I've been blogging for nearly a month. 2013 was the first full year I really started collecting bobbleheads. I'd pick one up now and then before 2013, but as I've mentioned in previous posts, I did a lot more hunting in 2013 and I came up with some tremendous bobbleheads for really great prices. I also made a couple decisions that didn't go in my favor.
A couple people had told me about a couple auctions near the cities that had bobbleheads. The first one I went to had roughly 15-20 twins bobbleheads. I was interested in many of them, so I headed down to the sale after work. I was brand-spanking new to the auction world so I had no idea what I was getting into. It ended up being a waste of time and gas as I only bid once on any of the bobbleheads as they went for well over my limit. It started out fun, then just got depressing and frustrating. The second boneheaded move I made was to check out another auction. Whats the definition of insanity - doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results? Oh well...I made another trek, this place also had 15-20 bobbleheads, but they were of all sports. I was interested in some, not in others. If it wasn't for one guy, I probably would have gotten them quite cheap, and Im sure he thought the same thing about me. Nobody else bid and he had more money (or a higher limit) than I did. I believe he took every bobblehead in the place. But I did come out of there with a purse for my wife...which she was super happy about.
Now - onto the good news. I'm going to do another series of blog posts, this one will be my top 5 garage sale finds. Starting with the fifth overall best find and working my way towards the number one score of 2013.
Other than garage sales, I was able to find a few good deals on Craigslist and eBay as well as thru connections I've made previously. We'll see come Spring/Summer 2014 if garage sales bear the same fruit as they did in 2013!
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