$100 Smorgasbord

 

Last week's snowstorm had me feeling all cooped up and ready to get out of the house.  The weather was cooperative and the urge to get out of town and hit up some new to us shops was just too much.  So my brother and I drove about 2 hours north to Duluth, MN.  It had been a few years since I visited the area and there was a card show going on.

The show was held in a local mall.  There were maybe two dozen dealers set up when we arrived.  Unlike last week's show, this was sparsely attended (at least while we were there).  I wasn't finding much in the way of set needs, nor was my brother.  After a couple trips around the tables I struck up a conversation with a dealer.  He had a two row box full of cards.  Mostly vintage on one side and newer stuff on the other.

One thing led to another and pretty soon we had a deal in the making and I was headed out with half of a box of cards.  That box along with a few other purchases added up to my $100 day.

Even my dog was excited to go through these cards.  Though it was a rather impulsive buy.

So what's in the box?  I'll start with these 2022-23 UD hockey.  $5/pack.  And what did this purchase net for me?

A young gun!  Ok, it's not Boldy or Beniers, but not a total bust.

I took this 1956 Spahn home for $35.  It's in good shape with no creases.

This group cost about $20 at a local shop.  The Luebber is a needed '72 high number.

So what else is in the box?

These three 1989 Foot Locker Slam Fest cards.  First time I've seen these cards in the wild and that Deion card is really cool.  

This encased 23k Ken Griffey Jr. card.  Distributed by a company called Bleachers it makes for a unique collectible.  I have a few other gold cards like this buried in my collection.

This group of "rookie" porcelain cards was in that two row box.  We weren't really sure how to price these but I don't mind having them.

A second batch from the box.  Some Shaq rookies, a '78 Rose and a '74 Rose to go along with some Jeter cards and a 93 UD Star Rookie of Michael Jordan.

This batch features the '93 Topps Jeter rookie, some vintage '67's and '68's and an '87 Puckett mini.

And finally a batch of vintage from '52 - '54.  Most of these cards have either been trimmed, damaged or are in rather poor condition.  There were 42 cards from the iconic 1952 set, nearly 10% of the set!  Those are my only cards from that iconic set.  I'm not sure if I'll hold on to those yet.  Obviously chasing a set like that far exceeds this budget.

Then there is this.  A unique collectible in its own right,  Is that 23k gold stamp really worth $30?  

I might hang on to this just for the uniqueness.

So there you have it.  Was it all worth $100?  Go ahead and critique this, I can take it.  😀