Believe it or not, I was able to resist the blandishments of all the auction goodies. Confession: I still have about four boxes of auction stuff from previous GCIC meets that I haven't unpacked yet!

That said, I did manage to get away with a couple of nice Stars from David Shaw: a nice green-amber CD 145 and a CD 104. Love Stars. Can't have too many Stars!

I also got six old Brookies from Larry Beauchamp, including these two CD 145s, plus four CD 126s including a three date. Note the really bold embossing on the #11.