Much as it pains me to say so
, Bruce is right. This thread brags about deals, so why give him crap over having made great deals?
My favorite deal of all time was made when I was 12. I was trading cards with another kid and had him throw in a strange looking card to close the deal for a 1968 Clemente. It was a 1958 Bell Brand Gino Cimoli, which is one of the difficult short prints, and was worth more than all of the other cards combined. And yes, I knew it was a rarity when I asked for it as a throw-in.
Best recent deal: paid $30 for a W530 (Pinkerton score card) of Hughey Jennings, ex condition.