Anyone get a bargain at the National?

[edhans]

Thanks so much for the shout out, Rick. I forgot to mention that I had a couple pages of the T82 actresses with the Coupon backs. I don't remember if it was you you was collecting them or another board member.

I had a good show despite all the overpriced cards on my table. Even better than the financial aspects were the social ones. It was great to see the folks that I only meet once a year and make new friends along the way.

By way of commentary on the issue of overpricing, I would observe that it's one thing to have VG T206 commons at $75.00 a pop and quite another to ask full retail or even a premium for scarce and rare issues that are difficult, if not impossible to replace. Price data may be quite out of date simply because the cards hadn't been offered for date in years.

[Republicaninmass]

It's mostly all about perception. Once in a while you'll find a pricing error, but most dealers have scooped them up by the time the public arrives. However, there are those rare cards in which you cant find anywhere, and in that case, just finding it is a "bargain".

[timn1]

Everybody who bought cards from my table got a bargain

Seriously, I got what I thought were very fair prices for a lot of the things I bought. Most of these were tough issues and I didn't expect them to be cheap.