So, I have several updates today.
Firstly, after fees, the main lot of cards I just picked up sold for $137. Then, the sand & water table sold for $25.
But of course, I picked up some more goodies! How? Today, the Tri Star card show rolled into town. It is one of the few things that gets me to brave the houston traffic, and drive past where I worked 15 years ago ....
See the circle? Yeah, I was there. Fun fact - I was MISERABLE and deeply depressed working there. I eventually got fired. The first and only time, too. Turns out it was the biggest blessing ever.
I entered the show and started looking for Canseco cards (I found ... NONE.) and things to buy.
Total introduction count for the Canseco story / Beckett headline: 4
Total # of comparisons to Rollie Fingers: 3
While I was walking around, I got a text from my friend saying her dad was there. Her dad was the guy who gave me a 1989 Fleer complete set, and within a little over a month, I flip quested it to a 1999 Topps Traded Josh Hamilton autographed rookie (a big deal at the time.) It was my first flip quest ever. #memories.
We ran into each other and spoke for a good while, until he had to get a phone call. I decided to take a stache selfie with him in the background to send to my friend.
Later, he returned the favor while I was talking to another dealer ... well at least he tried. Ultimately, he had to ask me how to turn the camera around. Then he took the pic and sent to my friend. I asked her for the pic, and here it is:
This was about as exciting as things got. I did pick up some cool things though for the flip quest, like:
a box of 1971 and 1972 topps baseball ... around 1,400 or so cards.
and a box full of game used Astros pants. Many of them had some nice patch work on them as well.
The damage came to be $140 for everything