Today I went to a card show on the way to visit my mother. I had $13 in my pocket. $1 went for admission to the show and $3 was spent on a 1970 Kellogg's Denny McLain.
I doubt than many of the 40 or so dealers at this show would take credit cards or PayPal. That's okay because I didn't plan to be at the show for a long time. I still haven't bought any 2022 Topps cards so I didn't look to see if anyone even had a cheap box like Opening Day since I was so short on cash.
Driving away from the show I realized that I've never been to a show with less cash, even in 1976. As a team in the mid-1970s I was fortunate enough to go to a few cards shows a year in the Chicagoland area. I would save paper route money and caddie money for these shows. I remember having $35 at the first show I attended. That went a long way, especially when a 1954 Topps Al Kaline in great shape was $2.
Why did I only have $13? My ATM card was canceled because our bank was bought recently. I probably have a new card somewhere and I guess this gives me the impetus to find it. I need to figure this out before the next show.
Not sure. I might have brought less than $13 to a card show back in the 80's when I was a kid. As an adult... I'm guessing $40 is the least I've brought.
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