Nice pickups Val!

Rob, Hank & Jason - Thanks for your kind words! Not only am I thrilled with these pickups, but I am also pleased that I was able to trade cards that no longer fit my collecting focuses for all of them, and I even received some $$ in one of the trades. But then, I made the mistake of telling my wife, who came to Cleveland with me, how much I didn't spend of the $$ that I brought with me to the Show. She responded, "we'll now have more $$ to spend on our sightseeing trip to Michigan"! Following the Show, we toured around the "glove" of Michigan for a week, and we had lots of fun and the best vacation weather we have ever experienced.

Hank - Sorry I missed seeing you, and congrats on your pick-ups. I spent the first 1.5 days of my 2-day stay going around the show and making a list of what interested me, and I put Leland's 1924 Washington/WaJo "Pennant Winners" pin on my list, as the price seemed quite reasonable. When I returned on the afternoon of my 2nd day to buy it, I learned from a Leland's staffer that you had purchased it, which completely erased my initial disappointment.

Best to each of you,
Val

Same to you, Val. I knew there had to be some luck involved for that pin to still be there when I happened by the Leland's booth! I did return the favor somewhat in advance by never pulling the trigger on Mark's Walter Fatima poster which I saw at in Cleveland and also previously at several Chantilly shows.

For those discussing the T227 set, here are the 4 baseball subjects. Bought the Cobb at the national last year. Sorry for the funky image sizes.

Cool t227

Wow these T227's are beautiful! They look like jumbo sized T206s.

Wow - killer pick-ups. It was GREAT talking with you - thanks for all the great discussions, especially regarding 'The Glory of Their Times'. I could listen to that stuff all day. I put the first c.d. in the player on a dirt road between Scenic, S.D. and our campsite, and we listened to the set from the Badlands westward - David had never heard any of it, so it was a real treat to see his reaction. Perfect environment.

I feel very fortunate that none of my GOT letters sold at the National :)

Great seeing your stuff, Scott, and talking GOTT, something I think the both of us could do all day. Hope to see you in Chicago next summer.

Josh - nice T227s!

I don't have a scan of my Baker on this computer (it's the only T227 baseball player I have), but it is one of my 4-5 favorite baseball cards of all time and is a center-piece of my collection - one of the cards that would be sold last if I ever had to sell.

Just back from grading....

A guy walks up to our table at the National and asks if I was interested in some old cards. I say, sure. He shows me several decent, raw cards and some that weren't so decent *(value-wise). The first one he had shown me was the one below. I had an interest :) and that first card he showed turned out to be the only one we made a deal on. He had a nice Cy Young portrait T206, but he wanted about retail for it; after an offer of mine wasn't enough.

I guess it was my best walk-in of the show. I go with low no expectations. I go for the proverbial camaraderie more than anything else. Buying, selling and or trading is just the icing on the cake.

Nice chance

+1

Love the purple Chance, Leon!

Cheers,
Blair