The World According to Mr. Mint

[sports-rings]

I was reading Sports Collectors Digest this week and saw the latest advertisement from Mr. Mint.

I had a little extra time so I read his 8 listed accomplishments in the full page advertisement.

He claims that he has "spent over 150 million dollars in vintage cards and related memorabilia" during the past 30 years.

That seems pretty high. To put that into proper context, that is an average of $5,000,000 a year. Considering that the REA spring auction does about 10 million dollars, that means that Mr. Mint, Al Rosen, purchases the equivalent of half the REA catalog every single year! If Al Rosen is not paying winning auction-house pricing, than he needs to purchase a lot more to spend an average of 5 million a year.

Do you think he's blowing smoke or is he the undisputed greatest buyer of sports memorabilia in the hobby?

This is the same guy that won't reply to any of my emails when he announces his show schedule and I politely ask him to keep an eye out for a ring that I may need from the city and team that he is due to visit.