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Family, dogs, and cards

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For the first time in almost three years my mother and brother made the journey to our town. Mind you we have been there to visit. There's no way you don't see your mama for three years. A weekend of fun last week - beaches, sightseeing, BBQ's, and backyard fun. Four generations just hanging out.  Of course there had to be a card angle in here. My brother brought a four row box of all top-loaded cards that a guy he knows wants to sell. In fact there are 5 such boxes but only one came to town. It was clearly a card dealer's $1-5 table box, from 2022-23. A whole lot of Julio Rodriguez, Juan Soto, Jasson Dominguez and lots of base inserts. There was maybe 50 or so 50's-60's vintage in there as well. I comped the best of the box and without fail the cards were all sticker priced at double of today's market. I made my offer - a message was sent - and the reply was NO. Oh well, good luck to them.  A fair bit of cool stuff has come in since we were last here, in no...