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A Few Oddballs But Overall Nice Show In Orland Today

6/15/2013

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Well, things are happening in the world of Fat Daddy. I was offered a new job yesterday and accepted. I put in my two-week notice at my current job. Big changes ahead. I'm not sure how my new job will effect my baseball card efforts. I may have to work more hours including some weekends and some travel. My immediate concern is that I'm not sure if I will be able to set up at the National. Also, I'm changing up my show schedule because I had planned to take a vacation in August but the new job changes everything. The vacation is out and I'm going to set up in Orland at the end of August. I'm also going to have to miss the next Orland show on June 29 but will be there on July 13. I am going to add Bloomingdale next weekend because I'm skipping the July 7 Schaumburg show now. I think it is going to take a few months at the new job to figure out how to fit in card shows and get my show schedule settled. I'll keep you posted.

Today was the Orland show. There wasn't a whole lot of cars in the parking lot when I arrived which is never a good sign. An oddball dealer from Michigan had five tables today. He also took up two prime parking spots with his van. I had to squeeze my car between his van and Bill's jeep. There were a lot of empty tables today. The side room was just about bare.  They didn't even bother to set up a table next to mine. A few people commented on the empty space.  There was a table at the far end that was vacant until the dealer showed up around 10:30 a.m. At 11:30 a.m. he packed up and walked around the show for a few hours and went home.

Attendance was off but my sales were good. I didn't sell much out of my display cases but I sold a ton of commons. My reloaded 1956 Topps book was a hit. Denny picked up a couple hundred 1966 and 1967 Topps. Larry pulled a large pile of 1972 Topps baseball. Rick, Will, Joel, Derek, Willie, Dan, Chuck T., and a host of other guys pulled a great many cards today. Thanks guys!

I almost had a rant ready about guys who walk up to customers at my table and try and sell them cards. That's something that really pisses me off. I spend $100 on the tables and a guy who spends $1 admission tries to pull people away from looking at my stuff and sell them his stuff at MY table! It looked like a guy was pulling that trick. Turns out he was just showing off his cards, which is okay. I love looking at cards. I don't have a problem with anyone who wants to show some items from their collection. He did show me a small group of tattered and beaten pre-war cards that he was trying to sell. I offered him 50 bucks because the cards were in absolute horrible condition and I don't think I could sell them for much more than $50. He didn't even throw out a counter offer and just took the cards away. He also showed me a complete set of 1953 Bowman Colors that he had in RUBBER BANDS! I tried to tell him to go over to one of the dealers selling supplies and buy a box to put them in sans the rubber bands. He really didn't seem to care. Odd!

On the buying front, I paid off some card debts to a couple of dealers and picked up a box with about 1200 commons from 1955 through 1967. I noticed a smattering of high numbers in there. Those cards will be in my binders soon. Speaking of the binders, my project this week is 1957 Topps baseball. I may also work on 1953 Bowman football. I'm also going to set up at the Indian Lakes resort in Bloomingdale next weekend (June 23, 2013). Come on out!!



2 Comments
ted lee
6/16/2013 06:55:51 pm

Congrats on the new job. I'll talk to you about it next Sunday. Have fun cleaning out your desk.

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Tony
6/17/2013 12:54:53 am

Thanks Ted. There's a ton of junk in my office. I gotta find time to clean it out while I finish off a ton of work as well. Nothing is ever easy!

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    Tony Gordon

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