The baseball card show was a blast. On sunday, I went again by myself, and got autographed balls of Boggs, Mattingly, Feller, & Thomas as well as an autographed plaque of Clemens. I bought about 4,000 or so stars as well. Over all, it was $530 including parking and admission. Great buys and i should be able to make some money out of them while having some fun. I sorted them today by player ... lots of goodies :)
Health / working out wise, I haven't felt as ... athletic recently. I haven't been doing much, though I have been on hydroxycut. It tastes great and the caffeine kick gives me energy. I don't like the fact that I'm on caffeine, but being awake is wonderful ... especially for only 5 calories :) I lifted weights with David tonight, and did some situps aftewards. Also did some of his eliptical while waiting for him to finish up. Makes me feel so much better to be lifting when I come home instead of laying on the couch.
Today for work was nutso. It was just go-go-go. I have really been considering investing myself into finding big projects. It zaps me when I have so much busy work, I take a whole day away from actually focusing on building the business. Even possibly investing the profits from baseball cards into the business in terms of advertising. I think that might make things "fun" again. It may make it a game.
Wow, lame post. Oh well.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Baseball Card Show!
I ended up taking my son to the card show tonight. I will be going by myself on sunday to buy some people out, but wanted to report what all I got:
sealed 89 Upper Deck Set - $25
91 Upper Deck Final Edition set, 87 Fleer Update Glossy Tin set, 1989 Topps Debut set - $1 each
11 Upper Deck Mark McGwire Chase for 62 sets - 75 cents each
Cal Ripken Autographed ball - $35
Mark McGwire Autographed ball - $25
50 rookies of Puckett, Jeter, Bonds, Clemens, Griffey, etc. for $1.60 each.
Parking / Admission / Food: $36
Purchases: $176
Atticus Purchases: $9
Total: $221
I should easily be able to make back my money on this stuff. Can't wait until Sunday ... hopefully I can clean some folks out!
sealed 89 Upper Deck Set - $25
91 Upper Deck Final Edition set, 87 Fleer Update Glossy Tin set, 1989 Topps Debut set - $1 each
11 Upper Deck Mark McGwire Chase for 62 sets - 75 cents each
Cal Ripken Autographed ball - $35
Mark McGwire Autographed ball - $25
50 rookies of Puckett, Jeter, Bonds, Clemens, Griffey, etc. for $1.60 each.
Parking / Admission / Food: $36
Purchases: $176
Atticus Purchases: $9
Total: $221
I should easily be able to make back my money on this stuff. Can't wait until Sunday ... hopefully I can clean some folks out!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
I won an award!
Thanks to my friend at http://kristincreative.blogspot.com/ - how nice of her - thank ya much!!! I couldn't have gotten this award without you. Mainly because ... well ... you gave it to me :)
Ok, so here is the wrap up of what is going on:
- Work - I have gotten several quote requests, but nothing has landed yet. Several updates I have worked on though (wow, that sounded like yoda, didn't it?). I have been struggling a bit with motivation and a bit of anxiety because of no large projects coming in. I am always like this I guess when things get low, but I pray the Lord will "flood" us again soon. He has always been so wonderful for us with work. I hope He continues. One of the benefits of being a spendthrift without debt, and having a hobby that makes money is that I don't *need* to stress out nearly as much as I would have a few years ago. I can hear Holly in the back of my head quoting a Bible verse (who of you by worrying can add a single day to your life...)
I have done something small each day to reach out to people or others for projects. What I *should* be doing is spend my entire work day doing those sorts of things. It just gets difficult to stay on track!
- Hobby - I bought a little collection of baseball cards from a "kid" that had several Griffey rookies, some sets and 100 game used cards. I say kid because he lived with his folks, but turns out he was 24 - he looked 18! I have so far sold the game used, so am now only in the hole for $50, which should be pretty easy to make back and then some, while keeping all the cards i want. I am still going through 150k cards I have here and pulling the treasures. It is a sight to behold: My office desks are LOADED with stars and rookies. Can't wait to see how much I pull out of the remaining 5.5 million I have coming!
The baseball card show is in town this weekend, finally. It has been a long year! My son and I go each year for a few hours and then have a hot dog & orange soda. It is a special time for us. I remember a dad with his kid saying to me "wow, this would be fun if I didn't have to bring HIM along". And I was thinking what is wrong with you???? Having your son with you is the best!!!! It looks like we will be skipping church this time to go though so we can get in the best deals!
Last year I got 5 Pete Rose autographed bats, a few hundred autographed cards, and close to 100 game used cards. It was fun, and I was able to make some good money throughout the year with them. My dealer friend said the best time to go is sunday because that is when the best deals come in. Friday has the best selection though, and if I were a true "collector", I would go then, but I'm not looking for the best selection - I'm looking for the best deals. Time to buy out some folks!
Fitness: My knee still hurts, but I ran a few miles last night, and have been going to my friend's house to lift weights a few times a week. I skipped one time last week though, thanks to a left bicept that was hurting pretty badly.
Family: We have been having a blast playing board games recently ... more specifically Bibleopoly. Boy, I have never felt like a Ned Flanders as much before in my life! Bibleopoly ... seriously? Anyway, Holly says I get creepy because I get into it a little too much. That is who I am though ... I am a monopoly freak. I aim to DOMINATE!!! Whether it be my wife or children :)
And now for a little video enjoyment. I laugh so hard, I cry when I see this. Holly thinks its stupid. What do you think?
Ok, so here is the wrap up of what is going on:
- Work - I have gotten several quote requests, but nothing has landed yet. Several updates I have worked on though (wow, that sounded like yoda, didn't it?). I have been struggling a bit with motivation and a bit of anxiety because of no large projects coming in. I am always like this I guess when things get low, but I pray the Lord will "flood" us again soon. He has always been so wonderful for us with work. I hope He continues. One of the benefits of being a spendthrift without debt, and having a hobby that makes money is that I don't *need* to stress out nearly as much as I would have a few years ago. I can hear Holly in the back of my head quoting a Bible verse (who of you by worrying can add a single day to your life...)
I have done something small each day to reach out to people or others for projects. What I *should* be doing is spend my entire work day doing those sorts of things. It just gets difficult to stay on track!
- Hobby - I bought a little collection of baseball cards from a "kid" that had several Griffey rookies, some sets and 100 game used cards. I say kid because he lived with his folks, but turns out he was 24 - he looked 18! I have so far sold the game used, so am now only in the hole for $50, which should be pretty easy to make back and then some, while keeping all the cards i want. I am still going through 150k cards I have here and pulling the treasures. It is a sight to behold: My office desks are LOADED with stars and rookies. Can't wait to see how much I pull out of the remaining 5.5 million I have coming!
The baseball card show is in town this weekend, finally. It has been a long year! My son and I go each year for a few hours and then have a hot dog & orange soda. It is a special time for us. I remember a dad with his kid saying to me "wow, this would be fun if I didn't have to bring HIM along". And I was thinking what is wrong with you???? Having your son with you is the best!!!! It looks like we will be skipping church this time to go though so we can get in the best deals!
Last year I got 5 Pete Rose autographed bats, a few hundred autographed cards, and close to 100 game used cards. It was fun, and I was able to make some good money throughout the year with them. My dealer friend said the best time to go is sunday because that is when the best deals come in. Friday has the best selection though, and if I were a true "collector", I would go then, but I'm not looking for the best selection - I'm looking for the best deals. Time to buy out some folks!
Fitness: My knee still hurts, but I ran a few miles last night, and have been going to my friend's house to lift weights a few times a week. I skipped one time last week though, thanks to a left bicept that was hurting pretty badly.
Family: We have been having a blast playing board games recently ... more specifically Bibleopoly. Boy, I have never felt like a Ned Flanders as much before in my life! Bibleopoly ... seriously? Anyway, Holly says I get creepy because I get into it a little too much. That is who I am though ... I am a monopoly freak. I aim to DOMINATE!!! Whether it be my wife or children :)
And now for a little video enjoyment. I laugh so hard, I cry when I see this. Holly thinks its stupid. What do you think?
Friday, January 8, 2010
Week-End Wrap Up
I haven't run much - just 2 miles the other night for the week, but that is because my knee has been really hurting me. I have been going over to my friend's house to lift weights though - twice this week. I'm feeling good about that! I do hope my knee gets better soon though. I want to start running a lot again!
The first week back working has been pretty busy between updates, quote requests, writing proposals, etc. I have a large proposal out, and am hoping to land this, as well as a few other smaller ones. In a perfect world, I guess I would be landing everything - and the projects would be a breeze, but that just isn't how it works, is it? I am amazed how absolutely super fast a busy work week goes. The days fly bye, unlike last month when it was slow and I was just perpetually going to drudgereport.com craigslist.com msn.com etc.
Over the past few years, I have been reading a chapter of the Bible each day before work. So far, I have gone through all the new testament and a good portion of the old testament. I am now in 1 Samuel. Judges and Ruth, the last few books were *VERY* interesting. I'm sure I've read most of this already, but a lot of it I did not remember. Very crazy stuff. Holly and I are also staying on the track of doing our devotionals together at night which is great. We have just spent each night for the past few years praying at night together. The devotional is great! I highly encourage anyone who is married to do this as well.
In the world of "fun" things, I have been able to sell a couple of "sports card collections" for good prices. I found a good collection to buy, but since it was football and basketball, I gave the lead to my dealer friend. That sparked up a conversation about doing an even bigger deal with more of his cards. He mentioned after our deal, he could have 1-2 million more cards! I hope to do a deal with him for not only those cards, but also to get the cards before he even searches through them! How wonderful would that be?
On another note - I have been opening some wax boxes I had. I busted an 86 Donruss box and got THREE Canseco rated rookies in one box. The second box, I got another Canseco. Great fun, and it got me out of my funk I was in for the day.
Now, it is the weekend - my son sounds like he is coughing up a lung and he has karate tomorrow. We'll see how that goes!
The first week back working has been pretty busy between updates, quote requests, writing proposals, etc. I have a large proposal out, and am hoping to land this, as well as a few other smaller ones. In a perfect world, I guess I would be landing everything - and the projects would be a breeze, but that just isn't how it works, is it? I am amazed how absolutely super fast a busy work week goes. The days fly bye, unlike last month when it was slow and I was just perpetually going to drudgereport.com craigslist.com msn.com etc.
Over the past few years, I have been reading a chapter of the Bible each day before work. So far, I have gone through all the new testament and a good portion of the old testament. I am now in 1 Samuel. Judges and Ruth, the last few books were *VERY* interesting. I'm sure I've read most of this already, but a lot of it I did not remember. Very crazy stuff. Holly and I are also staying on the track of doing our devotionals together at night which is great. We have just spent each night for the past few years praying at night together. The devotional is great! I highly encourage anyone who is married to do this as well.
In the world of "fun" things, I have been able to sell a couple of "sports card collections" for good prices. I found a good collection to buy, but since it was football and basketball, I gave the lead to my dealer friend. That sparked up a conversation about doing an even bigger deal with more of his cards. He mentioned after our deal, he could have 1-2 million more cards! I hope to do a deal with him for not only those cards, but also to get the cards before he even searches through them! How wonderful would that be?
On another note - I have been opening some wax boxes I had. I busted an 86 Donruss box and got THREE Canseco rated rookies in one box. The second box, I got another Canseco. Great fun, and it got me out of my funk I was in for the day.
Now, it is the weekend - my son sounds like he is coughing up a lung and he has karate tomorrow. We'll see how that goes!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Twas the night before worky...
What can I say? We made it! We made it through the holidays, though, knock on wood - it isn't until Wednesday until our daughter goes back to school. Speaking of which, she turns 8 on tuesday. My how time flies. It seems like we have only had her for 2 1/2 years. Oh wait, that is because we have! Yes, we made it *relatively* unscathed, but our dear daughter decided to explode on us tonight. We knew it was coming at some point. Oh well - we take life as it comes, I guess.
I am super happy about getting excited about starting up working ON my business again, and bringing in more work. As a matter of fact, I have a quote request for a small job sitting in my email box as I type this. Videos are being uploaded for a client right now so my programmer can add them into the website. things seem to be going fine. For the last few weeks, I have been worried about how to take monday. How would I deal with all kinds of requests for fixes, etc? Would it break me? Would it stress me out? No, I think I will be just fine. And attitude is 90% of the battle, so I am in good standing!
These past several days have been great. I sold a jersey, several sets, lots of wax boxes, some old cards, etc. The sales put me in the black for all 3 of my recent collection purchases, so I have jerseys and wax boxes left over, plus money. I don't know why, but it really makes me happy. Oh, not to mention the fact that someone out of the blue just emailed me asking me to sell him some football cards. Which, now I have some to sell thanks to santa claus (the nickname i gave my dealer friend). At 8am on saturday morning, he brought over about 90,000 sports cards as I was having someone come over at 10am to trade them for a PS3, 3 blueray dvds and $50. I was likely gonna sell it, but man let me tell ya! It is a VERY slick piece of hardware! I really am digging it. Heck, it even helped me to transfer my client's videos from cd to usb hard drive. I think I'll keep it around for a while.
As a way to ring in the new year on the night of the 1st, I ran 6 miles. That always makes me feel good about myself. I don't like going out to do it, and don't like doing it (except for sometimes ... at some points during running, I get some sort of enjoyment out of it) but I do feel good after.
That night, Holly and I started doing a devotional together. We would pray at night together each night, but not go through the Word together. That is nice that we are doing that now.
I am super happy about getting excited about starting up working ON my business again, and bringing in more work. As a matter of fact, I have a quote request for a small job sitting in my email box as I type this. Videos are being uploaded for a client right now so my programmer can add them into the website. things seem to be going fine. For the last few weeks, I have been worried about how to take monday. How would I deal with all kinds of requests for fixes, etc? Would it break me? Would it stress me out? No, I think I will be just fine. And attitude is 90% of the battle, so I am in good standing!
These past several days have been great. I sold a jersey, several sets, lots of wax boxes, some old cards, etc. The sales put me in the black for all 3 of my recent collection purchases, so I have jerseys and wax boxes left over, plus money. I don't know why, but it really makes me happy. Oh, not to mention the fact that someone out of the blue just emailed me asking me to sell him some football cards. Which, now I have some to sell thanks to santa claus (the nickname i gave my dealer friend). At 8am on saturday morning, he brought over about 90,000 sports cards as I was having someone come over at 10am to trade them for a PS3, 3 blueray dvds and $50. I was likely gonna sell it, but man let me tell ya! It is a VERY slick piece of hardware! I really am digging it. Heck, it even helped me to transfer my client's videos from cd to usb hard drive. I think I'll keep it around for a while.
As a way to ring in the new year on the night of the 1st, I ran 6 miles. That always makes me feel good about myself. I don't like going out to do it, and don't like doing it (except for sometimes ... at some points during running, I get some sort of enjoyment out of it) but I do feel good after.
That night, Holly and I started doing a devotional together. We would pray at night together each night, but not go through the Word together. That is nice that we are doing that now.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Happiness
I have been struggling for some reason with depression. I don't think it is deep, but frustrating nonetheless. The worst thing about it is I always wonder "what will I do when something truly bad happens?" Seriously, I have it great. Sure, life has its challenges, but I have a business I built myself, we are in a very good position, have a roof over our head, are content to live simply and are in good health.
My mom sent me this link: http://slate.com/blogs/blogs/happinessproject/archive/2009/01/27/recipe-for-happiness-wrestling-with-toddlers-and-reading-thich-nhat-hanh.aspx?GT1=38001 - it was a very good read, and said 2 interesting things.
1) Running helps chase the blues away. I found this out myself first hand a few days ago. Mega down, then ran 6 miles, and came back feeling awesome!
2) Depression is often caused by thinking about the past or future. What an interesting concept - just think about now ... live in the present!
I liked that, bookmarked the link and hope to remember what it said next time the blues get to me.
Tonight, my wife decided to mention that it was time for me to stop cutting weight and start bulking. I said I wanted to get down to 165, which means I have about 10 more lbs to go. She said I was getting too skinny and "boney". Apparently, I am not as comfortable as my former pudgy self was. We will see! I never thought I would have heard her say this before in my life! Time to get on the horn with my friend tomorrow to see if we can start lifting weights together, I suppose!
Today was not a day for sadness anyway though. I sold $100 worth of baseball cards from the $400 collection I bought with jerseys in it, someone is supposed to buy one of the jerseys for $125 and another is supposed to buy the rest of the sets for $200. That would put me up $25 on the collection and have 5 jerseys for free basically.
Also had someone say that I can consider my collection I bought for $15 the other day sold at $75, though I offered some more for $125 total. We shall see! The person who is coming over tomorrow (supposedly - they ARE from craig's list!) for the $200 sets, may take out a bunch of my boxes I bought today. Which brings me to my next deal ...
I bought the 161 boxes of cards today! It was a long drive, but I think it was worth it. I hope to sell 100 of them for $400 and open the other 61 myself (I paid $350 total for everything). I really struggled about whether i should just re-sell it all, or open the others. I decided to open (for now at least) because I am in this for a HOBBY, and not a business. Re-selling the ones I wanted before I open them would not allow for this to be as fun for me.
Now, the biggie ...
This deal has been in the works for a while now. After selling all year, I basically had a nice collection left over to myself for basically free. I posted it up for $3,000, and my dealer friend saw it. We were able to strike a deal. 99% of my collection for 2.3 million of his sports cards and $600 cash! It took a while for me to figure if I wanted to do this or not, but after thinking it over, I was all for it! He just emailed me saying he was just tickled with how good the collection he got off me was. I am super pleased too. I just went through 2 boxes and was very happy with what was in them so far.
I know, this is probably super boring for folks who aren't into cards. I promise, I won't be like this always. I am just on cloud 9 right now!
My mom sent me this link: http://slate.com/blogs/blogs/happinessproject/archive/2009/01/27/recipe-for-happiness-wrestling-with-toddlers-and-reading-thich-nhat-hanh.aspx?GT1=38001 - it was a very good read, and said 2 interesting things.
1) Running helps chase the blues away. I found this out myself first hand a few days ago. Mega down, then ran 6 miles, and came back feeling awesome!
2) Depression is often caused by thinking about the past or future. What an interesting concept - just think about now ... live in the present!
I liked that, bookmarked the link and hope to remember what it said next time the blues get to me.
Tonight, my wife decided to mention that it was time for me to stop cutting weight and start bulking. I said I wanted to get down to 165, which means I have about 10 more lbs to go. She said I was getting too skinny and "boney". Apparently, I am not as comfortable as my former pudgy self was. We will see! I never thought I would have heard her say this before in my life! Time to get on the horn with my friend tomorrow to see if we can start lifting weights together, I suppose!
Today was not a day for sadness anyway though. I sold $100 worth of baseball cards from the $400 collection I bought with jerseys in it, someone is supposed to buy one of the jerseys for $125 and another is supposed to buy the rest of the sets for $200. That would put me up $25 on the collection and have 5 jerseys for free basically.
Also had someone say that I can consider my collection I bought for $15 the other day sold at $75, though I offered some more for $125 total. We shall see! The person who is coming over tomorrow (supposedly - they ARE from craig's list!) for the $200 sets, may take out a bunch of my boxes I bought today. Which brings me to my next deal ...
I bought the 161 boxes of cards today! It was a long drive, but I think it was worth it. I hope to sell 100 of them for $400 and open the other 61 myself (I paid $350 total for everything). I really struggled about whether i should just re-sell it all, or open the others. I decided to open (for now at least) because I am in this for a HOBBY, and not a business. Re-selling the ones I wanted before I open them would not allow for this to be as fun for me.
Now, the biggie ...
This deal has been in the works for a while now. After selling all year, I basically had a nice collection left over to myself for basically free. I posted it up for $3,000, and my dealer friend saw it. We were able to strike a deal. 99% of my collection for 2.3 million of his sports cards and $600 cash! It took a while for me to figure if I wanted to do this or not, but after thinking it over, I was all for it! He just emailed me saying he was just tickled with how good the collection he got off me was. I am super pleased too. I just went through 2 boxes and was very happy with what was in them so far.
I know, this is probably super boring for folks who aren't into cards. I promise, I won't be like this always. I am just on cloud 9 right now!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Twilight Zone & Hobby Happiness
Yesterday, it seemed as though we entered some sort of strange and twisted twilight zone. A time when our son was acting bad and our daughter was acting good...well, for the most part. No, my boy didn't want any part of schooling yesterday (you must be thinking to yourself, why would they homeschool on Christmas break? - Well, that's how we roll.) and was just throwing fits / being very slow, etc. I hated to have to do this, but for the second time in his life, we had to take away ALL of his toys until he can be a good boy again. He has been cranky / whiny / slow to obedience and I miss my good boy! It hurts to have to go that far, but discipline must be strong enough to get his attention. I will tell you this though, it is much better than rushing your daughter to the emergency room because we thought she was choking! That happened on Sunday. Never a dull moment in our household, indeed...
The past few weeks have been rather slow from a work standpoint, which has been nice in some respect. I guess it is always like this at the end of the year, which is nice because I have a break, but a bummer because it gives me more time to worry about stuff.
I have been focusing more on fitness, and that is one of the main things I am proud of myself for in 2009 - having lost 55 lbs since April, and over 100lbs since 2003. I say this because last night we went out to eat for the 2nd time in 4 days. I decided against running afterwards because it was too cold and this morning because I was too ... unmotivated, but I was able to get a bit of a workout in doing some chinups, pushups and situps. Hey, better something than nothing!
Speaking of going out to eat last night, it was a great time to catch up with some friends in town from Dallas. I loved it! A wonderful time to unwind, catch up and relax. Praise the Lord for good friends. Now, if only we had more and were able to get out more with people. I have been able to do this a few times over the past several weeks, but it just still isn't enough.
Over the past few weeks, I have been able to do some great deals as far as sports cards and memorabilia go. I met a woman at Whataburger (and no, I didn't eat there...saved from the clutches of the mighty tasty A1 Thick & Hearty Burger!) to buy some 1960's/70's sports cards from her to help her get money to help bail her boyfriend out of jail for Christmas. It wasn't the deal of the century, but for $15 I got several hundred older cards, which included about 20 keepers - 4 Griffey Sr. rc's, some older Nolan Ryan a Gary Carter rookie & some other good stuff. I hope to get rid of the rest of them for a bit more than I paid and keep the cards I mentioned above.
After the previously mentioned emergency room experience, I packed up the fam and headed down the road to meet with a guy that had a collection of autographed jerseys and several complete sets. My friend who is a dealer alerted me to this - he wanted $600 but I talked him down to $400. What a deal, let me tell you! I got autographed jerseys of Roger Clemens, Shaquille O'neal, Yao Ming, Steve Francis, Clyde Drexler and Earl Campbell. Not to mention a 74-75 WHA OPC Hockey set that sells for $90, a 78-79 Topps Hockey set, 81-82 Topps Hockey Set, 78-79 Topps basketball set, 89-90 Hoops basketball set, 82 Topps Football set, 83, 84 & 85 Topps baseball sets & 85 & 86 fleer baseball sets. 99% of the other sets mentioned sell for $20-$30 each. It is my hope to rid myself of all the non-baseball cards + the Francis / Campbell & Drexler jerseys to keep the Yao / Clemens / Shaq autographed jerseys & baseball cards.
Tomorrow, I am looking forward to a long drive to sugarland to meet with a guy who has 161 unopened boxes of baseball cards for $350. Here is the inventory list:
1986 Donruss-4 wax boxes
1987 Donruss 24 wax boxes
1989 Donruss 8 wax boxes
1987 Topps 14 wax boxes
1989 Fleer 9 wax boxes
1989 Bowman 20 wax boxes
1991 Upper Deck 2 wax boxes
1988 Donruss 5 wax boxes
1988 Donruss "Baseball's Best" 3 sets
1991 Conlon 1 wax box
1988 Topps "Big Baseball" 11 boxes (4-1st series)(3-2nd series)(4-3rd series)
1989 Topps 6 wax boxes
1990 Fleer 17 wax boxes
1988 Score 7 "Premier Edition" factory sealed sets
1988 Topps 8 wax boxes
1988 Score 15 wax boxes
1990 Upper Deck 5 wax boxes
1986 Topps "Leaders" 1 wax box
1990 "Sport Flics" 1 wax box
= Total 161 boxes
The first 6 lines on the list, I plan of bust open myself and sell the rest to hopefully break even. What fun to open 59-79 wax boxes!
The past few weeks have been rather slow from a work standpoint, which has been nice in some respect. I guess it is always like this at the end of the year, which is nice because I have a break, but a bummer because it gives me more time to worry about stuff.
I have been focusing more on fitness, and that is one of the main things I am proud of myself for in 2009 - having lost 55 lbs since April, and over 100lbs since 2003. I say this because last night we went out to eat for the 2nd time in 4 days. I decided against running afterwards because it was too cold and this morning because I was too ... unmotivated, but I was able to get a bit of a workout in doing some chinups, pushups and situps. Hey, better something than nothing!
Speaking of going out to eat last night, it was a great time to catch up with some friends in town from Dallas. I loved it! A wonderful time to unwind, catch up and relax. Praise the Lord for good friends. Now, if only we had more and were able to get out more with people. I have been able to do this a few times over the past several weeks, but it just still isn't enough.
Over the past few weeks, I have been able to do some great deals as far as sports cards and memorabilia go. I met a woman at Whataburger (and no, I didn't eat there...saved from the clutches of the mighty tasty A1 Thick & Hearty Burger!) to buy some 1960's/70's sports cards from her to help her get money to help bail her boyfriend out of jail for Christmas. It wasn't the deal of the century, but for $15 I got several hundred older cards, which included about 20 keepers - 4 Griffey Sr. rc's, some older Nolan Ryan a Gary Carter rookie & some other good stuff. I hope to get rid of the rest of them for a bit more than I paid and keep the cards I mentioned above.
After the previously mentioned emergency room experience, I packed up the fam and headed down the road to meet with a guy that had a collection of autographed jerseys and several complete sets. My friend who is a dealer alerted me to this - he wanted $600 but I talked him down to $400. What a deal, let me tell you! I got autographed jerseys of Roger Clemens, Shaquille O'neal, Yao Ming, Steve Francis, Clyde Drexler and Earl Campbell. Not to mention a 74-75 WHA OPC Hockey set that sells for $90, a 78-79 Topps Hockey set, 81-82 Topps Hockey Set, 78-79 Topps basketball set, 89-90 Hoops basketball set, 82 Topps Football set, 83, 84 & 85 Topps baseball sets & 85 & 86 fleer baseball sets. 99% of the other sets mentioned sell for $20-$30 each. It is my hope to rid myself of all the non-baseball cards + the Francis / Campbell & Drexler jerseys to keep the Yao / Clemens / Shaq autographed jerseys & baseball cards.
Tomorrow, I am looking forward to a long drive to sugarland to meet with a guy who has 161 unopened boxes of baseball cards for $350. Here is the inventory list:
1986 Donruss-4 wax boxes
1987 Donruss 24 wax boxes
1989 Donruss 8 wax boxes
1987 Topps 14 wax boxes
1989 Fleer 9 wax boxes
1989 Bowman 20 wax boxes
1991 Upper Deck 2 wax boxes
1988 Donruss 5 wax boxes
1988 Donruss "Baseball's Best" 3 sets
1991 Conlon 1 wax box
1988 Topps "Big Baseball" 11 boxes (4-1st series)(3-2nd series)(4-3rd series)
1989 Topps 6 wax boxes
1990 Fleer 17 wax boxes
1988 Score 7 "Premier Edition" factory sealed sets
1988 Topps 8 wax boxes
1988 Score 15 wax boxes
1990 Upper Deck 5 wax boxes
1986 Topps "Leaders" 1 wax box
1990 "Sport Flics" 1 wax box
= Total 161 boxes
The first 6 lines on the list, I plan of bust open myself and sell the rest to hopefully break even. What fun to open 59-79 wax boxes!
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