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Posted By: boxingcardman

So I won't bother mentioning underbids or non-bids. However, the two that stick out in my mind because they were such bone-headed moves happened at last year's National. I saw a stack of 1918 Zeenuts on a table, looked for O'Doul, didn't find him, and didn't bother to find out what the stack cost. Another board member purchased the lot at a fraction of its value; I was there first but didn't even thing to ask how much. Another table, I saw two rare backed candy cards at perhaps 1/10 of their value but didn't bother to buy them because I really don't collect them.

I nearly did the same thing in Cleveland in 2004. I didn't pull the trigger on a Jim Thorpe card I wanted and didn't bother to note the dealer's table numbers. I spent a frantic hour searching for the table but lucked out that time and was able to get the card.

It doesn't help to get early admission to the show if you don't pull the trigger on the items you see...

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