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Originally Posted by Rich Klein
And now that you mention it; I recall the fight but geez I can't remember who fought. Part of me wants to say Tony Galovich was involved but that can't be right;
I've seen a couple of classic fights/arguments at shows that I *DO* Recall the participants
1) Lou Avon and Mike Bertolini getting into an argument about who knows what at some NY City show. I swear that I learned new cuss words from listening to the two of them go at it. Best argument WITHOUT fisticuffs I ever saw
2) The Eskin Family and the Festberg Family getting into it at a Paul Gallagher show. There was a lot of rivalry with those two groups and about 1980-81 the rivalry finally mscalated into a'brawl.
3) The Shameus family versuw the Siegal (sic) family at a Parsipanny Show circa 1993. I was not there; but I heard that was a real doozy
4) Two autograph "plaque" guys going at each other before a show on a Snowy day in New Jersey at New Brunswick, NJ. I drove down in the snow; the show turned out to be real good AND the fight was incredible. I was trying to hold back one of the participants and he spun three ways and went back for me. The last really good fight I've seen at a hobby show
Interestingly; almost all of these fights were during set-up time
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Rich,
I think it was Eskel and not Eskin. Robert Eskel was a quite the collector at the time, and IIRC, he passed away at a young age.
As far as Lou and Bertolini, that would have been closer to a sumo match, than a fight.
In 1981 or so my brothers and I set up at a show at Queens College. Brooks Robinson was the guest.
We made a trade with another dealer who took advantage of our naivete and ripped us off. My father, who was with us, demanded that the trade be undone. When the other guy said no, my father flipped over the guys table, and was ready to send him to the floor as well. The trade was undone shortly after.