FAT DADDY'S SPORTS
  • HOME
    • BIO
    • Reach Me
  • CARD SHOWS
    • Gonzaga >
      • Photos
    • MY SHOW! >
      • Smith & Gordon Show Photos 2014
      • 2015 Photos
      • 2016 Photos
  • STORE
    • eBay
  • PHOTOS
    • Card Show Photos >
      • 2012 Card Show Photos
      • 2013 Card Show Photos
    • Recent Pick-Ups >
      • Page 2
  • BLOG
  • LINKS
    • YouTube
  • STUFF
    • ARTICLES
    • BOOK REVIEWS
  • FAQ
  • BUYING

Second of a Back to Back in Orland

2/24/2012

0 Comments

 
Sorry for the delay in getting this blog done. I've been experiencing some health issues. I'm still feeling lousy, hopefully I can right the ship soon.

Anyway, I spent the night before the Orland show hanging out with my childhood friend Adam, who was my main sportscard trading partner as a kid in the mid 1970s.  We collected baseball, football, hockey and basketball cards back then. I think Adam's favorite was hockey. I loved baseball cards. For me, there was nothing better than pulling a Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson and an Al Kaline out of a 15-cent pack of cards.

Back in 1975 or 1976 I bought a 400 or 500 lot of 1968 Topps commons from Adam. Being a kid and not knowing any better, I drew on some of the cards in pen. On one particular card I drew antennas and a raygun on the player so he looked like a Martian. A year or so later, I sold the '68s at the local flea market.  Recently, I bought a 400 lot of '68s from a guy off eBay.  The seller was from the east coast.  When the cards arrived, to my surprise, there was my Martian! 

Waking up Sunday morning was tough but not really from drinking, just from going to sleep late. That alarm at 6 a.m. felt like running into a brick wall. I made it to Orland around 8:30 a.m. and it took me a very long time to set up. Today was the second of back to back weekends at Orland. Sales were a little down as anticipated. Prior to the show, I debated on skipping it for Serb Hall in Milwaukee but with Gonzaga scheduled for the next week, it would have essentially been a back to back there as well. I also debated on driving out to Columbus, OH, but in the end, I just wasn't interested in driving eight hours for a show this weekend. I am heading to Ohio next month for a pair of shows March 17 in Dayton and March 18 in Canton.

Back at Orland, Rick was my first customer today. He picked up a pile of stuff including some '70-71 Topps basketball and some '57 Topps football. Another early bird picked up some '74 Topps then decided to start the '70 Topps set. A while after he left, I noticed that he left some of his cards and his list at my table. I grabbed the list and cards and went looking for him but he was gone.  Near the end of the show, he came back to my table with a frantic look. I handed him his list and cards. He decided to buy more cards.  Guys regularly forget their lists at my table. I always hang on to them until they claim them.
 
Dave was out with the family. I got a kick out of his 2 year old son holding up a figure of a pirate and making pirate sounds. Dave picked up some '57 Topps football. TJ was a surprise visitor today and he picked up my '33 Goudey Tris Speaker, among others. Joel picked up some White Sox. Larry bought a '56 Topps team card. Denny grabbed some '65s. Tom found some cards in my dime box, which along with my 50-cent box, got a nice workout today. Another customer bought some '75 Topps Minis.
A father and son team picked up a T206 common. My guy who collects NY Mets found a few cards. Another customer purchased my '53 Topps Satchel Paige. A new customer, who told me his is a filmmaker, purchased some '66 Topps. As usual, quite a few guys dinked trough my binders and pulled some cards. Quite a few regulars were absent today, though I did have some new customers. There were also a few empty dealer tables today.  I nice crowd but oddly quiet.

On the buying front, I turned down some low grade stars. One guy wanted to trade me a '60 Topps Mantle/Boyer PSA 3 that looked like a PSA 1. I passed. I ended up buying a nice grouping of '52 Topps and '52 Bowmans.

Next up is Gonzaga. It seems like forever since I've been there and am looking forward to the show. I should have my '75 Topps binder ready to go and I already completed my '58 Topps footbal. I have had a major turnover in my display cases these past two months. i'm feverishly pricing star cards for Gonzaga. I'm looking forward to another terrific Gonzaga show!!
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Tony Gordon

    Vintage Sports Cards Addict

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    October 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    February 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.