Chantilly Va. Show ... March 26-27-28

[Potomac Yank]

Yup, this is the third Chantilly pick up within less than a year by some lucky critter. ... How often do you see an E222 AWH at ANY show?

I picked up four T210's on Saturday that I needed, one from Ken Cohen, and three from Larrie Dean. Thank you guys.
The ones from Larrie Dean was a case of just plain dumb luck, and good timing.

Met Jim Rivera in the early part of the show, we met at the Dan McKee/Scott Brockelman table ... A good time was had by all.

We walked around and I introduced him to a couple of dealers that he had not met before.
To say that the place was crowded, is an understatement.
It was after he left for home, I made a my final run through the show.

I stopped by Larrie's table, and he was having another busy day.
He had a walkin in front of him, and that walkin had some cards in front of him. ... The cards belonged to the walkin.
Aside from some S74 silks there were about 25 raw T210's, and the condition of the T210's were beautiful.
I couldn't tell the names, nor the series, but I did spot two orange borders.

Larrie, and the walkin were in a process of trying to work out a new ownership of the cards.
He looked up and spotted me, he knows that I am into T210 cards.
At that point, I wished that I could go into a stage of invisibility.

I'm not one to interfere with a deal between a walkin, and a dealer, no matter how much I might want the card. ... It's his paid for table.

I am not a religious person, and I didn't know if I need any of those beautiful cards ... Yet, I found myself, lookig up, and on bended knees ... praying that Larrie would get the cards.

He got them ... They were from series 1-2-3-4-5 ... I found one from series 3-4 and 5 that I needed ... I didn't need the two orange borders.

It's mostly about timing, and dumb luck.

What a country, what a show!

Joe P.