Saturday, April 7, 2018

Saturday is Card Show Day

Well, Campy, how do you think I did at the Card Show today?


Thanks!


Before getting to the main event, my April Fool's post last Sunday did remind me that there are a few players I do collect outside of baseball. That last card is from 2016. Can you imagine a baseball card made by Donruss in 2016 that looked that good?



Had to pick up some cheap Twins, too!



What Twins collection could be complete without a Bob Bailey rookie card?


I have been working on the 1959 set for a couple months now, and I've noticed that I'm not the only blogger that's building this set. I'm still very very early in the set building process, so I'm not ready to toss up a want list.


It was the main focus of my card show trip today, however, and I added 33 more cards to my set, most of them for just a buck each!


I decided I would take advantage of a few big names that were being offered at a deep discount.


The biggest name of all today - Willie Mays! It's hard to see in the scan, but there's a healthy crease running vertically from the top center of the card, stopping at the top of the "S" on his cap. The rougher condition means I could afford to take it home! It was a great day at the card show.

10 comments:

  1. Great Oliva rookie-- I have been meaning to pick one up for years, but never pulled the trigger.

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    1. I waited until I found one for single figures. Here in MN, that's a long wait!

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  2. '59 Topps is one of those sets I seem to love more and more each time I see it, and that goes doubly so when I see ones of huge names like the ones you picked up there.

    Also, that Campy at the top of the post has been on my want list for a long time now. I think my brain is subconsciously telling me to build that Nu-Scoops set, and Campy is among the ones I still need to harpoon.

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    1. I think it has some fantastic cards (Frank Robinson especially) but it also seems to suffer from being fairly ambitious with the number of cards included. There are some pretty poor photo choices (like Solly Drake, for instance) mixed in.

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  3. Godd stuff, especially the campy. I missed the show this weekend but will likely go on Friday to the mall show.

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    1. I have tickets to the Twins game, if it gets snowed out / rained out, I might head there too.

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  4. Great vintage finds, I really like the Colavito and Campy cards. And the Brooks looks sharp, too.

    You're absolutely right about Donruss football, the photo selection and colorful borders are a real treat.

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    1. It's going to be interesting to say the least if panini ever gets the MLB license again.

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  5. that Mays is golden! looks pretty darn nice to me! i have deeper creases in my forehead!

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