My White Plains Show Recap 9/30/11

i hadnt been to a show since this years National. it seems a whole lot longer then two months ago now.
So this weekend, there is a show in White Plains, Friday to Sunday. Their "Friday" hours usually start
later in the day, and extend later then the weekend hours. i like that, i like tha ta lot as i am not a
morning person.

So i headed to the show today without many expectations since lets be honest here, everything after
attending The National is bound to be a disappointment.

Well, i was not happy to see that many of the dealers that i wanted to see were not there. a little shocking,
but these things happen.

i have a lot of pics to show, hope you dont mind....

my main goal at the show was to pick up Bretts that i need to submit for my registry. picking them up via
shows is the best bet because i not only get to see the condition before buying, i dont have to pay for shipping.
well, there werent that many Bretts to be had (i know, i was shocked as well). Here are the ones that i picked up:
(i will hang on to them and replace them if i feel i can pick up nicer ones before submitting)




at shows, i also love to pick up those "$1 1980's boxed sets" that were so over-produced at the time, but are a
blast for me to go through (these are also better picked up in person because of shipping costs if bought online)
well, i was only able to come up with these...


(that bottom row are "packs" of 1994 UD Heroes made buy the seller that sold me the top row. they have at least
the "one per pack" parallels showing on the front and back. Since i need all Bretts from the set, i picked them up)

in what was probably the biggest disappointment, only one dealer had any sort of "junk wax", and not all that much
at that. i picked these up to rip for my "Ripping For Bretts" project



Since the show was devoid of much to pick up (no needed HOF RC Slabs or the like) i decided to look for stuff
that others might want/appreciate

i found a dealer that was selling these items for a really good price:


(just took one pic of these, but i picked up a good number of other Brett Box Bottoms)

(ok, these are for me as well...lol)























































well there you have it, my White Plains experience.

Thanks for the read,
Eric

9.29.11

Weather: 71, overcast
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + Target
Weather During Walk: towards the end of my walk, got really dark and began to rain.....then poured rain when i got into the house.....dark to the point of needing to put the light on in my room.....now the sun is out
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: ---
Fasting BG this morning?: 85

If you had to start collecting over again, what would you do?

A good friend of mine lost his entire collection to Hurricane Irene.

He's been in the hobby for many many years, with ups and downs along the way. He's thinking about collecting again, but he's not sure, and if he does, he doesn't know what his focus will/should be.

That got me to thinking...what if that had happened to me?
Such a loaded question, so many answers.

Focus Focus Focus

Focus is so difficult in this hobby of ours, and it is such a key to collecting that many do not have.

My friend is a Yankees fan, he has been for a very long time, he's not one of those annoying Yankees fans. I told him that he should pick a player from his youth, and be a hardcore collector of that player, even dabble in the PSA registry.

The PSA registry is a powerful drug. VERY powerful let me tell ya!

So what would I do? I have no idea really, but I'd probably pick one or two guys, collect them hardcore and build a nice registry.

What would you do?

9.28.11

Weather: 68, overcast/rain
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: rain off and on, then off
Overall Walk Performance: average
Current Mood: tired, arms hurting
How is your diabetes today?: ---
Fasting BG this morning?: 89

9.27.11

Weather: 70, humid/warm, pcl
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + 2.5 hours of power washing the rest of the house
Weather During Walk: sunny, warm, not nice
Overall Walk Performance: ok, better then yesterday
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: tired
Fasting BG this morning?: 79

1988 O-Pee-Chee Wax - "Ripping For George Brett Submissions"

Wasn't able to pick up a box, so 10 packs will have to do for now....

10 Packs of 1988 O-Pee-Chee Baseball from www.bbcexchange.com.



Even though these are cheap (50 cents a pop), they arent all that easy to find. especially compared to their Topps counterpart.

i need both Brett and Schmidt from this release.

Here are the hits:



a lot of "Star Power" at the time, now not so much! it was stiull fun to rip wax that is nearly 24 years old.

The search continues...

Thanks for the read,
Eric
ThoseBackPages

9.26.11

Weather: 78, warm, muggy again, overcast.
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + cleaned the gutters & power washed half the house today, 3+ hours
Weather During Walk: warm, like august
Overall Walk Performance: slow and sluggish
Current Mood: tired, arms hurt
How is your diabetes today?: ---
Fasting BG this morning?: 86

9.25.11

Weather: 74, warm, pcl
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: warm, sunny
Overall Walk Performance: slow and sluggish
Current Mood: not feeling well today
How is your diabetes today?: there
Fasting BG this morning?: 86

A-Hard Rain's Gonna Fall

you know how people say to save things for a rainy day?

well, i've got these saved for a rainy day:




i just can't help myself when it comes to these sealed cases. these were always too costly for me to afford when they were released. All these years later (20+ of them wow!)they are very affordable. Hell, these sealed CASES are "cheaper" then most of 2011's sealed BOXES. yea, yea, yea i know, things changed. But these cases are going to be so much fun to open, having the contents see their first light of day since they were manufactured all those years ago...

9.24.11

Weather: 72, warm today, humid. overcast
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: warm, muggy
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: ok
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 84

9.23.11

Weather: 72, rain. lots and lots of rain.
Did you walk today?: no, it's raining too hard to walk
If So, how far?: 
Weather During Walk: 
Overall Walk Performance: 
Current Mood: blah
How is your diabetes today?: blah
Fasting BG this morning?: 84

9.22.11

Weather: 72, muggy, overcast/rain
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.05 miles
Weather During Walk: overcast, then rain about half way through
Overall Walk Performance: decent
Current Mood: eh
How is your diabetes today?: winning
Fasting BG this morning?: 80

1993 Studio Wax - "Ripping For George Brett Submissions"

1993 Studio Wax Box $12 from www.bbcexchange.com (best wax website EVA!)



This box wasn't nearly as FUN to open as the 1992 Donruss was.

Here are the results:

i wound up pulling three Brett Base Cards, one should be a 9, the other two would probably be in the 8 range.


and the second to last pack netted me the absolute best pull i could ask for in this entire product! There are 12 cards in this insert set, the box had three in it. i was really happy to land the GB!

The lower left corner has some wear (not as bad as it seems in the pic), looking at an 8 on it.

Here's a pic of "the hits"


Overall i am naturally happy with the rip as i was able to pull the only two Brett issues in the release. That being said, the rip wasn't all that entertaining, as the cards themselves were all over the place inside each pack, upside down, etc.

Thanks for the read,
Eric
ThoseBackPages

9.21.11

Weather: 72, humid, overcast
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.10 miles
Weather During Walk: overcast, muggy
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: sad
How is your diabetes today?: winning
Fasting BG this morning?: 84

Welcome to "Ripping For George Brett Submissions"

Howdy!

Here's my first official installment of "Ripping For George Brett Submissions"

As you may or may not know (or care for that matter), my current Collecting Focus has me collecting PSA Graded George Brett Cards from his playing days (1975 to 1994)

As nice as it is to go ahead and pick them up already slabbed, that isnt always an option, as they are either not available, or the seller simply wants too much for it.

So, this is where "Ripping For George Brett Submissions" was conceived.

With these breaks, its all about obtaining needed George Bretts for the purpose of submitting them to PSA myself.

ok, enough babble, onto the show!

(i must admit that my iPhone 3G(no S) takes some pretty crappy pics)


Here is a box of 1992 Donruss Series I Wax, 36 packs, 15 cards per pack. $9.00
Big Hit is a Cal Ripken Elite Auto /5000
There are also unauto'd Elites /10000
and Diamond Kings Inserts as well



Here is the very first pack (nice) :



and pack number two!



and finally, with 10 packs left:



Woot! it has a good shot at a 9, with centering being its main drawback.

Here are the "hits" from the box:



I must admit how much FUN it was to rip through this box. Once one gets to the root of enjoying ripping packs for rippings sake, it feels really good, a real flashback.

Thanks for the read,
Eric

9.20.11

Weather: 64, rain.
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.00 miles
Weather During Walk: rain
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: crappy sad
How is your diabetes today?: ok
Fasting BG this morning?: 82

ive been walking during the last few days that i failed to blog about. im
just down about Potter. just feeling blah

1991 Donruss Series II Wax Box Rip

Since i've decided to go hard-core into my George Brett and to some extent Mike Schmidt PSA Registries, i'm finding it harder to pick up slabs i need. This means that im going to have to rip wax myself to get the cards needed to submit.

Sure i could pick up the singles and submit them, the problem with that is that those singles are going on two decades of age, if not more. They are not in the shape that i am looking for (8 or better)

So the other night i ripped this box:



picked it up for $8 from BBCE. There's no Schmidt in it (his playing days cards ended with a few issues in 1990 sets), but there is a "Highlights" insert of Brett's that i still need

i was lucky enough to pull one:



unfortunately the upper left corner has some issues going on with it and i think im looking at a "7" on it if i submit it.

it was fun to rip this twenty year old wax box. i did learn something though, the raw cards (in this box at least) are very rough. diamond cuts, dings, the works.
i may have to re-think my approach about buying slabs and bite the bullet, especially with wax that only has Brett in it, and no Schmidt's

R.I.P. Potter, i love you buddy :(

we had to put down one of our cats today. i am really down about it.

it came out of nowhere. while i was out for my walk, i got a text that
one of the cats was "paralyzed from the midsection down". when i got
home we packed him in the carrier and headed to the vet.

seems he threw a blood clot and it rendered his lower half paralyzed.
after some tests, it was discovered that he had HCM heart disease.

he was only 6 years old.

9.18.11

Weather: 63, cludy, windy
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.00 miles
Weather During Walk: windy
Overall Walk Performance: avg
Current Mood: sad
How is your diabetes today?: shitty
Fasting BG this morning?: 84

9.15.11

Weather: 74, overcast
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles
Weather During Walk: overcast, warm, rained later in the day
Overall Walk Performance: avg
Current Mood: tired today, really tired
How is your diabetes today?: eh
Fasting BG this morning?: 83

9.14.11

Weather: 77, light clouding, but hottest day of the month by far
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + 5 hours of yard work.
Weather During Walk: hot and sunny
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired. arms hurtin'
How is your diabetes today?: ok
Fasting BG this morning?: 89

9.12.11

Weather: 70, PCL
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.25 miles + shopping and some other shit
Weather During Walk: ok
Overall Walk Performance: ok, better then yesterday
Current Mood: flat
How is your diabetes today?: blah
Fasting BG this morning?: 88

9.11.11

Weather: 70, sunny
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.20 miles + 2 hours of cleaning the house
Weather During Walk: sunny, not too warm
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?: there
Fasting BG this morning?: 85
Write something profound: 10 years gone

9.9.11

Weather: 70, pcl, warmish
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.20 miles
Weather During Walk: warm, sunny
Overall Walk Performance: below avg
Current Mood: tired, extra tired. LIRR screwed me last night, got home at 2:45am
How is your diabetes today?: ok
Fasting BG this morning?: 85

9.8.11

Weather: 70s, overcast, muggy
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.15 miles
Weather During Walk: ok
Overall Walk Performance: ok
Current Mood: groggy
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 89

9.7.11

Weather: 70ish, overcast/rain/drizzle
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.20 miles
Weather During Walk: rain on and off
Overall Walk Performance: ok, better yesterday
Current Mood: fed up
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 88

9.6.11

Weather: 60s, overcast, muggy, rain
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.20 miles
Weather During Walk: off and on drizzle, not too warm. was able to walk before the rains came
Overall Walk Performance: good today actually
Current Mood: eh
How is your diabetes today?: eh
Fasting BG this morning?: 87

9.5.11

Weather: low 70s, overcast, not as humid as yesterday
Did you walk today?: no
If So, how far?: had to get up early and go to work
Weather During Walk: walked a lot at the US Open yesterday
Overall Walk Performance: 
Current Mood: tired
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 74

9.3.11

Weather: low 70s, very light clouding, not particularly warm nor cool
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 2.00 miles + a trip to SAMs
Weather During Walk: ok
Overall Walk Performance: horribly sluggish, didnt "have it" today, had to cut it short at 2 miles
Current Mood: tired. got up early to get some errands done.
How is your diabetes today?: totally winning today, not feeling well at all
Fasting BG this morning?: 89

9.2.11

Weather: 64 (?!?!), pcl, not too warm out
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.20 miles
Weather During Walk: good walking weather
Overall Walk Performance: sluggish though
Current Mood: sluggish overall
How is your diabetes today?: bleh
Fasting BG this morning?: 81

9.1.11

Weather: low 70s, clear skits, pretty warm actually
Did you walk today?: yes
If So, how far?: 3.20 miles
Weather During Walk: warm
Overall Walk Performance: sluggish today
Current Mood: 
How is your diabetes today?:
Fasting BG this morning?: 79