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Tristar Post 6 of 6 – My Personal Collection

So, we've reached the end of my Tristar postings. If you hadn't picked up on the fact that I bought a metric ton of baseball cards by now, this should probably do it. I present, my personal collection. Everything I bought at the show that's not trade bait related....

Tristar Post 5 of 6 – The HITS

Ok, so I've reversed the order a little. I figured it made more sense to post the really nice hits I got last weekend BEFORE I posted the entirety of the personal collection haul, just because it would make more sense to include the hits in the personal collection,...

Tristar Post 4 of 6 – The Rookies

We're getting closer to the hits. Can you feel it? Posts 4 and 5 are all about the personal collection. Well, technically post 6 is as well, but I'm saving the best for last. One thing I found interesting, and still do, is that the concept of a "Rookie Card" has...

Tristar Post 3 of 6 – Trade Bait

So, my main goal at the show, once I realized the sorts of cards I was going to be buying, switched from "buy a couple cool cards" to "completely clean out the $0.25 box". Well, technically there were multiple boxes of varying amounts of money, but the point is that I...

Tristar Post 2 of 6 – the Box

So, if you remember back, one of my goals for the card show was to buy a hobby box of something. I didn't know what I would find there, so I kept my options open. I was hoping for a box of Upper Deck X but never found one. There ended up being plenty of stuff to...

Tristar Post 1 of 6 – the Show

While I'm waiting for the scanner to warm up, I might as well get the ball rolling by talking about the actual show itself. I figure I'll break up the posts and scans into multiples so that you can just read what interests you the most (hits, trade bait, my personal...