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Great Show At Gonzaga!

6/11/2013

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Wow. As awful and hellish as the May Gonzaga show was, today's Gonzaga show could not have been more pleasant and nice. First of all, there was more than enough space behind my tables. I didn't have to battle any dealers. I was able to cover all my tables easily, which is a good thing because I was busy all day. Also, I didn't have anyone park themselves in front of my tables to watch the auction. I basically went from my worst Gonzaga show one month to one of my best Gonzaga shows the next month. I can't thank Keith and Mike enough for making it happen because I was really distraught after last month's show. I had all good dealers behind me today. There was a new guy next to me facing the auction. He was pleasant and considerate the whole day. Setting up behind me was Dave, a mother and son duo, John and Jeff. Everybody took a reasonable amount of space and was courteous. Thank you!!

Packer legend Jerry Kramer was signing autos today and we had a nice crowd. My newly reloaded 1955 Bowman baseball binder was a big hit today. I sold a ton of cards out of that thing. Jim bought a bunch of '55 Bowmans. So did Jason. Tim from Madison was in town and he picked up some '55 Bowmans along with a ton of other cards. Tim also brought me some cards for trade. Thanks Tim! Jeff picked up his usual large pile including some '55 Bowmans. Gary picked up my 1955 Topps Jackie Robinson. I had some autograph hounds buy a bunch of cards to send out for signatures. Jason and Barty picked up a bunch of '60 Topps and '73 Topps baseball. I brought out my cheapy boxes today and they were also a big hit. Larry and Carol, customers I've known for years from the Fred Copp shows in Schaumburg, spent all morning in my dime box. A new customer purchased my entire '75 Topps mini binder. An excellent day at Gonzaga.

I didn't buy much today other than the cards I picked up from Tim. I picked up some '77 Topps football from Scottie. Ryan, who set up today, traded me some '62 Topps football. I'm starting to get a pretty good pile of those. I'll have my '62 Topps football binder reloaded soon.

Last month, I discovered some great Wisconsin back roads which I took home today. Though, once I got to Illinois, everything came to a standstill. There is no quick way through northern Illinois. It took me two hours to get home. It normally only takes an hour. I was trying to avoid road construction on the highway but I think I'll suck it up and take the highway next month.

Up next, is Orland on Saturday. I'll have '56 Topps baseball reloaded and probably 1978 Topps football. See you Saturday and happy Father's Day to the many dads out there!!
4 Comments
Chris
6/14/2013 02:49:26 am

Nooooooooo.........not the 75 mini book.

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Tony
6/14/2013 02:54:08 am

Chris, I've been picking up a ton of '75 minis. I'll have a new book soon.

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Chuck
6/15/2013 04:04:14 am

Nice to see the blog flowing again- it's always a must read!!
See you soon - hopefully.

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Tony
6/15/2013 01:12:55 pm

I seem to be able to get it done lately. I'm going to set up at Freddy's show next weekend. I've got lots of new stuff. Try and make it out!

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