With all the negative stuff this week

[canjond]

Well I'll tell a "helping out" story. As most people know on this board, I enjoy collecting baseball related cigarette packs. For quite a few years, I had been looking for what I refer to as the "ornate" Creole cigarette pack which was used for the N321 distribution. A scan can be seen here:

http://www.baseballandtobacco.com/n321.htm

I had the less ornate version of the Creole but really wanted to get the ornate version. After probably 5-6 years of searching for an ornate Creole, a lot popped up on eBay with quite a few cigarette packs in it (I think 6); one being an ornate Creole. Unfortunately, the lot also contained a Gypsy Queen pack, which is one of the rarest of all cigarette packs. The lot was well described and wasn't going to be missed by anyone - and was going to sell for big bucks. Well, it ended up selling for big bucks (I recall $3k or $4k) and being in college at the time, I couldn't compete with the heavy hitters. As luck would have it, Leon ended up purchasing the lot. He knew I was looking for an ornate version of the Creole so soon after he one the lot, he contacted me and offered me the pack for a pittance of its value in order to fill the hole in my collection.