So I went to a local card show today.........

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Posted By: Mike Pugeda

..........not expecting to find anything special, but my motto is "never leave a card show empty handed". I was pleasantly surprised as most of the dealers were ones I had not seen set up at any other shows (Reading, etc.) I'm happy to say, I left in a good mood.

1960's Yoo-Hoo lighter w/ Yogi Berra




1909 Sporting News Supplement - Detroit Tigers




1936 National Chicle Joe DiMaggio



1960's Whitey Ford ballpoint pen



The Tigers supplement is in two halves, but for $40.00, what the hell...why not. My favorite pick-up was the Yoo-Hoo lighter. I also picked up some snapshots and pinbacks, but nothing special.

Mike Pugeda

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Posted By: Mike H

I love the little surprises that pop up at shows. Although there are never card shows near me these days. I'm eagerly anticipating antique/flee market season.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

Great pickups Mike....what were the snapshots you picked up?

Yesterday I attended my first ever Postcard/paper show and picked up some good items.

The first Item I picked up was this Fremont Pathfinders postcard from 1910 - They were in the Nebraska State League and one player on this team made the Major leagues -Harry Smith


The next card I picked up was an interesting postcard with Clarence Steen - if you read the "It started with a cabinet photo" thread you'll see my fascination with this ball player and how he keeps popping up into my collecting universe.


This is a 1915 ad piece I picked up because it mentions the Omaha Western League club -measures 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" and is blank backed


Picked up a couple of neat boxing items - the Marciano is a postcard and the other is just a card that appears to be signed by LaHood.



Picked up a 1962 Omaha Dodgers program


And I also picked up two pieces of sheet music which I haven't scanned in yet - 1910 Doc White/Ring Lardner and a Drake University Football piece

All in all a good day at the postcard/paper show, but I have to say that I think most postcard dealers are unaware of the true value of baseball postcards so they put ridiculous prices on them - the few that I obtained were from dealers who I've worked with in the past and are also on ebay so they know the true value of the cards. I heard a lot of anti-ebay sentiment from a lot of dealers as I listened in on conversations. I get the sense that postcard dealers for the most part long for the old pre-internet days. Of course I asked every single dealer what they had for baseball items and many of them said they left it all at home - this is the same story I get at antique shows on a regular basis. I picked up a bunch of flyers on the front table for other postcard/paper shows - they appear to be somewhat of an untapped resource for good stuff. I didn't see one other person there looking for sports memorabilia.

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Posted By: Mike Pugeda

Hey Dan,

The snapshots were mid to late 70's of the California Angels. There were approx a group of 15 including Carew, Baylor, and one with Ryan in the near background. Nothing special but I don't have the luck you do finding snapshots, you always come up with great snapshots.

Mike

Edited to add: Nice pickups as well Dan.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

I'm thinking of cutting my snapshot collection back to pre-ww2. I picked up a bunch of great Dazzy Vance photos in the last couple of months.

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Posted By: Mike Pugeda

Dan,

Let me know if you ever decide to sell the post-WW2 photos. I would definitely be interested in some or all.

Thanks,

Mike