TNP777
08-02-2015, 08:28 PM
I'm at O'Hare waiting for my plane to take off. I have some time to kill, so I thought I'd give a really quick rundown. I was at the Natty from Thursday until around 2:30 on Sunday. Main purpose in going was to hang out with friends and meet guys I've known online for years. Mission definitely accomplished in that area. Bought some pictures of men, too, of course.
I managed to finish my '70 and '75 football sets and my '70 and '72 baseball sets. Made some great progress on my new Red Man project. Hit a bunch of other sets as well.
Then I went a little crazy. Instead of sticking to the plan and whittling down a few sets even further, yesterday I decided to start a new one: 1953 Bowman Color. I've always loved that set - it's really the most beautiful post-war set imo. Got a great deal from a couple of my favorite dealers, scoring a few dozen beaters to get me well on my way.
The crazy actually began on Thursday afternoon, though. At no time prior to the Natty was I thinking, "I need to own a T-3". Happened by a table that is OBC-friendly and got to talking to him a little. Saw his stack of Turkey Reds with a Brooklyn player on top. Made the mistake of picking it up. About three minutes later I was pulling out my wallet. My first T-3!
http://i60.tinypic.com/ipbipc.jpg
So now I have a problem. I really like this card. Can't stop looking at it, can't stop showing to everyone I know. So Friday I go back and grabbed this:
http://i58.tinypic.com/6i8l6b.jpg
I was going to buy a third one and had negotiated a price for it, but I waited too long. It was a gorgeous horizontal Jordan fielding pose, already in a SGC slab. Oh well, another will come along. In the meantime I'm very happy with my new Turkey Reds.
I'll do a proper write up when I get home and supply some better scans.
I managed to finish my '70 and '75 football sets and my '70 and '72 baseball sets. Made some great progress on my new Red Man project. Hit a bunch of other sets as well.
Then I went a little crazy. Instead of sticking to the plan and whittling down a few sets even further, yesterday I decided to start a new one: 1953 Bowman Color. I've always loved that set - it's really the most beautiful post-war set imo. Got a great deal from a couple of my favorite dealers, scoring a few dozen beaters to get me well on my way.
The crazy actually began on Thursday afternoon, though. At no time prior to the Natty was I thinking, "I need to own a T-3". Happened by a table that is OBC-friendly and got to talking to him a little. Saw his stack of Turkey Reds with a Brooklyn player on top. Made the mistake of picking it up. About three minutes later I was pulling out my wallet. My first T-3!
http://i60.tinypic.com/ipbipc.jpg
So now I have a problem. I really like this card. Can't stop looking at it, can't stop showing to everyone I know. So Friday I go back and grabbed this:
http://i58.tinypic.com/6i8l6b.jpg
I was going to buy a third one and had negotiated a price for it, but I waited too long. It was a gorgeous horizontal Jordan fielding pose, already in a SGC slab. Oh well, another will come along. In the meantime I'm very happy with my new Turkey Reds.
I'll do a proper write up when I get home and supply some better scans.