John Blattner HOF Collection?

[whyconform]

Came across this a few times just googling around. This collection has some amazing / high quality pieces, and PSA/DNA recognizes his name on the labels as the John Blattner Collection. Who is/was this guy? Just curious as I've noticed many of his items (from this list) have been recently auctioned off. I even have a few from this pc.



http://www.psacard.com/DNASETREGISTRY/alltimeset.aspx?s=78

[tazdmb]

Pretty sure John is this guy:
http://tcbmag.com/Honors-and-Events/Minnesota-Family-Business-Awards/2013-Minnesota-Family-Business-Awards/Blattner-Energy,-Inc


I could be wrong, but some reason remember reading this is him.

[Scott Garner]

I didn't really know of him by name, but now that I have seen his collection it really is amazing.

The quality is mostly amazing. FYI, the Victor Willis signed 3 x 5 was one that I believe Kevin Keating was selling for several years at about $14K.
It is sweet (arguably the best in existence), but $14K is a lot of jack! :eek:

[bender07]

Came across this a few times just googling around. This collection has some amazing / high quality pieces, and PSA/DNA recognizes his name on the labels as the John Blattner Collection. Who is/was this guy? Just curious as I've noticed many of his items (from this list) have been recently auctioned off. I even have a few from this pc.



http://www.psacard.com/DNASETREGISTRY/alltimeset.aspx?s=78

I see a handful that I sold him and wish I had back. His collection is all over the place now.

[tazdmb]

Unfortunately, a few of his stuff is really suspect (I am not saying he had any direct involvement) such as the Jesse Burkett and the H. Wright that appears stolen.

[Klrdds]

I am curious is he still collecting or is he selling? Because the Martin DiHigo piece was auctioned recently. I think it was in Huggins and Scott in April of this year and it did not sell due to not meeting the reserve.

[tazdmb]

Pretty sure everything has been sold. I know some of this stuff was re-slabbed and but in the last Heritage auction.

[mighty bombjack]

Thanks for posting this. I always love looking at others' HOF collections, especially when they include some real toughies.

I too wonder about the Burkett in his collection. I've never seen one in so steady of a hand. That doesn't mean it isn't real, but there aren't many around to compare to.

I need to pick something up soon.

[whyconform]

My take is that he started to dissolve his collection a few years ago. I saw some of the items listed on eBay, Heritage, and other sites in the last year or so. Also, many are being sold by JoshuaTree

http://joshuatreeauctions.com/autographs.html

There are some sweet items there but WAY overpriced.


On a side note, here are some other HOF collections on the PSA site:
http://www.psacard.com/DNASETREGISTRY/composite.aspx?c=37