On Tuesday I kicked off my latest Flea Market Finds post. That's where I explained how I'm a little bit behind in regards to blogging, so I ended up changing things up a little and consolidating four flea market trips into three posts utilizing a countdown format.
Here's a breakdown of these posts:
Part #2: #13 to #6
Part #3: #5 to #1
Honestly... there weren't any mind-blowing purchases in Part #1. However I document everything I pick up when I walk around the flea market... so it had to be included. Hopefully you'll find some of the items in this post a little more interesting. I know I did.
Here's the next tier of September and October's flea market finds...
#13: Skateboarding CCG Cards $5
Flea Market: De Anza on September 7th
2011 Super Heat CCG Starter Boxes
The cards were floating around in the boxes, but since they're CCG cards... they have rounded corners so minimal damage occurred. As soon as I saw these three cards of Christian Hosoi, I asked the guy how much he wanted:
By the way... I did end up eventually getting a Hammerhead. Purchased it eight to ten years ago... and the ride is still as smooth as it was the day I built it.
#9: 70's Non-Sport Stickers $2
#12: Some Sticky MJ's $5
Flea Market: De Anza on October 5th
Cleo Michael Jordan Stickers
What can I say? I like collecting Jordan stuff.
I can't find a copyright date... but back in 1991 this company released Michael Jordan Valentine's Day cards. I'm guessing these were sold at around the same time.
#11: Quarter Packs $1
Flea Market: De Anza on September 7th
Back in February, I bought a box of 1993 Upper Deck Series 2 at the De Anza Flea Market. This guy was back and he had the same assortment of Junk Wax Era boxes. I didn't buy any this time around, but I did pick up four of his quarter packs:
The pack of 1994 Upper Deck Baseball: The American Epic was the key to this purchase. After some research, I discovered it contains the entire nine card set. This will go into my unopened wax pack collection, but I hope to grab a cheap set off of eBay in the near future.
As for the 1996 Pinnacle Denny's packs... If I don't already have one in the collection, I'll save one and open the other two at some point.
#10: Vintage Playing Cards $6
Flea Market: Branham on October 19th
1979 Army Aircraft Recognition Playing Cards
I got excited when I saw this deck on a lady's table. She told me her father was in the Army and these belonged to him. I was hoping to add another SR-71 card to my collection, but it wasn't included.
Flea Market: Branham on September 21st
Cheap vintage is always a flea market favorite of mine. Found a sandwich bag filled with non-sports cards and stickers sitting on a lady's table.
As I flipped through it, she told me I could have the entire bag for $10. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of use for Bingo! or early 90's Batman cards with dinged corners. But I pulled out these four discolored stickers from the 70's :
1978 Langendorf Super Heroes Stickers #NNO
1974 Wonder Break Disney Stickers #NNO
#8: A Vintage Board Game $5
Flea Market: Branham on October 19th
Parker Brothers The Mad Magazine Game (1979)
But ultimately... I don't have any room for stuff like this, so even if the price is right... I usually walk away. This time I found a brand new copy (cellophane is starting to tear) for five bucks. No way I was walking away from that.
#6: Another Board Game $10
Flea Market: De Anza on October 5th
Can't imagine I'll ever play this game, but if I do... it does appear to be complete. I'd like to find a shelf to display it, but for now it'll join the Mad Magazine game in my office closet.
#7: The Sandlot Cards $3
Flea Market: Branham on October 19th
There is enough interest in cards of The Sandlot cast that they seem to come out ever few years. I've written about the ones included in specially marked Blu-Ray packages before. Last weekend, I found a set I had never seen before:
1993 Fox Video The Sandlot Collector Cards
This six card set was part of an uncut sheet produced back in 1993. I definitely want one of these for my collection, but there's no way I'm spending $90 on it. I'll take the separated version for $87 less.
I know that there are at least one or two other bloggers who collect The Sandlot cards. Hopefully we don't bid against each other the next time one of these sets pop up on eBay.
#6: Another Board Game $10
Flea Market: De Anza on October 5th
I met a couple who purchased a storage unit with a ton of board games. Nachos Grande probably would have had a lot of fun digging through their boxes. I'm always on the lookout for cheap board games for my board game club at school.
Unfortunately I didn't find anything for my students, but I did grab this game:
The box cover contains images of familiar faces and immediately caught my eye. Inside there were a bunch of different player cards:
When I got home I took a closer look and scanned the Ozzie Smith card:
I was hoping there was a card of Rickey Henderson in the A's set, but there wasn't. For those who want to see what the board looks like, here a peek:
Well... that wraps up Part #2 of my September and October flea market finds. I am super excited to show off my Top 5 pickups. Four of them are nostalgic finds that tie directly into my childhood... while the other one was a hidden treasure worth some good money to a small group of card collectors.
I'm hoping to have that post up on the blog by next Tuesday. Until then...
Happy Thursday and sayonara!
Military recognition cards are really cool. I have a combat vehicle set (somewhere) that my brother gave me when he was in the Army in the early eighties.
ReplyDeleteWell, here's hoping the Top 5 is in my wheelhouse because out of what's been shown so far, I could see myself maybe adding the baseball playing cards from the last post.
ReplyDeleteLove the Mad board game. I believe I still have my childhood copy. Though it's not a particularly fun game to play.
ReplyDeleteCurious if there's a P3 Orion card in that aircraft deck. Those used to buzz my house all the time on the way back to Moffet.
Mad Magazine was also a big part of my childhood. Still remember visiting Waldenbooks with my Dad to get the latest issue. As a pre teen nothing better than reading those and some of the jokes were pver my head back then.
ReplyDeleteI loved playing that Statis Pro baseball game as a kid, the board brings back memories!
ReplyDeleteVoting for the Caballero cards. He's one of only a few skaters that I've heard of.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos on that statis pro box. The aircraft playing cards are also very cool.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the Sandlot cards,like you said it is so hard to find them separated.
ReplyDeleteOh man, I didn't know about those Sandlot cards, and I've got a pretty decent Sandlot PC between the blu-ray cards, Topps Archives, and a few customs.
ReplyDeleteAwesome Sandlot cards! But what fun it would be to open a few Denny's hologram packs!
ReplyDeleteOh man! Loved everything, good thing I wasn't with you when you bought this stuff, (we'd been fist fightin' hehe lol). Great stuff!
ReplyDeleteI always like the Mad Magazine Game. Played it with my brother when I was a teen and actually played it again as an adult at a gaming convention maybe 10 years or so ago.
ReplyDeleteThe name choices on those Statis Pro cards are bizarre. Ozzie Smith is "Osborne", but other players like Andres Mora get nicknames. But the prize goes to "Peppy Frias"! Yikes!
If I didn't already have so much other stuff, and had more space, I'd have started collecting vintage board games years ago. I do have a couple, but I wouldn't call it a collection. I would love to find an intact Statis Pro out in the wild, though I'd have no one to play it with.
ReplyDeletethe angels in order - i didn't even know these recognition sets existed until now. i'm hoping to find more and eventually find a card of the sr-71
ReplyDeletenight owl - not sure the top 5 will be any better. no baseball cards. that being said... there are some cards from the 70's
nick vossbrink - i'll definitely check for that p3 orion. the deck is on my office desk... which is currently being invaded by ants. waiting for the liquid bait things to work their magic before messing with any of that stuff.
uncle charlie's shoebox - a lot of the political stuff in mad magazine went over my head... but i enjoyed the movie parodies and the short comic strips. loved folding the back covers as well
the diamond king - i probably would have loved playing it as well. the main reason i fell in love with the sport was statistics. my problem would have been finding someone to play with. my brothers were out of the house by then and none of my neighborhood crew was into stuff like this.
elliptical man - cab is a local legend. back in the 80's he skated my buddy's ramp. and in the early 2010's my students would watch him skate with his daughter at lake cunningham park.
bo - the photos are definitely was caught my eye on that board game.
sg488 - i'm pretty stoked to find them. now if i can only land an affordable sheet for my collection.
defgav - you were the blogger i though of when i found those cards.
the lost collector - i just bought a bunch of denny's packs on eBay... so stay tuned. i'll be opening them in a post at some point.
johnnys trading spot - if you ever come out to the west coast, i'll take you around. don't worry... i'll give you first dibs.
brett alan - doubt i'll ever actually play the game, but i might look for a play through on youtube. as for ozzie... i got a kick out of seeing osborne. it's a shame there weren't photos on these cards
jon - i'm in the same boat as you. i don't have anyone to play that game with either. i guess i could take it to school for my board game club, but they're more into connect 4 and uno.