Card Show #2 and Many, Many Trades

I was only able to hit the local card show for ten minutes while waiting for a prescription to be filled at the CVS across the street this week. Lack of funds and money (the usual) kept me from being able to pick up any good Tigerfest worthy stuff. The guy who always recognizes me and has great deals always deserves whatever cash I bring. I went right in to his table and spent my ten dollar bill quickly. Here are the cards I got for $1:

/250 Piece of his "N" I suppose.

He was blowing up when I was in college in his home town. 

I keep expecting Berrios to make the leap to superstar. Maybe this year.

I am a bigger fan of his deer hunting than ball playing. 

Great looking card. Enjoyed watching Cleaves in college.

Next are the cards I got for .50 cents:

These Clear Vision cards look amazing. Bruce Brown has been impressive. Hopefully these guys sign locally soon and aren't traded.

Then, I spent the rest of my dough on his dimeboxes:

I had to leave a lot of Cal, Nolan, and Rickey in the box. At 10 cents a piece it breaks my heart.

I am a big Flaherty, Haniger, and Soroka fan! Send those guys my way.

I don't care if I have 1000 '81 Fleer Fidrych cards I won't leave any behind. I was very surprised to see the coca cola cards in a dime box at a Detroit area show!

I don't think this includes everything but I can never make it halfway through one of this guy's dimeboxes before spending all my money. Someday when I hit the lottery I will be able to pick through all 5 boxes he usually has. I know, I know I could probably just buy the boxes but I would hope I would be more frugal than that. I might even start looking through 50 cent boxes if I was a millionaire. 😲

My USPS sucks still. I have been trying to make some trades and pick up some cheap ebay stuff to take to Tigerfest but the USPS always wants to fight me. Like this package that went to wrong town's post office before being sent to mine and trashed to hell somewhere in between. The ebay seller packaged okay but not great. Top loader and team bag are always needed but one piece of cardboard wouldn't have changed the price to ship and would have helped the package out a little.

Who the F*** writes damaged on it with nothing else?! Since when is that okay?!

Had a die cut Baez #10/10 and a Casey Mize card in it.

Found a single clearance pack of 2017 Topps Update at Walmart the other day and pulled one Judge RC. Always nice to have extras.

TRADING CARD DATABASE - WHY AREN'T YOU ON IT?

To complete a trade with a gentleman on TCDB I had to reach into my collection and give up a Gold David Ortiz. Today I got a random PWE from that guy with this note. Seems he found this card elsewhere and felt bad I gave it up so he sent it back. These are the honest, amazing traders on this site! Unbelievable. I don't know why people keep getting scammed on Twitter instead of uploading and swapping on TCDB. I know its getting old hearing about it on this blog but believe me I get no incentive for mentioning it. I just feel the more traders on the site the better it will be. While it may be more exciting to show the actual cards I get, I feel it is more interesting to see what was given up to receive those cards. So once in a while I am going to post a trade recap of some recent swaps.
Here is a look into my most recent trades completed on there:

This was a good sized trade. I got some good cards for Tigerfest and a sweet Joey Gallo RC.

I have uploaded enough basketball cards to get offers on those now too!

The secret may be out that the reason I go after minis is strictly to trade with this specific trader on here. One of my favorite trade partners.

I do a few small trades every now and then. Its a good way to break the ice with some members. This one was offered to me.

This trade gave me an extra Ronny Rodriguez for Tigerfest and my first Victor Alcantara card in return for some oddballs and older baseball. I was the one to propose this trade.

A Collection Handed Down: The Greatest Gift Ever Bestowed

I believe I mentioned in an earlier post about visiting my wife's grandparents and looking through a card binder with her Papa. I guess he really must have enjoyed sharing his cards with me because he sent me a full binder he called his "money book." I am in shock and speechless about the whole thing. Ever since I started collecting even as a kid I pictured being able to hand down my collection to my kids or grand kids. I never expected to be on the receiving end of such a transaction. The binder contains Detroit Tigers yearbooks, 8x10's, and pages of vintage cards. I will share some of it on this post. The binder will then be locked up in my safe and only pulled out for me and my son to flip through when we are feeling nostalgic or I have to bait him into the hobby when hes a bit older. He will ultimately end up with the binder in its current condition when he is old enough to appreciate it so probably 25 years from now. Here is a small, tiny, barely illustrating the greatness peek into the "money binder."

  Jim Northrup. Sweet windbreaker!

Mike Henneman with old Tiger Stadium in the background.

Unmistakable Walt Terrell's mustache.

Mr. Tiger

My first Pete Rose piece.

This masterpiece may be slipped out of the binder to be certified and maybe framed to protect it.

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Just one of the many ICONIC cards.

These minis are really cool.

I don't know why Topps seems to celebrate their ugly '87 wood trim set so often with reprints when the 1972 set is so amazing to look at.

A couple great managers in their early years.

Card Show Spoils, Willie Horton Appearance

Detroit Tigers Legend Willie Horton made an appearance at a local card show and I was lucky enough to get a tiny chunk of time to go see him. I got a couple autographs, 2 for me because I couldn't decide on which card and one for my brother. I watched him sign and his signature was very strange. Instead of one fluid motion for first and last name, he signs a little of the first then throws in the big curve to the right then proceeds. Definitely doesn't look like what his supposed signature on the card below looks like.
I should have went home after that since that was the plan I told my wife but there was a hint of musty wax in the air and I followed my nose to a table of dime boxes and then nickel boxes. An hour and 276 cards later I was running for the door trying to come up with a story for my wife for my tardiness. Here are the spoils from the boxes which ended up being way cheaper with bulk deals. I didn't pay more than 5 cents for any of the cards and the nickel ones were even cheaper. I'll start with the other Horton autos.

Thanks Tom! The Angels, In Order.

I found a lot of Rey Ordonez!

I found this whole set of AL players. Palmiero and Buhner are not pictured.

Chapman for a couple pennies? Sure.

A bunch of PC guys from this Circa set.

Rainbow foil Rasmus.

I have only a handful of this set from my early years. It was my first run in with framed cards and I loved them. I pick them up from dimeboxes no matter who the player is.

This card for 3 cents in top loader condition?! Why not

I don't like the title "Late Bloomers" especially for Hall of Fame door knockers but these cards are cool looking.

The best part of digging in old boxes is the names you find. Randall Simon is a name I hadn't heard in forever and I was a big fan of his. He had some pop for sure.

Another Nolan to collect.

Two versions of Cal. Guillen RC that would cost you $2 at any other table in Detroit.

El Duque was the man.

This Magglio RC must have hidden itself from the owner as well. Kerry Wood and Todd Helton RC's for pennies!

Grand Slammer Fernando Tatis.

Some kids I had yet to have cards of.

If Delino Jr. ever figures it out at the plate; watch out.

Another Rey to add to the PC.

I can't pass up silver sigs. Ever.

This is the card on the top of my list. This guy's numbers in the minors are sick. He will be something special, mark my words. Invest now.

Thats about as cool as a Tim Salmon card gets.

Some Tig's.

Before they were stars.

The background on these is awesome.

NOW TO THE VINTAGE:

Spaceman!

I have more Dodger collecting trade partners than any other team so I always try to pick up some cheap vintage Dodgers whenever I see a deal. I have no clue who any of them are but figure I would be happy to get any pre-1980's Tiger cards so my Dodger dudes probably feel the same way.

I always try to grab some wax. This was $3. Can't beat that opening packs for $6 and not getting the whole set.

I've started cutting blister boxes in half and labeling them with my trade partners and their likes to help me sort. When the box fills, it ships. Works for me so far. As soon as I get some extra cash to ship that is.

I had the chance to visit my wife's grandparents yesterday and had forgotten her grandfather collected cards. He let me look through a book of old Tiger cards and it was awesome. You never know who you get to share in cardboard hoarding with. Definitely the highlight of a great weekend.