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shane leonardI can't remember what year this took place, but it was the National in Atlanta. (97?) After standing in line for two hours, they final let all of us in. I had brought $1500 with me for the trip, knowing that I needed $400 of it for hotel, food and gas back to Dallas. So playing with $1100 hard cash, I found myself checking out this guys table. In his case he had an unopened box of 1959 Fleer Three stooges. I was pretty familiar with the set, but had no idea of what the cost was for an unopened pack. I asked the gentlemen, "How much for a pack?" He told me that it was not his, but the guy does not want to sell it by the pack and break the box. He told me that his friend wanted $300 for the box. That sounded fair, but wasn't sure if I wanted to drop that much coin down for a non-sports product. I went back the next day to buy the box for $300 and the dealer looked at me like I was stupid. He said this box is for sale, but for $7200 not $300. Not that I wanted to screw the guy, but I should have bought the box the first day.