My first ever card show bonanza - 1982
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It was 1982 in Woodstock, IL. In the 2 cent bin I found and bought a 1974 Frank White/Andy Thornton rookie card. The annual Beckett price guide had it at $1.50. My friend Gary was so impressed the first thing he told my dad when he picked us up "JRBOLES BOUGHT A CARD WORTH A BUCK FIFTY FOR TWO CENTS!"
Even got to show it off at recess the next Monday. My 1956 Topps Mel Roach card I bought at the same show was not so titillating.
I will go the National next year and see how things have changed
Even got to show it off at recess the next Monday. My 1956 Topps Mel Roach card I bought at the same show was not so titillating.
I will go the National next year and see how things have changed
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<< <i>It was 1982 in Woodstock, IL. In the 2 cent bin I found and bought a 1974 Frank White/Andy Thornton rookie card. The annual Beckett price guide had it at $1.50. My friend Gary was so impressed the first thing he told my dad when he picked us up "JRBOLES BOUGHT A CARD WORTH A BUCK FIFTY FOR TWO CENTS!"
Even got to show it off at recess the next Monday. My 1956 Topps Mel Roach card I bought at the same show was not so titillating.
I will go the National next year and see how things have changed >>
Woodstock Illinois? Was the show at the Farm Bureau building off McConnnell? If it was (and there were basically no other shows out there back then) you probably bought the card from me or the other guy that did shows with me back then. Small world.
So tell me, did you get that great deal from my bin or Dan's? I assume it was probably mine as I dont really remember if dan had any of the "older" cards at that point. I hope you have happy memories from these shows.
<< <i>Holy cow...you have a great memory. I am Andy. I am not sure what happened to Dan as it has been a good number of years since I had last talked to him. I really should look him up and see how he is doing.
So tell me, did you get that great deal from my bin or Dan's? I assume it was probably mine as I dont really remember if dan had any of the "older" cards at that point. I hope you have happy memories from these shows. >>
Sounds like he would have given you at least a nickel. You sold yourself short
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<< <i>Holy cow...you have a great memory. I am Andy. I am not sure what happened to Dan as it has been a good number of years since I had last talked to him. I really should look him up and see how he is doing.
So tell me, did you get that great deal from my bin or Dan's? I assume it was probably mine as I dont really remember if dan had any of the "older" cards at that point. I hope you have happy memories from these shows. >>
One of you wore glasses and was younger than the other gentleman (who may have smoked but I may be confusing him with the guy at the St. Charles, IL Dunham Inn shows). I got it from the older gentlemen.
I was 9 or 10 for those shows and would come in with 10 bucks and it was heaven. Gary and I would bet our haul on blackjack or chess.
Good stuff my friend.
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<< <i>Holy cow...you have a great memory. I am Andy. I am not sure what happened to Dan as it has been a good number of years since I had last talked to him. I really should look him up and see how he is doing.
So tell me, did you get that great deal from my bin or Dan's? I assume it was probably mine as I dont really remember if dan had any of the "older" cards at that point. I hope you have happy memories from these shows. >>
One of you wore glasses and was younger than the other gentleman (who may have smoked but I may be confusing him with the guy at the St. Charles, IL Dunham Inn shows). I got it from the older gentlemen.
I was 9 or 10 for those shows and would come in with 10 bucks and it was heaven. Gary and I would bet our haul on blackjack or chess.
Good stuff my friend. >>
This is actually pretty cool as I was just a high school senior in 1982 (so I guess I was the younger one!!) and this was one of the many small card shows we threw together in hopes of just buying cards. I remember those early shows, people would bring literally shopping bags full of cards to us as we would advertise we were paying cash for cards. As you can imagine, cards didnt book as high back then as they do now so getting great cards at decent prices was easy. I remember this particular Woodstock show as an older gentleman walked in with a huge shoebox of cards he had in his attic. This shoebox had cards mainly from 1954 and 55 and contained all the stars. It was at this show that I got my first Aaron rookie along with a Koufax rookie. I do remember we bought the box for a hundred bucks or so which sounds like a steal but it was a fair price for those cards at the time. (remember this was 30 years ago).
As for the St. Charles show, That was Doug and Corky who promoted those shows (who would later be my partners in the mall shows we ran). Wow this thread brought back so many memories of things I have not thought about in years. Those Woodstock shows were small but excellent shows for me as I made a good deal of friends through the hobby back in the day.
So JrBoles...do you still live in the area??
<< <i>I thought I was going to see a card of Hoss, Ben and Little Joe. Showing my age, I guess. >>
What .... you didn't like Hop Sing, Adam or Candy? LOL
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This is actually pretty cool as I was just a high school senior in 1982 (so I guess I was the younger one!!) and this was one of the many small card shows we threw together in hopes of just buying cards. I remember those early shows, people would bring literally shopping bags full of cards to us as we would advertise we were paying cash for cards. As you can imagine, cards didnt book as high back then as they do now so getting great cards at decent prices was easy. I remember this particular Woodstock show as an older gentleman walked in with a huge shoebox of cards he had in his attic. This shoebox had cards mainly from 1954 and 55 and contained all the stars. It was at this show that I got my first Aaron rookie along with a Koufax rookie. I do remember we bought the box for a hundred bucks or so which sounds like a steal but it was a fair price for those cards at the time. (remember this was 30 years ago).
As for the St. Charles show, That was Doug and Corky who promoted those shows (who would later be my partners in the mall shows we ran). Wow this thread brought back so many memories of things I have not thought about in years. Those Woodstock shows were small but excellent shows for me as I made a good deal of friends through the hobby back in the day.
So JrBoles...do you still live in the area?? >>
Doug was the smoker and Corky the redhead. By then I would sell my HOFer's to those guys (Do you remember John S.?) there and buy rookies. Now somewhere in my basement are a ton of Mike Pagliarulo and Billy Joe Robidaeioux cards. My last card show was 1991 when I sold most of the rest of my collection in Champaign. Those were the days where a guy with a show table would pay $25 for an 84 Donruss Strawberry. That went right into my Keystone light fund.
Didn't think about them for over 15 years and the worst thing I ever did was type 1952 Topps into eBay. I live in Chicago in the Old Irving neighborhood not quite 4 miles from Wrigley. Have not been to St. Chuck in over 5 years and Woodstock maybe 15.
Good to see you are still at it. I hope the last 30 years have treated you well and perhaps we will do business again - assuming you still live in the land of Lincoln, Blago, Stroger, and Madigan.
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This is actually pretty cool as I was just a high school senior in 1982 (so I guess I was the younger one!!) and this was one of the many small card shows we threw together in hopes of just buying cards. I remember those early shows, people would bring literally shopping bags full of cards to us as we would advertise we were paying cash for cards. As you can imagine, cards didnt book as high back then as they do now so getting great cards at decent prices was easy. I remember this particular Woodstock show as an older gentleman walked in with a huge shoebox of cards he had in his attic. This shoebox had cards mainly from 1954 and 55 and contained all the stars. It was at this show that I got my first Aaron rookie along with a Koufax rookie. I do remember we bought the box for a hundred bucks or so which sounds like a steal but it was a fair price for those cards at the time. (remember this was 30 years ago).
As for the St. Charles show, That was Doug and Corky who promoted those shows (who would later be my partners in the mall shows we ran). Wow this thread brought back so many memories of things I have not thought about in years. Those Woodstock shows were small but excellent shows for me as I made a good deal of friends through the hobby back in the day.
So JrBoles...do you still live in the area?? >>
Doug was the smoker and Corky the redhead. By then I would sell my HOFer's to those guys (Do you remember John S.?) there and buy rookies. Now somewhere in my basement are a ton of Mike Pagliarulo and Billy Joe Robidaeioux cards. My last card show was 1991 when I sold most of the rest of my collection in Champaign. Those were the days where a guy with a show table would pay $25 for an 84 Donruss Strawberry. That went right into my Keystone light fund.
Didn't think about them for over 15 years and the worst thing I ever did was type 1952 Topps into eBay. I live in Chicago in the Old Irving neighborhood not quite 4 miles from Wrigley. Have not been to St. Chuck in over 5 years and Woodstock maybe 15.
Good to see you are still at it. I hope the last 30 years have treated you well and perhaps we will do business again - assuming you still live in the land of Lincoln, Blago, Stroger, and Madigan. >>
Yep, Doug was the smoker but he actually gave up the habit. Sadly, he passed away last year but Corky is still going strong.
Yes, I do remember John as he was my first partner in sportscards shows. We founded the Fox Valley Collectors in 1979 or 80 I believe and had the county's first card show in my parents garage back then. John and I picked up so many unbelieveable cards back in the day. I just wish i could revisit that time even for a few hours, knowing what I know now! LOL
I know the area you live in well as I worked for the Cubs for nearly 8 years and spent many hours driving on Irving Park Road. I still believe that is a decent area in which to live in Chicago and my wife and I actually toyed with the idea of living down there once or twice but in the end we ended up in the Lake Geneva area of Wisconsin. We dont have to deal with Blago and Madigan but we do have to deal with the tourist who come up and own the town in the summer time!!
Great times and thanks for the memories. This has actually been fun and has caused me to look up some of the guys from 30 years ago and see how life has treated them. If you are ever up this way let me know, I will buy you a Starbucks or something!
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<< <i>Wow, great thread. Its a small world out there. Mccardguy, do you have any pictures of your setup at those shows back in the 80's? >>
You know we never thought to take pictures of those small shows. We were having such a good time setting them up and meeting collectors that we just never thought to record the moments on film. I remember taking my camera to one small show because we were going to have former Phillie Ed Bouchee show up to sign autographs but I never took any pictures because the bum never showed up. I finally was able to reach him after the show and he said he went golfing with his kid instead. (he had a bad reputation for other reasons...google him and find out). The earliest photos I have are from our mall shows that we did in the late 80's and early 90's. Those were 60 table "extravaganzas" that even included a free autograph guest.
This thread has me thinking about where we had shows back then because we would always look for a place that was cheap but located where people could get to us. I remember having card shows in the farm bureau building, the service area of a car dealer, a local school my dad worked at, our home garage and even under a tent in a city park. I am kinda curious as to where the oddest places others have attended card shows were back in the day or even recently.