Forum: The National Sports Collectors Convention
08-01-2024, 08:04 AM
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Replies: 327
Views: 30,382
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Mike Berkus was a California guy...
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Mike Berkus was a California guy and he very much wanted to get the show back to the west coast. He told me multiple times there just wasn't an economically viable option that would...
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Forum: The National Sports Collectors Convention
07-27-2024, 01:47 AM
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Replies: 78
Views: 5,283
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Forum: BASEBALL
07-12-2024, 03:26 AM
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Replies: 360
Views: 37,565
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Forum: BASEBALL
07-09-2024, 03:24 AM
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Replies: 360
Views: 37,565
In regards to the comments about never leaving...
In regards to the comments about never leaving inventory out of your sight or physical possession, try setting up at a few shows.
Ash has his two guys which actually makes the loading/unloading...
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Forum: The National Sports Collectors Convention
08-11-2023, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 126
Views: 12,877
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Forum: VINTAGE
08-08-2023, 02:38 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,359
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Forum: BASEBALL
07-24-2023, 12:04 AM
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Replies: 165
Views: 13,686
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Forum: VINTAGE
07-04-2023, 06:36 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,349
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Forum: VINTAGE BUY/SELL/TRADE
06-24-2023, 03:20 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 701
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Forum: VINTAGE
06-19-2023, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,946
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Forum: The National Sports Collectors Convention
06-14-2023, 02:03 AM
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Replies: 99
Views: 7,986
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Forum: GRADING
06-13-2023, 06:54 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,065
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Call and ask. I would guess...
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Call and ask. I would guess that ungraded lots without a card by card description are as-is.
Heritage does (IMO) a decent job of offering descriptions for HOF cards in most...
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Forum: VINTAGE
06-08-2023, 06:27 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,951
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Forum: The National Sports Collectors Convention
06-08-2023, 04:15 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,735
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For some...
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For some men, their hobby is being a baseball card dealer. Its a way for them to get out of the house - have some guys to BS with - occasionally buy or sell some...
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Forum: VINTAGE
06-02-2023, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 822
Congrats!
Great! Congrats and enjoy the cards. Gibson has a lot of other cards you can consider if you want to keep adding. Topps Supers, Deckle Edge, Coins, Bazookas, Kelloggs, 1975 Hostess!, Milton Bradley,...
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Forum: VINTAGE
06-01-2023, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,658
Its definitely blasphemy!
Why does “intent” matter in the sports card hobby if a card is somehow damaged or altered prior to going to a grader? It’s ok if Bobby’s PSA 1 ‘59 Topps Willie Mays card is beat to hell because he...
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Forum: BASEBALL
05-31-2023, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,221
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Sunday would...
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Sunday would yield the cheapest prices. First day or two you'll find a lot of overpriced dealers sticking to their sky high prices.
There will be a lot of 52...
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Forum: The National Sports Collectors Convention
05-30-2023, 07:13 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,047
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Forum: VINTAGE
05-30-2023, 01:58 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 964
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Forum: VINTAGE
05-26-2023, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,658
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Very bad.
Years ago I...
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Very bad.
Years ago I made the decision to simply not buy any more high grade 1950's in PSA/Beckett/SGC slabs. Why?
When grading began there WAS a problem with some dealers...
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Forum: BASEBALL
05-26-2023, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 165
Views: 13,686
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When GAI (grading...
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When GAI (grading company) went bankrupt in the late 2000's, lots of people that had submitted cards never got them back. Who would have done that?
Mike Baker
Yes...
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Forum: VINTAGE
05-20-2023, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,645
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IMO...
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IMO the simple answer is no. You can buy commons for just about the same price you could in 1995 for 1960's. For 1950's commons it might be a bit cheaper...
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Forum: VINTAGE
05-06-2023, 01:13 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,053
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Forum: BASEBALL
05-06-2023, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 113
Views: 6,307
The best of the best will become even more...
The best of the best will become even more desirable, especially pre-war. Ruth, Wagner, Gehrig, Johnson, Matthewson will live on and on.
The 2nd-3rd tier pre-war HOFers are more likely for a...
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Forum: BASEBALL
05-06-2023, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 1,834
Views: 235,929
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Dave Foreman put the word out...
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Dave Foreman put the word out back in 16 or 17 that he'd like to accumulate the T204's from Nagy's sheet. No coincidence that then SGC would give them a number grade.
Nagy and...
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Forum: BASEBALL
04-28-2023, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 6,546
Well, the company did raise $175 million...
Well, the company did raise $175 million recently.
They started pushing the loans at the height of the market. Zion, Tatis, etc have all crashed. How many loans did they make just on Zion that...
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Forum: BASEBALL
04-17-2023, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,741
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Forum: Ebay/COMC/Online Selling/Shows/Paypal/Shipping
03-29-2023, 08:44 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 843
I'll start by saying I don't pay a lot of...
I'll start by saying I don't pay a lot of attention to the signed balls and memorabilia. I sometimes look at signed cards.
From what I've seen in terms of results I'd say the following for autos:...
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Forum: BASEBALL
03-28-2023, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 67
Views: 2,888
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Forum: Ebay/COMC/Online Selling/Shows/Paypal/Shipping
03-23-2023, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 113
Views: 6,570
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I sometimes ask...
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I sometimes ask questions about cards.
1. I only ask if I have some legitimate level of interest in the card.
2. Usually, I'm asking about either the condition of...
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Forum: VINTAGE BUY/SELL/TRADE
03-23-2023, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 437
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Forum: VINTAGE
03-23-2023, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,672
You better check what the museum policies are...
You better check what the museum policies are before donating items.
Many museums have in the fine print that they are permitted to sell items to fund operations. And those decisions are at their...
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Forum: BASEBALL
03-23-2023, 10:33 AM
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Replies: 24,376
Views: 1,493,010
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Believe this game will end up...
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Believe this game will end up as being the most viewed baseball game in history (as of today). Basically every hard core baseball fan saw two of the best players go one on one with...
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Forum: VINTAGE
03-18-2023, 09:55 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,150
1. T206
2. 1952 Topps
3. 1933 Goudey
4. T3...
1. T206
2. 1952 Topps
3. 1933 Goudey
4. T3 Turkey Reds
5. 1941 Play Ball
6. E107
7. N162 Old Judge
8. 1956 Topps
9. E90-1 Caramel
10. 1914 Cracker Jack (you could get the 1915 set direct...
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Forum: BASEBALL
03-15-2023, 06:13 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,779
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Copper. Buy FCX or...
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Copper. Buy FCX or SCCO or another copper miner. If we achieve even half of the electrification governments are aiming for the price of copper is going nowhere but up.
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Forum: BASEBALL
03-03-2023, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 8,171
Views: 983,817
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Forum: BASEBALL
03-03-2023, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 8,171
Views: 983,817
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As I indicated Dick always...
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As I indicated Dick always maintained that he did not trim cards. But that doesn't mean the card wasn't sent to him for cleaning/pressing. Dick's work often increased the size of...
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Forum: BASEBALL
03-02-2023, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 8,171
Views: 983,817
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So lets name the 4.
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So lets name the 4.
Dave Forman
Dick Towle (he wouldn't have bought the card but would do the work).
Moser
Please add. These people should see their names over and over...
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Forum: BASEBALL
03-02-2023, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 8,171
Views: 983,817
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Forum: VINTAGE
02-27-2023, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 3,577
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I agree with this -...
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I agree with this - adjusted for condition. In the late 80's/early 90's lots of cards were being sold as NRMT. But in fact they were EX. Those same EX common cards (not...
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