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Old 12-04-2002, 10:53 AM
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Posted By: Tom

Anyone deal with them in the past? They were Slater's Americana and then just Tom Slater auctions (the principle owner). Just received a letter from them that 'THEY'RE BACK' as they stated on the letter. If you haven't dealt with them, they used to do some nice sports auctions about 3-4 years ago going back from there. Generally they had b/w newsprint catalogs although they were about 1/2 inch thick with quite a few lots. Mostly memorabilia and autographs but they also often had nice vintage cards including T206, Goudey's, E cards and others. Was able to get some decent deals in the past (although we all know those are DEFINITELY a thing of the past). Also Known As (AKA) The Political Gallery at one time.

Anyway, for those interested, their info is:

Slater's Americana
5335 North Tacoma Avenue
Suite 24
Indianapolis, IN 46220
(317)257-0863 (PH)
(317)254-9167 (FX)
slater@indy.net
www.slatersamericana.com

Looks like the website is up with a current auction for political mdse and a couple previous auctions in Sept and October.

************** THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF SLATER'S AMERICANA*************
************** I'm in NO WAY associated with them *************

Just wanted new people in the hobby since they were doing auctions to know about it. There's a lot of people on the BB who've only been collecting last 2-4 years and may have missed their auctions.

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Old 12-04-2002, 01:36 PM
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Posted By: Jaime Leiderman

I used to bid in Tom´s auctions from 1993 till 1997.

Auctions were like a memorabilia flea market, there were lots for everybody.
It was like having all the memorabilia/cards section from eBay in one printed b/w catalog.

Some of the items I won back then:

Just So Tobacco Virtue (Ex-NrMt): $1.5k
N167 Connor (G): $500
2 auto Yankees baseballs with both Ruth and Gehrig
Every T200 Fatimas


If anyone's interested in researching lots and realized prices from those auctions, please let me know.

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Posted By: NickTWo


I talk to Tom about a year ago on phone.He did mention there were going to make a come back "when" was question, then. I still enjoy going back to the catalogs and finding alot of material. It was the eBay of the early 90`s. Low and high end material for great prices. Can`t wait till the sports memorabilia starts up.

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Posted By: Patrick McMenemy

The Political Gallary (a.k.a.Slater's Americana) was the first auction catalog I received when I started collecting in the early 1990's. I use to get their sports catalog, Lew Lipsett's "Four Base Hits," and my weekly SCD. THAT'S HOW THE ADDITION BEGAN!

They had a great selection of early cards and memorabilia. The two N-284s that I recently used in a trade/cash deal with Terry Knouse for my NR MINT Gibson W600, I won in their auction. Their catalog, together with Lew's catalog, helped ignite my passion for early baseball cards and memorabilia in the Pre-EBAY era. Thanks for the post!

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Posted By: Albie O'Hanian

Thanks for the post. Any idea when they are going to start up with sports memorabilia. I won a few of their items in the past and I was always amazed by the variety.

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Posted By: petecld

"The Political Gallary" is back. Now there is a blast from the past. I used to bid in their auctions as well.

Matter of fact they were the first place where I bought cards using the aucton process. Funny thing is I HATED buying that way. I thought the idea wouldn't catch on. Shows you what I know.

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Posted By: B.C.Daniels

I won tons of e-cards including three horizontal Matty's in Near Mint ( Dan ,where were you? ) for less than $600 each. I won and lost lots of stuff that would bring big coin now and I suspect T-Bob was the guy keeping me up at night as they instituted the call back system in 1993*

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