Flea Market Finds- Hall of Fame Alert!

Budget: $40
Mission: Good deals & player collection finds
Results: See for yourself

2008 Bowman Sterling Joe Flacco blue refractor

Total cost: $8.00. It's probably worth less than that after last night's stinker. Thanks to New Card Smell, I now know where this card comes from. Until spotting this one at the flea market, I'd never seen one like this before.

2008 Topps Finest Nick Markakis green refractor #'d /199

Total cost: $2.00. One step close to the rainbow. I now have the green, gold and black variations of this card.

2005 Upper Deck Classic Fantasy Team Dennis Eckersley

Total cost: $1.00. It's a card of a Hall of Famer, and it's made out of wood. For a dollar? No brainer.

1973 Topps Hank Aaron

Total cost: $5.00. My first Aaron, and it was found in the five dollar bin.

1951 Bowman George Stirnweiss

Total cost: $4.00. I mainly bought this cards cause off this guy's nickname. It's my first '51 Bowman, and aside from the staining there on the bottom, is in pretty good shape. Oh, and that tape spot there on the back. It could be worse though.

1934 Goudey Charlie Grimm

Total cost: $10.00. My first '34 Goudey! It's only one of the most iconic sets of all time. That white spot on the back is part of the price tag that I didn't remove from the penny sleeve.

1955 Bowman Eddie Mathews

Total cost: $10.00. I was pretty thrilled to see this in the ten dollar bin. There was a '59 Topps Mathews in there as well, but it was in slightly worse shape than this creased up '55 Bowman.

Once again, the Dundalk flea market has yielded some great cards, and sweet deals. Needless to say I'm pretty psyched about being able to add all of these cards to my collection, but especially that '34 Goudey, as beat as it is.

I have officially edited the Beard-O-Meter, due to popular demand, and also have hereby accepted the term Beardometer as an acceptable alternative.

Attention All Baltimore Based Bloggers!

M Ryan, of Ryans Memorabilia, and I will be attending the North Point Flea Market in Dundalk this Sunday to hopefully scoop up some sweet cards. Despite living in the same city, and less than 20 minutes from each other, we have never met.

Since there are a few other Bmore bloggers out there ( you know who you are) I figured why not turn this into a cardblogosphere meet & greet. If it weren't for having to work tomorrow, I would also be attending the Philly cards show meet & greet hosted by Stale Gum. Philly isn't too bad of a ride, and I could have stopped to visit my brother as well. Instead, I'll have to settle for Dundalk on a Sunday.

If you can make it, you should stop by. The flea market is pretty big, and the people are.... entertaining.... There are usually at least 4 or 5 tables jam packed with cards, and almost all of the vendors will cut you a deal.

I think we're planning on getting there around 10am or so. That way we can all make it home for football.