If the National lasted two weeks, I still don't believe I would have had enough time to look through all of the dime boxes that I saw. Nonetheless, I did go through quite a few of them, and was happily surprised at some of the cards that I found. There were color parallels of some of my PC guys, there were a bunch of vintage (I bought out a guy's 1972 Topps that he had in a dime box to help me have a decent start when I begin that set), and several good rookies.
The two best cards that I found in the dime boxes were, in fact, rookies. The above Josh Donaldson 2010 Bowman was a great find for a dime. He is a legitimate MVP candidate (although, I hope he falls short for my own selfish reasons) and is having a career year. I liked Donaldson quite a bit when he was with the A's, but now that he is with the Blue Jays, I can only respect the fact that he is a really good player on a team I am continuing to loathe more and more. Still, though, for a dime, this is a great card.
Because I have so many 1987 Topps cards, I am always looking to help folks out with that set. I doubt that I will ever be rid of my 1987s, but I can dream. The one card that I always am picking up is the Barry Bonds RC, Usually running for $2-$3, I got this one for a dime. I could easily sell it for 20x to 30 times what I paid for it, which isn't bad. If I had found more, I would have grabbed them, too. I may end up holding onto at least one of these at some point, since I do like the set design, and this is the most iconic card in the set, steroids or not.
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