My running National thread

chris19978 said:

Good luck on finishing the PMG Jordan sale it's looking like a $100,000.00 card.

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16christensen16 said:

Yes the same guy has all of that! The barrels are from 2003 aND 2005 leaf limited, knob is triple threads, buttons are leaf limited and absolute memerobilia

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bigunitcards said:

What do you think the odds of me pulling this from a box of Museum was? Sadly, I already had it, but still, the odds...

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bigunitcards said:

What do you think the odds of me pulling this from a box of Museum was? Sadly, I already had it, but still, the odds...

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bigunitcards said:

What do you think the odds of me pulling this from a box of Museum was? Sadly, I already had it, but still, the odds...

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Hawk8 said:

Pulled a Tandy Johnson Crown Royale die cut out of the 2015 Cooperstown if you need it

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16christensen16 said:

Bought a 2003 leaf limited babe ruth and roberto clemente jersey button

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RStadlerASU22 said:

Congrats , any pics? No luck in the barrels or is there still a chance?

Ryan

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16christensen16 said:

Will get pics when I'm home. The barrels are in play still, just need more time. I got all kinds of pics to share when I get home

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RStadlerASU22 said:

Is that his wife ?

Ryan

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bigunitcards said:

My thoughts and sightings from 6+ miles traversed today (walked the entire floor probably 3 times over):

- As expected, if your a Player Collector, finding stuff of your guy in the room is difficult, and finding stuff you need basically impossible. My eagle eye was able to spot about 6 RJ autos total, only 2 I didn't have but were parallels of ones I had and wasn't interested in. Makes you appreciate eBay a tad more.

- Vintage is king at this show, if that's your trade this show must blow your mind.

- It is nice having all the major wax players basically in the same vicinity, you could pretty easily price compare with ease. Looking at '15 Finest boxes, Blowout was $99, another was $94, another $92 and the winner was $90. All booths basically side by side.

- People love digging thru bargain boxes more than I would have imagined, albeit I don't get to many shows. I sifted thru boxes marked 'Diamondbacks' or rows of 'Randy Johnson', but to set up camp and sift thru $1 commons looking for whatever is pretty dedicated.

- Found Kennesaw Cards (after 20 minutes trying to figure out where table 947 was) who posted in the '98Tek he had 2-300 patterns. No RJs, no Venturas and @MansGame needed Belle 2 & 8 but the 4 patterns in the box missed. Most the cards were Derek Bell and Ken Caminiti.
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- I forget their name, but they're one of the big guys next to Blowout, and they have a '98 Tek sealed box for $400 on the shelf. Pass.

- Didn't see anyone with 'junk wax' from the early 2000s or much of anything pre-2008. A few guys had 93 & 94 SP boxes, that was about it for that realm.

- Agree on there being a good infusion of youth, boys of varying ages and even some girls.

- Too many dealers have glass cases with mixed sports, keep your baseball and football better separated guys.

- Not a big wax guy, but this is the time to open packs if there every was one. My goal was to find boxes of '14 Finest (hoping to get uber lucky & hit the RJ FG superfractor) and after hitting up all the big boys & coming up dry, I happened to find the only guy in the room that had it and snagged all 8 boxes for $85 a pop ('15 was $90-$99 so I was satisified). Hit a Steve Carlton FG auto in the first box. Other big hit was a MaddyBum Atomic Refractor /5.
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- Bought 4 boxes of '15 Museum and pulled a Mussina Logoman (great centering Topps...), a Kershaw silver /25, and a Yount Gold Frame Auto redemption.
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Tomorrow I get this bad boy signed at noon. Made it myself
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