New member here from Pennsylvania
 

Hello all,
My name is Jim and I started collecting memorabilia and autographs in the 80's at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore where I grew up and then later at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Fun fact- I worked on the engineering for Oriole Park and the Ravens stadium when I was employed by the firm that was a site engineer for both. :)

Back in the mid 90's I got screwed out of thousands in memorabilia by a clown who had my stuff on consignment. He filed for bankruptcy and owed back taxes and I couldn't afford an attorney at the time to pursue it. That is when I was so pissed I just stopped collecting.

I have a lot of great memories collecting with my dad who passed away 2.5 years ago and still have a lot of random unique items as well as common items that I plan to sell.

Thank you for allowing me to post on this forum as I figure it out:)

Welcome Jim. Enjoy your stay!
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Thanks Leon👍🏻

Welcome Jim...

So sorry that happened to you. It's definitely not a "hobby" for the faint of heart.... lots of corruption still exists, unfortunately. But I'm confident you'll find this to be a friendlier place where you can share positive experiences with other collectors.

Welcome Jim! This board has lots of great knowledge and great folks!

Thanks Patrick and Mark!

Breaking out "screwed" and "pissed" in his very first post?? I love this guy!!!

Welcome aboard!!!

Welcome Jim !!! See you at the Harrisburg & Lancaster sports card shows. Attachment 677908Attachment 677908Attachment 677908

Yep, me too.

Welcome Jim to f'n Net54.

Fun fact : my mom told me that Mrs. Ramos told her that WTF means "Well That's Fantastic!", so that means f'n means fantasticing, I think.

What are you collecting these days? Have any Baseball Magazine posters?

Doug

Welcome aboard Jim. Lots of great people on this site. Wher Approx. in Pa are you from?
Bob