Monday, August 21, 2017

A New York state of cards

So ff you follow me on Twitter (FOOLS!), I posted that I was in New York catching a Mets game on Friday night. My wife and I made a quick run east to help out a friend and she said I should get tickets so I can start marking ball parks of the list of places I want to visit.

Midwest Garrison salute.
While in New York, with it's super fun traffic, I found a card shop right next to a bookstore. Perfect to not bore the hell out of my wife. Alex's MVP Cards. Tiny shop, though with NY costs, he probably pays 10 grand a month rent or something insane like that. I didn't have much time, so I just dug through a few boxes he had and bought some packs of A&G. Here's some cards that changed time zones.


All the cards I picked were either 50 cents or a buck. I am pretty sure I have none of these Paulies. Well, pretty sure on two of them. Let's check my Zistle list and see how accurate that guess is...

...and I only needed the one in the middle. Hey - team set builders, am I right?


Three for the binders. There is no way Biggio didn't get wrecked on that slide.


I still need a few more Opening Day cards of Southpaw Mascot. And I thought the Eaton was a refractor Chrome, but it's a foil card. Didn't matter - I need both for the PC. Now I have to find a Chrome refractor.

The shop had a Judge rip card from this year's Allen and Ginter for $500. I passed on that and just went with packs. The highlights?


YUP!!!! Two of the packs had buybacks. And sure, I am building a frankenset, but these do not belong in A&G. Only put A&G buybacks in A&G packs! Eaton is a nice high number mini for the PC. And some of you may be thinking "Sure, the insert set is nice and all, but that Surrender card is a highlight?" Here's why: I have pulled 4 cards prior to this one from the Revolutionary Battles insert set, and all four of them are the same damn card! #1 - Battle of Lexington. So if you need one, I'm hoarding them.

Hold up a minute. I have an idea......

http://timwallach.blogspot.com/

Nailed it.

8 comments:

  1. Ha! Love the Tim Wallach at the end.
    Great post!

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  2. I used to live right there and had a bad experience with the shop. Check out the comments.

    https://thelostcollector.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-lcs-is-univiting-rip-off.html?m=0

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    1. Wow. Alex sounds like a real treat.

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    2. hahahahah. AJ, you should go back on every outlet available and leave a bad review.

      Jeff, glad you got to check off a new park.

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    3. My sister lives in NYC, last time I was there visiting I stopped by this store. I thought the prices were higher than shopping online, and higher than the shops in MN, but I chalked it up to everything else in NYC being more expensive than I am used to.
      I met the same nice lady you mentioned, AJ, she was very helpful.

      I'll keep an eye out for the Battle of Lexington for you, Jeff!

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    4. Next time you are in NYC (on a weekday, not in winter) try the street vendor on 37th and 6th.

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  4. I like the pic of the friendly tourist. I thought it might be you but then noticed the smile.

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