I'M NOT ONE

 

       This post wasn't scheduled until Tuesday but however the results of yesterday fits it. You see I'm like our kicker friend here I'm not a Happy Feller due to my boss at Dollar General. A little back story is in order for you to understand why I am feeling this way. I have in the my bosses office a sheet of paper that clearly states when I need time off for my trip to the National Convention in Chicago in July (118 days remaining) as well for the upcoming celebration of life for my little brother in May as well my milestone date in June. On the same piece of paper is dates like yesterday that I have where I like to start later than usual so I can make a trip down to the monthly show where I like to attend in Livonia,Michigan.  I had made plans with a fellow coworker asking if he could come in at 1pm for me & Ill come in at his scheduled time at 3pm so I can have some ample of time to get some great deals plus its about an 3 hour drive for me to get there round trip. Now the show doesn't start until 9am but I help my friend Pat out by helping her set up her table for her so I have to be there about 7am so I can avoid being caught in the Sunday traffic heading to Detroit to watch the Tigers,Red Wings,Pistons,Lions whomever is playing a home game that weekend of the show. Plus helping her out I can get some good stuff before the show opens to the public either from her or other dealers that might need my assistance to help them out so I can get some great deals before having to make a flying trip back to make it in time for my shift. By the way Little Brother Jeremy I will be sending Pat your information so she can send ya some team sets to you. just let me know so I can have her search to see what years she has available. 

          Well after working from 12:30pm to Close on Saturday I really was excited about getting to check out what deals I can pick up or find singles on my endless growing wantlists. As well take a couple of my other blogging friends lists with me just in case I wasn't able to find anything off mine. I arrived at 6:45am after getting up at 5am. After getting Pat all set up time for me to shop & keep an eye on the clock so I can maybe before I go in to work stop at this 1 antique mall to see if I can locate a couple of books that I am looking for cause I think I saw a both that might had 1 of the books but its been sometime since I been there I wanted to check & get it if it was there. The first table I went to was this guy named Jason who was a regular dealer setting up at the show but had to cut back due family problems has had him not being able to set up like he had in the past but he said he had something special that might be of some interest to me in vintage hockey. I am thinking oooh either he has some `70/`71 Topps Hockey or `77/`78 O Pee Chee & I can knock more off those 2 lists at least. Well......Jason surprised me he had these the `74/`75 O Pee Chee WHA starter lot & the `75/`76 O Pee Chee WHA starter lot. We came to an agreement on a price of $115 after he asked me to give him a price & if I took them both he knocked off an additional $25 off I was first thinking $75-85 but when he announced the additional price off I thought what the Heck go for $115 see if he'll take it so I said to him "Mind you if I take them both I already taken the $25 off so I am thinking $115." He thought about it then after I mentioned I need some $$$$ still to have to spend at the show as well the rest of my week he accepted my deal. Now Ill have to work on getting the missing cards listed on my site soon so as soon I finish typing this post up Ill be editing my lists by adding them to my hockey page. Cause another thing Jason mentioned that none of the sets have any of the Howe Family (Gordie,Mark,Marty) cards or Bobby Hull's which isn't a bad thing yet cause it will give me something to look for at future shows as well the National. Still I think it was a great find for me to work on. 

Not to shabby getting these 2 starter lots for $115 eh.

Now as I was sitting at this one table looking through a nickel & quarter boxes trying to find missing singles for other sets I am working on when my phone went off seeing it was my coworker whom I traded shifts with wondering why is he calling me that's when he told me that our boss is upset we switched times so if I could try to get to work ASAP so she could calm down & not get anymore upset cause no one is coming in to work on Sunday at their posted time. So I left the show only to do 1 more buy & that Pat mentioned she had some of the New 2024 Topps Heritage High Number singles. Ever since it was released I have been on the hunt in trying to find boxes of the stuff so I can finish my set up or at least get some before trying to find a dealer at the National that might have made it already. So I took her stack of them told her I see her at the June show cause in May I won't able to come to help her set up & I was on my way to work. I arrived to work at 1:30pm much to grin I wasn't excited in being to work early but hopefully my boss will read my paper next time. 

In other news on Saturday after work I came home to see that I had a package that came from Johnnys Trading Spot. Earlier this year Johnny had some stuff he wanted to unload he mentioned he got a bunch of the Minor League cards that needed a new home. Well not that I didn't need them but I figured why not maybe Ill find some coaches cards of players my friend Greg from  The Collective Mind  Blog collects & pass them on to him plus I have a friend who is a die-hard collector of anytthing Minor League. Not that I knew what to expect from Johnny but the first box I opened had a good portion of the 2023 Topps Pro Debut set I quickly did my research homework before heading to bed to go to the forementioned show up above. So it looks like I might be looking for singles of these guys as well I know I need the Jackson Holiday card #7 already cause unfortunately Johnny didn't put the cards in order so I had open all 5 boxes to see what all I got & I started pulling cards 1 through 10 & as I mentioned I noticed I needed #7 no worries not like its someone obscured so far so sometime later this week Ill be adding them to my baseball lists. When I was going through I was excited about pulling a Jackson Jobe card. Being in Michigan people are starting to warm up to this prospect so seeing that I didn't have to look for him is a good thing. 

 Thanks Johnny for 1 out of 2 Jacksons needed for the set.

Well that concludes why I am not a Happy Feller. I look in hearing about my pick ups as well what Johnny sent me as I am though reminded by the great Rogers Hornsby who once mentioned about signing autographs for kids "Any Ballplayer who doesn't sign Autographs for little kids ain't an American, He's a Communist."