Flea Market Finds #182a: The Season Isn't Over Yet

After two poor flea market outings in a row, I was mentally preparing myself for the end of the flea market season.  Branham High School had other plans.

The parking lot was full of vendors, including at least two new guys with sports cards.  Plus there were the regulars.  Remember the guy with a dime box last month?  Well he was back.  This time he brought out a dollar bin...

Purchase #1:  Dollar Bin  $5

Memorabilia cards have lost their luster over the years, but I'll happily buy them if they're cheap, fit into my collection, and/or are interesting.

2012 Panini Golden Age Museum Age Relic #21

2012 Panini Golden Age Museum Age Relic #10

2021 Upper Deck AEW Memorabilia #55

The Billy Martin will be added to my Oakland A's PC, while the Hikaru Shida is a nice addition to my Japanese athlete collection.

2021 Topps WWE Women's Division Super Star Logo Patch Relic #SLP-SB

2017 UD Marvel Thor Ragnarok The Armory Dual Memorabilia #AD-10

The other three women fall into the "interesting" category.

Purchase #2:  Vintage Star Wars Puzzle  $5

1977 Kenner Star Wars Puzzle

I saw this puzzle sitting on a lady's tarp and my eyes were drawn to the sticker on the left side of the box.  It states that the puzzle does not include the two characters on the left.  Kenner eventually corrected this and issued a different box with the two gentleman cropped out.

My first attempt at building vintage Star Wars puzzles ended in failure, but this one seems to be much more manageable.  Maybe I'll give it a shot over the holidays.

Purchase #3:  Will Clark Cookie Cards  $1

There's a guy that I run into at every flea market who also collects cards.  We usually hang out a few minutes and talk about our finds or lack thereof.  He told me about a kid who had a binder with some 50¢ cards.  

By the time I found the "binder" I figured it had been already picked through and was correct.  However I found a pair of Mother's Cookies Will Clark cards:

1987 Mother's Cookies San Francisco Giants SGA #2

1988 Mother's Cookies Will Clark Food Issue #1

This is a perfect time to explain the two different ways collectors could acquire Mother's Cookies cards back in the day.  The first card was given away at Candlestick Park in an envelope that contained 28 cards as part of a 28 card set.  The catch was there were 21 different players in the envelope with one player receiving 7 duplicates.  Fans were encouraged to trade with other fans to complete the set.

The second card were inserted into bags of Mother's Cookies.  The set contains four cards and each bag contained one cellophane wrapped card.

Purchase #4:  Vintage Hockey Binder  $20

I found this binder of vintage hockey cards in the last row of the flea market.  The guy was asking a buck per card, three cards for two dollars, or $20 for the whole binder.

I was immediately drawn to the Golden Seals cards:

But after coming across this Bobby Orr, I just bought the binder:

1974-75 Topps #100

Here's a peek at some of the highlights from the rest of the binder:

I'd say 90% of the binder was from the 1974-75 Topps set, but there were a few 1973-74 and 1975-76 Topps cards mixed in:

I was pretty stoked to find this binder on the way out, but little did I know... I wasn't finished yet.

While cutting through rows on my way out to the car, I saw a familiar face with some really cool sets from the 80's.  But that's a post for another day.

Until then...

Happy Tuesday and sayonara!