The National Thread

[vintagesportscollector]

I can't make it to The National this year, but looking forward to hearing stories. Please share updates and pictures on your experience and pick ups. Keep 'em coming.....

[Duluth Eskimo]

Concrete floors with no carpeting, bad concession food, body odor, etc. It's a blast! With that being said, it's always nice to catch up with people I only run into once a year. Although, it does make me harken back to the pre big auction / internet days when it was like going to the hall of fame, but with prices tags. Oh, the good ole days.

[JoeyFarino]

Originally Posted by Duluth Eskimo

Concrete floors with no carpeting, bad concession food, body odor, etc. It's a blast! With that being said, it's always nice to catch up with people I only run into once a year. Although, it does make me harken back to the pre big auction / internet days when it was like going to the hall of fame, but with prices tags. Oh, the good ole days.

Happen to see any nice 50's Hank Aaron type 1 phitos??

[Samets]

I was there last night.

Seems to be 80-85% cards and some memorabilia thrown around. Most of the "cool" stuff was sitting at the Auction house displays.

As far as game used, I saw some but not nearly as much as I was hoping for. A few Browns jerseys and a guy that had at least 20 49er jerseys priced at $300 a pop. Not a single Bears game used item.

[perezfan]

Disappointing show. Would rank it a 3 on a 1 - 10 scale (in terms of what I collect). Lelands has some great stuff, but prices are double market value, across the board. They are quite adept at swooping up the few quality items that are there early... but subsequent mark-ups put everything out of reach.

Good news is that when the items fail to sell, they'll eventually go to auction (where you can get a second crack at them). Otherwise, it's lots of walking and searching for the very few gems that are there (which are not over-priced).

[sayhey24]

Mark -- did you find any gems?

Greg

[sayhey24]

Here's a video I just found on You Tube taken at the convention yesterday --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adG643BeiSc


Greg

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by sayhey24

Here's a video I just found on You Tube taken at the convention yesterday --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adG643BeiSc


Greg

The stadium chairs at 3:40 looked cool.

[khkco4bls]

Wow Where is the vintage and early memorabilia

[mjkm90]

There were some nice pennants at the show, but it was short on figural pieces for sure. I was on the hunt for pinbacks. While there were quite a few available, they weren't what I was looking for in particular as a Cubs/Tigers collector. I was able to add a few pieces I really liked and needed however.

This Tigers pin is not particularly old of valuable, but I haven't come across another after years of collecting so I love it
The Ernie Banks pin is not scarce at all, but I've been holding out for a Minty example like this YEAH
The Federals pin was simply a super clean example of a cool pin at a terrific price


This Tigers pin of unknown origin is an elegant piece that, while small (1 1/4"), has terrific eye appeal and will fit nicely in my collection. Oh...the price was terrific as well


My final purchase at the National were these two pins from the 1910 Hermes Ice-cream Pirates set. I have always loved the skull and crossbones and waving pennant motif. These are Exceedingly rare and expensive, so when Tommy Leach and Dots Miller jumped out at me at a bargain price I pounced!


I had a GREAT time at the show and shared many good times and fine dining with my pals.

[sayhey24]

LOVE the Hermes pinbacks Mike!


Greg

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by sayhey24

Mark -- did you find any gems?

Greg

No gems this time, but snatched a few cool pieces. A good show for Pennants, as Mike stated. Will post pics when I get home. As is usually the case, the Show's highlight was the camaraderie, and being with friends I don't see often enough.

A great time, even if the vintage offerings were "light". And some consolation... the upcoming auction previews are amazing!

[CobbvLajoie1910]

Originally Posted by sayhey24

LOVE the Hermes pinbacks Mike!


Greg

+1.

Love the Leach, Mike. Congrats.

Nothing better than a pinback haul from the National.

[vintagesportscollector]

Bump...any more updates and feedback to share? Anyone have some pics of any of the vintage stuff?

[SAllen2556]

Thought the show was great! Got the last 4 cards to complete my Diamond Star set - Ducky Medwick, for some odd reason, was by far the toughest to find. The unopened craze still confuses me. And the number of Goudey Babe Ruth cards available (a ton) seemed a little weird in comparison to the very few '34 Gehrigs we saw.

What I really enjoy the most, though, is when a dealer is inspired to explain the history of a card or set or some piece of memorabilia. It's fun to see the passion that so many of the dealers have about their "stuff".

Thought this was an interesting little item (being from Detroit) but not enough to pay the asking price!


And yes, there were pennants - got me some basement art!

[perezfan]

Great pennant pickups, Scott...

Love em all - especially that Milwaukee Braves variation (a real toughie!)

[bcbgcbrcb]

Any cool Negro Leagues baseball items at the show? This is my first National missed in the past 12 years so not there to find out myself..........

[MK]

First National I had been to in many years. Saw several pins I was interested in but the prices were out of sight. Even if they came down some, you were still overpaying. That was disappointing. Did find this BF3 type pennant, which is the large premium size, for a reasonable price. Does anyone know how these were distributed? I assume you had to mail something in to receive the large ones, as they are much tougher than the small ones.

[matty39]

Nice pick-up Mike. That is a type nine bf3 premium. There are only four teams in the type nine set, the cubs,white sox, bees and cardinals. I have only seen two premiums in the set, the managers for the cubs and white sox. My un-educated guess, based on the few premiums I have seen is that they were probably store display pieces, used to advertise the smaller pennants. But your guess is as good as mine.

[MK]

Thanks Matty39. I never considered the store display theory. Could explain why there are so few of them. Really glad I picked this up. It really looks good along side my smaller BF3s.

[mrkrab]

Pick this mets moon face off John and Lou @ inside the park collectibles.



Got this orange cubs mini pennant off Rick Haskins to go in my cubs mini pennant collection

[Teamgluck]

Two great pickups I love that Mets Nodder

[vintagesportscollector]

For those that were unable to attend, here is a link to photos of Brett's fantastic Play Ok Antiques booth. (Scroll down in the thread to see pics)

http://www.vintagebaseballgloveforum...hp?f=10&t=5691