When I Miss Out

    Having this blog connects me to other people who have the same passion for collecting these helmets as I do and many times I am in contact with them frequently throughout the year.  At times, I get frustrated with myself when they send me information that I missed a good auction because life becomes to busy, or more importantly, I'm just not paying close enough attention to what is out there.  Recently, I was really upset when I missed an auction for a rare Kansas City Athletics helmet.  It was like nothing that I had ever seen before.  In my frustration, I scoured the web with every damn Google search for souvenir helmets that was known to man.  Miraculously, I stumbled across a gentleman in Chicago that was recently selling his helmets on an unknown and basically unlisted website and wouldn't you know it, right there smack dab in the middle of his helmets was the same helmet I missed out on.  Yeah, needless to say I couldn't type the guy an email fast enough and he eventually responded after about three days.  Long story short, I still got the helmet that I missed out on and as a bonus I paid an 1/8th of the price that was paid for that other helmet on eBay.  Lucky me!  

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