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03-08-2007, 04:12 PM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>I'm running a bit ahead of schedule, so my current vintage card auction is now live at www.sloateauction.com. Bidding will begin Thursday, March 8 at 10:00 AM. I have a nice selection of highlight pieces, as well as more affordable ones, too. And I would be remiss if I didn't thank two board members who were an important part of the team:<br /><br />Brian McQueen put in a good deal of time to secure some of the better pieces in the auction, and his friendship and support are invaluable.<br /><br />And Joe DiSomma, who runs a family printing business in lower Manhattan, printed the catalog for the first time, and it looks just great. It was a first rate job all the way, and he even hand delivered them yesterday to my door.<br /><br />Hope everyone finds something of interest in the sale. If there are any questions please email me at bsloate@att.net or call at 718-855-7513. Also feel free to post on this thread. Sincerely, Barry Sloate
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03-08-2007, 04:18 PM
Posted By: <b>Hal Lewis</b><p>When should we expect the mailout to arrive?
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03-08-2007, 04:23 PM
Posted By: <b>Dave</b><p>Email sent on a couple related questions Barry...<br /><br />Dave
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03-08-2007, 04:35 PM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>All catalogs were mailed today. We got the website up early, hence the quick start.
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03-08-2007, 04:41 PM
Posted By: <b>Max Weder</b><p><a href="http://www.sloateauction.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.sloateauction.com</a> clickable link added
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03-08-2007, 04:45 PM
Posted By: <b>Al C.risafulli</b><p>Beautiful stuff as always, Barry.<br /><br />-Al
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03-08-2007, 05:39 PM
Posted By: <b>aro13</b><p>Barry - Great stuff, thanks for posting!<br />
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03-08-2007, 06:45 PM
Posted By: <b>Andrew Parks</b><p>Nice stuff, Barry, but I thought you told me that you weren't doing any auctions for awhile...?
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03-08-2007, 06:46 PM
Posted By: <b>john/z28jd</b><p> I like Barry's auction because he doesnt get mad at me when i forget my bidder number every year <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br /> Yyou might as well look that up now Barry,because ill be calling you tomorrow
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03-08-2007, 07:07 PM
Posted By: <b>Brian</b><p>Anyone else having trouble accessing Barry's website?<br />What gives?<br />Brian
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03-08-2007, 07:10 PM
Posted By: <b>Max Weder</b><p>I'm not having any problems accessing Barry's site.
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03-08-2007, 07:26 PM
Posted By: <b>Brian</b><p>I just keep getting the message "connection refused when attempting to contact ...." My gosh, have I been banned because I read the NY Times?<br />Brian
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03-08-2007, 08:34 PM
Posted By: <b>Max Weder</b><p>Well, you wouldn't be banned for reading the Brooklyn Daily Eagle <a href="http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/eagle/" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/eagle/</a> <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>
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03-08-2007, 10:34 PM
Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>Wow. You have some amazing stuff there.<br />JimB
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03-09-2007, 03:46 AM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Hi Brian- I read the NY Times too, so that would get you VIP treatment. Don't know why you can't access. Try clicking the link on Net54. I am able to access it.<br /><br />
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03-09-2007, 05:43 AM
Posted By: <b>Steve f</b><p>No problem with the site here. <br /><br /> Barry, I see you're down the street from the old courthouse. My wife and I fell in love with downtown Bklyn when we stayed at that new Marriott a few weeks ago. 8*F one morning, I dragged the missus across B Bridge. Returned, then had the best pizza in years at Monty's on Montague.<br /><br /> I've stayed in Manhattan dozens of times, but never been to Bklyn. We are actually considering retirement there now, but I'd have to learn the language(s). The area my son lives (McCarren Pk), isn't residential but old industrial. Incidentally, your city reminds me more of my old Dorchester than Brookline. <br /><br /> Max, Terrific Bklyn Pub Library link! I'd love to find the Boston Globe archives. Beats reading the paper with those big wooden sticks down the center... But hey, you can save a quarter.<br /><br />Back on topic -I want item 12 <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14>
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03-09-2007, 05:53 AM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Steve- the Marriott is six blocks from my apartment. That's my neighborhood. Best place in the world to live, but it's not getting any cheaper.
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03-09-2007, 06:35 AM
Posted By: <b>Bruce MacPherson</b><p>Good stuff Barry. Much of it would fit nicely in my collection. More importantly, my brother in law lived in Brooklyn for many years and he used to take us to a brick-oven Pizza joint under the Brooklyn Bridge. I remember it being a bit touristy but the pizza was some of the best I ever had. Does this place ring a bell?
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03-09-2007, 06:50 AM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Absolutely- we do take out from there often. It was called Patsy's, but they had to change the name for some odd legal reason. I think the new name is Grimaldi's. Nice thin crust, fresh mozzarella! (I'm hijacking my own thread <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>)
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03-09-2007, 08:27 AM
Posted By: <b>Brian</b><p>Really weird--I still cannot log on by clicking that link, using multiple browsers/computers. I will wait for the mailing, assuming I can still get regular mail. Thanks.
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03-09-2007, 08:33 AM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>What are the chances of your computer not working and your mailman going on strike at exactly the same time?
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03-09-2007, 08:48 AM
Posted By: <b>Josh Adams</b><p>If your mailman is Newman, and it rains, you are out of luck.<br />"It's the first one!"<br><br>Go Go White Sox<br />2005 World Series Champions!
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03-09-2007, 09:12 AM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>That's the funniest line in the routine, when George shouts out "it's the first one!"
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03-09-2007, 09:26 AM
Posted By: <b>Jerry</b><p>When you control the mail, You control INFORMATION!
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03-09-2007, 09:46 AM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Jerry: Newman, what do you do for a living?<br />Newman: I'm a postal worker.<br />George: Aren't they the ones who go crazy and start shooting everyone?<br />Newman: Sometimes.
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03-09-2007, 09:54 AM
Posted By: <b>Scot Reader</b><p><br />I like this exhange (paraphrased).<br /><br />Jerry: Did you quit your job?<br />Newman: Sort of.<br />Jerry: What do you mean "sort of"?<br />Newman: I'm still getting the paycheck, I just stopped delivering the mail.
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03-09-2007, 10:13 AM
Posted By: <b>Steve f</b><p>heh, I love Newman.<br /><br />"I'll handle this Violet. Go and take your three hour break."
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03-09-2007, 10:29 AM
Posted By: <b>Darren</b><p>Jerry: Are we through?<br />Kramer: D----Done!
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03-09-2007, 10:32 AM
Posted By: <b>MVSNYC</b><p>yes- Grimaldi's...<br /><br />2 things on the menu, salad & pizza. very good, but i know a few better spots in Manhattan:<br /><br />Arturo's<br />Totonno's<br />Don Giovanni's<br /><br />Barry-<br /> great looking stuff!!!!
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03-09-2007, 10:41 AM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Thanks to all for the compliments- and notice how all these Seinfeld quotes gratuitously bump my thread back to the top <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>
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03-09-2007, 01:51 PM
Posted By: <b>rob</b><p>good luck Barry.<br /><br />And my Seinfeld Line, feeling the need to contribute, "your hands, they are quite exquisite".
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03-09-2007, 01:55 PM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>George as a hand model! That's the Puffy Shirt episode.
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03-09-2007, 01:58 PM
Posted By: <b>Darren</b><p>You kept making the stops?<br /><br />They kept ringing the bell!
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03-09-2007, 02:43 PM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>The pinky toe episode! That scene is a Kramer classic.
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03-09-2007, 02:45 PM
Posted By: <b>Josh Adams</b><p>It wouldn't be a Barry Sloate thread without a Seinfeld reference.<br /><br />George: You know, Mr. Morgan, you kinda look like Sugar Ray Leonard.<br />Mr. Morgan: We all look the same, eh Costanza?<br />(may not be politically correct, but yet a funny exchange)><br><br>Go Go White Sox<br />2005 World Series Champions!
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03-09-2007, 02:52 PM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>George brings the exterminator to prove to Mr. Morgan he is politically correct: "Jerry a funny white guy...I guess he is, I don't really look at people in terms of color."<br /><br />A repeating theme in the show: When in doubt, just lie!
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03-09-2007, 03:29 PM
Posted By: <b>Brian</b><p>My one trip to Totonno's was disappointing. I have heard that Grimaldi's has the best pizza on the planet. I must go there when I pick up my winnings from Barry (yeah, right).<br />Well, if I cannot win in one of Barry's auctions, at least I can console myself with NY pizza. Life's not all bad.
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03-09-2007, 05:01 PM
Posted By: <b>Ed Hans</b><p>Can I get on your mailing list? Ed Hans P.O. Box 307 Buffalo, N.Y. 14207. Thanks.
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03-09-2007, 05:15 PM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Hi Ed- could you email me at bsloate@att.net. I need a bit more information and we shouldn't do this on the board. Thank you, Barry
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03-09-2007, 05:46 PM
Posted By: <b>Max Weder</b><p>Where are the punk or classic rock references in this thread?<br /><br />Where are the books and publications in the auction? <img src="/images/sad.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />The rest of your stuff is great as usual Barry.<br /><br />Max
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03-10-2007, 03:53 AM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Max- you raise a subject close to my heart that I too am disappointed with: the lack of interest in baseball books. I always would have a good selection of rare books in my auctions, but the market for them is very weak. Have people stopped reading?
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03-10-2007, 09:19 AM
Posted By: <b>Max Weder</b><p>Barry,<br /><br />Surely I'm not supposed to read the books I collect? <br /><br /><img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />
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03-11-2007, 02:47 PM
Posted By: <b>Steve M.</b><p>My catalog arrived today! Nice job Joe D. <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14>
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03-11-2007, 03:51 PM
Posted By: <b>Glenn</b><p>Got mine too. Thanks.
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03-11-2007, 03:56 PM
Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>Nice stuff; mostly far out of my league. <br /><br />BTW, my envelope had a big black tire track across the back; I guess the mailman ran over the sucker before he delivered it.