if I remember correctly, as a Dodger when I started watching. I didn't know he started with the Jays. 

Upshaw and Whitt! 

Joey McLaughlin... I see his pictures and every time I think he looks more like teacher. 

78 OPC!

82 OPC Expo!

These cards I got from another vendor I've bought from previously. I got this batch for what he was charging for the Stieb auto alone. This batch, of course, meaning all the cards minus the two OPCs. 

He tagged the Stieb at $25, gave it to me for $15. 

So the rest of the cards ended up being $10 

The next show is the end of May.. And if it keeps growing both in vendors and in traffic, they will have to find a larger venue.. But they want to make sure things stay on the upswing. They don't want to expand too early and fall on their face.