Tuesday's post was the appetizer. Today's is the main course.
It covers the purchase of a pretty cool set, a super cool and hard to find set, and some items that take me back to my Little League days.
Considering that the next Branham Flea Market is only two days away... and these purchases were made almost five weeks ago... this post is long overdue. Let's get into it...
Purchase #1: The Pretty Cool Set $15
Remember the guy who sold me the Sears football posters and the 1976 Laughlin Diamond Jubilee set? He was back and I was very happy to see him.
The first set to catch my eye on his table was this 1978 Olde Cards Halsey Hall Recalls baseball set:
1978 Olde Cards Halsey Hall Recalls #20 Set
I had seen singles from this set before, but had no idea what they were.
1978 Olde Cards Halsey Hall Recalls #20
But with guys like Roy Campanella, Willie Mays and Ted Williams on the checklist... I was interested in it.
1978 Olde Cards Halsey Hall Recalls #21
A quick glance at the back dated it back to the 70's which intrigued me more. When you factor in the $15 price tag, there was no way I could pass up this set.
But this purchase could have been part of the "appetizer" post, because it's the next two items that I'm mostly excited about.
Purchase #2: The Super Cool Set $10
1974 Laughlin Old Time Black Stars Set
1974 Laughlin Old Time Black Stars #8
But I couldn't get the image of the Josh Gibson out of my head. I was thinking how cool it would be to own this card. Unfortunately the vendor didn't have the set with him the following month.
This time around he did and it was much more affordable. He told me since I was a frequent buyer, I could have it for $10. At the time I though it was a pretty cool deal. It wasn't until I got home and started researching this set that I discovered its true value. Let's just say this might just be my best flea market find of all-time in terms of monetary value.
But this isn't even the coolest purchase of the day...
Purchase #3: 7-11 Slurpee Cups $8
If you grew up in the 80's and enjoyed 7-11 Slurpees... you know exactly what these cups are.
The best part wasn't even the Slurpee. When you were finished drinking it, you would turn the cup over and see a false bottom.
The false bottom could be removed to reveal one 7-11 Slurpee Disc. I ended up purchasing over seventy cups (about 30 football and 40 baseball) that contained these discs:
Now unlike the Laughlin set, these don't hold much monetary value. However they hold a ton of nostalgic value to me.
Back in the 80's, I would ride my bike to 7-ll after baseball practice to grab a Slurpee. They didn't always have these special cups, but every now and then they would.
Back then Rickey Henderson was my favorite player... and I would have been stoked to pull him from the bottom of a cup:
1984 7-11 Super Star Sports Coins (West Region) #XXI
One of my favorite flea market hauls in a long time. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I have.
Happy Thursday and sayonara!
10 comments:
Fuji if you see another set of those OTBS pick up for me please & for $10 that was a good find kinda like my `15/`16 Upper Deck Hockey set I picked up for $16
I've seen those 7/11 discs quite often but never knew how they were packaged. We didn't have any local 7/11 stores (I think the closest one now is 100 miles away), so that would have been a nice find indeed. It looks like you cleaned up real well.
Slurpees and Slush Puppies. So much nostalgia, I can almost taste those wax cups heheh. Great haul, Fuji!
Fantastic finds! Never went to 7-11 as a kid so never knew how those coins made it in there. I wonder how often they got messed up by the drink.
Great find on that Laughlin set. If you ever break it up, I could use the Charleston and Rogan cards for my "Posnanski 100 top players" set!
OK, my thought on that Halsey Hall set was "there was a baseball player named Harley Davidson???" Turns out he's the illustrator of the set and got his own card. The rest of the set is players who played in the minors in the Twin Cities area before the Twins came to town.
That and the Laughlin set really are great finds. But don't tempt me with Slurpees--I love them but they're so bad for me!
You did great as always. Those Slurpee discs are so cool!
1) Great haul, I see why you're stoked about it. I bought all three of these deals too.
2) Because 7-11 stores weren't really around down here in FL or GA (accept maybe the big cities), I never experienced the Slurpee as a kid (actually still haven't had one) . Never got one of those discs as a kid. I have a lot now and have had many in the past but until this post I did not know how the discs were stored in the bottom of the cup. Still learning, Thanks!
3) About 2 years ago shortly after returning to FL from GA we now have a few 7-11's stores in Ocala. Never found the need to get a slurpee as we had Icee's (and still do) at other stores, lol.
So that's where those 7-11 Dodgers came from that you sent!
I was aware of 7-11 growing up but never actually saw one until I started working at a newspaper in Niagara Falls. There was a 7-11 on the next block. By then I was too old for Slurpees.
I know the Laughlin Old Time Black Stars set well -- very cool. That other set you started off with I've never heard of nor seen until now.
Awesome finds!
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