I don’t know how many more times I’ll attend my local monthly card show. I feel my interest waning.
There was a table I found dedicated to sports cards as I knew them just 25 years ago. Plain, plain, good, old-fashioned, unpasted cards from the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. It was the usual table I visit. But often there are a few smaller tables with the same items, or dollar boxes that I can search.
Is this still worth my time?
Well, as long as the discounted vintage table is still around.
I looked at his stuff, quickly grabbed a few interest cards from the mid-1960s, and paid.
A handful of Topps from 1965. The Warren Spahn has a crease in the corner and is not in the center, but Pitcher-Coach!!!
Without trying very hard, I managed to collect 20 percent of this set, much of it over the last five years.
These two 1967 Topps cards came from the display rack. The Bob Gibson has a crease on the right side of his head, as you can probably tell, but it’s a big improvement over the folded Gibson I picked up in Cooperstown three years ago.
Meanwhile, the Roger Maris was the last card from the first 100 in the set that I still needed. So there is a small milestone! The last cards I need from the first 200 in the set are Willie Stargell and of course Mickey Mantle.
Speaking of Mantle, I saw a 1969 Mantle – the last card I need for that set – for sale at the table while I was looking at cards. But the price tag was the same as all the ones I’ve seen for sale. I’m okay with having to pay that price. But I don’t do it so quickly.
After another desperate search of the showroom looking for something – anything – that resembled a show from even ten years ago, I gave up. I walked out of the place not even 15 minutes after I entered.
All things considered, still a solid catch. But how long will it last?
#worth #time