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Posted By: David Smith

There is an auction held every Wednesday that is about 20 minutes away from my house. About a month ago, the auction listing in the newspaper said "33 political pins". I went to the website and looked at the scan of the pins. The scan was at an angle and blurry. A gut feeling said there might be a baseball pin in the lot. The auction starts at 9:00 a.m. and that morning I was busy doing some other things and looked up to see it was 9:05 a.m. I decided not to go.

Well, a week later, the pin shows up on eBay. I know the seller didn't pay more than $50 dollars for the pin (because he buys things cheap to resell on eBay) and it sold for $335. Something rare and affordable in my own "backyard" and I let it slip through my fingers....


David