2nd Place Winner, 1st Place Loser, In Auctions

[brass_rat]

Leon, that's a nice Type 3 Collins pickup. As a bonus, you got the rare error flip identifying it as Type 2.

I have also fallen for auction excitement in the past. I try to avoid it by limiting the number of "opening" bids I place -- that way I can't participate in extended bidding on random cards.

With respect to Speaker, here's the T215-2.

[MuncieNolePAZ]

Originally Posted by brass_rat

With respect to Speaker, here's the T215-2.

That is really sharp Steve!

Chad

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by brass_rat

With respect to Speaker, here's the T215-2.

Oof!

Steve, you and I overlap on several instances. We really need to sit down and see if we cant trade some things to get out of each other's way!

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Oof!

Steve, you and I overlap on several instances. We really need to sit down and see if we cant trade some things to get out of each other's way!

Ryan, a perfect time for you and Steve to do this at the February 18th Net54 get-together at Ashburn, VA (a distant Wash., DC, suburb for those not aware). Hoping to see you both then.

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Ryan, a perfect time for you and Steve to do this at the February 18th Net54 get-together at Ashburn, VA (a distant Wash., DC, suburb for those not aware). Hoping to see you both then.

Great point!!!

Steve, I can bring the coconuts

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Great point!!!

Steve, I can bring the coconuts

SOLDIER #1: Where'd you get the coconut?

ARTHUR: We found them.

SOLDIER #1: Found them? In Virginia? The coconut's tropical!

ARTHUR: What do you mean?

SOLDIER #1: Well, this is a temperate zone.

ARTHUR: The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plumber may seek warmer climes in winter yet these are not strangers to our land.

SOLDIER #1: Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

ARTHUR: Not at all, they could be carried.

SOLDIER #1: What -- a swallow carrying a coconut?

ARTHUR: It could grip it by the husk!

SOLDIER #1: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut.

ARTHUR: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that the baseball card collectors are here.

SOLDIER #1: Listen, in order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings 43 times every second, right?

ARTHUR: Please!

SOLDIER #1: Am I right?

ARTHUR: I'm not interested!

SOLDIER #2: It could be carried by an African swallow!

SOLDIER #1: Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow. That's my point.

SOLDIER #2: Oh, yeah, I agree with that.

ARTHUR: Will you ask your master if he wants to join our trading group?!

SOLDIER #1: But then of course, uh, African swallows are non-migratory.

SOLDIER #2: Oh, yeah.

SOLDIER #1: So, they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway.

[brass_rat]

Lol, and if we forget the coconuts, I'm sure we can clap card slabs together.

[Rhotchkiss]

Adam, a House Martin is a bird??!!

Growing up I liked a band from England called the Housemartins, and I always thought it was a weird name. It’s probably after the bird