This was my second trip to Albuquerque, NM in the past 2 months. Last time I was able to visit a couple of local card stores and wasn't overly impressed or dissatisfied either. This trip I only got in one more card store of the 5 or 6 that I've seen in town.
Last time, I intentionally did not mention the card store names. This time, however, I want to tell you about my visit to New Mexico Sports Cards.
New Mexico Sports Cards is a very neat and organized store. It's not real big, but has plenty of room. They've got $1.00 and $5.00 boxes and lower priced slabs for collectors to peruse. The cases are organized by sport and have both graded and ungraded cards. Yep, that's right, a typical local card store. The big difference for me was the guy working counter.
Now, I must admit that I didn't get his name but, I do know that he was the owner. According to the business card I got, it was either Jeff or Tyler.
Jeff or Tyler, which ever one it was, was extremely friendly, knowledgeable and a pleasure to talk to. There weren't a ton of vintage cards in the store, but what was there, was in nice condition and reasonably priced. He said that there just didn't seem to be a lot of vintage cards in the area. I was able to pick up a couple of cards that I've been looking for at a really good price.
That Mays is really nice. One wouldn't expect a card like that to be found affordably at a card shop these days. Out of curiosity too, do you have any thoughts on Albuquerque as far as the city itself goes?
ReplyDeleteI kinda like it. The people seem nice. There does seem to a big homeless population. It seems to be a pretty easy place to navigate.
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