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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
Another regret: I remember being at a show here in LA where someone had a stack of Cobb-signed checks for $50 each. I figured there was plenty of time to get one since he had a stack. Wrong!
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That's funny - must have been the same guy I had the same opportunity to buy those checks from, but it was $35 a check. Yes, a pile of them.
I think it was about mid/late 80s. It was a baseball card shop near Beverly Hills.
Here's a neat story - Sports Card Plus (Dave Kohler) used to have a shop in Westminister (just to the east of Huntington Beach) back in the 80s, before he hit the big time in sport memorabilia. I remember Dave as a really nice guy. I'd cherry pick the NrMt cards he had. I picked up a MINT, yes MINT (ok, worst case NRMT-MT) Fleer William set (with Ted signs) for $200. Back then that was double book, but it was SO CLEAN - I haven't seen a cleaner set before or after that.
So many fun hobby stories to tell...