Well, the most memorable find occurred several years ago. Not a biggie, but it made a friend's day!
He was a vendor at a local train show. We chatted about this and that...and Ebay. He commented that he had just lost out on a bid for a issue #1 of Classic Toy Trains magazine....the one with Richard Kughn on the cover. Now at that time...again, several years ago...that issue in new/excellent condition could bring in the neighborhood of a ten dollar bill....or more.
Well, wife and I resumed our wandering of the aisles. We really had nothing definite we were searching for. Then about 10 tables down the aisle from my friend's location we saw a couple boxes of magazines under a table. Normally I'd pass those by, but my friend's Ebay regret was fresh in the mind. The boxes were marked "All magazines 50 cents each".
I looked in the first box, got to the third magazine in the stack, .....and there it was. Crisp. Nary a mark or ragged edge. Like it was fresh off the rack. Fifty cents. I left it in the stack, had my wife stand guard, and returned to my friend's table. Told him to go to the table where Deb was standing, look in the first box, underneath, and the third magazine in the stack.
Priceless enjoyment for wife and me. Fifty cents, price of ecstacy for our friend.
Whereas I still don't have much personal interest in the under-the-table stuff, my wife enjoys mining for miracles. I'm well into the getting-down-is-easy-getting-up-not-so-much years. And without good under-table lighting (at train show tables?
) I can't read box labels or see into deep shadows.
Good memories help us through the day.
KD
