Card Show Haul

There is one local card show that I know of in the KC area and it takes place 5-6 times per year.  It is at a local hotel and has just a few dealers but I try to check it out as often as my schedule permits.

Last Saturday after my daughter's soccer game, I grabbed my 12 year old son and headed to the show, it is less than 15 minutes from my house.  I thought I would share most of my haul here, holding a couple cards back for future posts.

The last couple times I picked up mainly vintage cards and I went a little more modern on this trip. Right when I walked in the door there were several boxes with top loaded hits that I hadn't seen before on this dealer's table and my son and I thumbed through most of the boxes and I found a few cards for my collection.

These first two cards are for one of my player collections.  I would characterize my pursuit of his cards as somewhat passive.  I have done a decent job of picking up Fred Lynn cards from his playing days but need a ton of his modern releases.  Lynn went to USC, my alma mater and I remember him fondly from his All-Star Game grand slam (even though it was against the Giants) and the tales I read about his amazing ROY and MVP rookie season. I was really happy to pick these up.

Next up is a trio of retired Giants.  All 3 guys only played a portion of their careers for the Orange and Black and only Mitchell is probably best remembered for his tenure with the Giants.  Even thought the Lofton features him in a Sox uniform, there is a Giants logo on the card and therefore into my collection it goes.  I was really happy to see the Dunston Auto as a Giant, hadn't seen this card before.  I have a different parallel of this Mitchell and this gold one looks much better than the one I already had.  Interestingly,  I have a pretty extensive checklist but only the Mitchell was on my list of wants. 

The last 2 cards are from this year and I picked them up more for how nice they looked as the player selection isn't great.  Both Shaw and Garcia are fringe major leaguers in my opinion and I doubt these rookie cards will ever soar in value but the green Finest refractor looks cool and I like the patch on the Garcia card.

My next pick ups came from a dime box and I ended up getting them all for $4 which was under a dime a piece:

I picked up this stack of 37 Baseball All-Time Greats.  I have a few cards from this set but I have been on an oddball kick as of late and thought this may be a set to go after one day so this should be a good start.

I also got 6 of these Baseball Immortals - again an oddball set I wouldn't mind pursuing some day.  I love the color on these cards.

There is a dealer who brings tons of hits in each show.  He is a very nice guy and just does some buying and selling on the side and usually has his son with him.  I have combed through his boxes a few times but he had one box that had mostly newer cards and I picked out these 4 autos:

The 3 guys on the Bowman cards are all considered solid prospects in the Giants system but I picked them up as I usually try and get as many of the base autos as I can for my collection.

The final card from this dealer is this Buster Posey relic from 2019 Topps Heritage.  I was pretty sure I had this card but thought it could go to my son if it was a dup.  It ended up being a duplicate but my son has been a butthead to him mom for the last few days so he won't get the card until he has a solid stint of good behavior.

My final pickup of the show was on my way out and my favorite one by far:

I just love this card!  It is a sweet jersey swatch from former Giants manager and HOFer John McGraw from 2016 Panini Flawless - a very high end product.  The jersey piece has a cool pinstripe and I don't think the lack of logos detracts much with the old timer uniform.  I believe this is my first McGraw relic and it is a great add to my collection.

Not an epic card show haul but it was a fun 90 minutes to spend with my son and add some nice cards to my collection.