LAST DAY UNTIL VACATION

 

      Well....I am on my last day before I leave for The National Sports Card Convention in Rosemont Illinois. I'm excited to go but I am wishing I had a backup friend joining my adventure since more eyes to help me in finding stuff even if I am at 1 part of the show & they are somewhere else but it is what it is & I can't change that. In the past when I have gone with my friend Greg from The Collective Mind blog I am not sure if he sees as well or its just me in how observant I am when I go through stuff at a table. What I mean is that yes there's at least I've seen them but the tables that most dealers that spent over a bundle of money for the table that they charge a lot for just miserably common that I would need to get closer to completing my set & aren't willing to budge on a price for that card. It could be the only card I need & they're the only person who has it. Case in point last year I was at the Chantilly show outside the D.C. area & this guy had a common of the card that's featured on the top of this post. 

       Mark Bryant no relation to Kobe is not the hottest player in the league nor is he Michael Jordan it's just a common player unless you're from Portland or Houston area & I am sure no one is looking for card #26 from the `96/`97 Topps basketball set unless you are trying to make it or replace it. Again I don't know why the dealer has a sticker on the penny sleeve $2 it's not chrome,it's not a parallel version,it's not numbered like xxx/xxx, it's not signed by Mark, it should be $.05 to $.25 not $2.00 The dealer claims I need to make my table back. You got better stuff that can easily do that like that signed Alan Iverson Refractor for $75 so don't give the B.S. about how ya need to get your table cost to break even for the show just cause ya don't want to deal with coinage in your pockets. For the record I didn't get the card but I let the dealer know that he could have a sale & had taken my $.25 for the card instead of the $2 

         As I was finishing up with my work last night I saw that my phone was blowing up with word about the passing of Cubs Legend Ryne Sandberg. To me Ryno's induction to Cooperstown was kind of sad seeing how Lou Whitaker was overlooked sure Sandberg won a MVP award but Lou won a World Series Title in 1984 as well Rookie of the Year in 1978 over Hall of Famer Paul Molitor hopefully Lou will be inducted sometime soon. But with Ryno's passing it will place a black cloud over the National stay tuned when I will see if the Grim Reapers raise the prices on his cards as well Memorabilia from signed balls or stuff. RIP RYNO you'll be missed.

                          Strange thing there's a 3rd former MVP featured on this card as well. Can you figure who it is. Funny thing both the Cobra & Sandberg are true Hall of Famers even though Parker's road was more longer than Sandberg's. 

           Well I best get this post on the way cause I have alot to do between now & before I leave on Wednesday. So I leave ya with words from Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby talking about autographs for little kids "Any Ballplayer who doesn't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American, He's a Communist."