Is Chris Potter Sports still in business

[Scott Garner]

I'm with Curt, in that I'm fortunate to have not been one of the big losers.
Lee "Bee Bee" Richard cancelled out on a signing and I still had a little bit of credit due with Chris, but not a big deal.
I will say that Chris did in fact provide an excellent service for his first few years in business. He managed to round up a few signers that were off the grid that I had been trying to get through the years...

[Huck]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I'm with Curt, in that I'm fortunate to have not been one of the big losers.
Lee "Bee Bee" Richard cancelled out on a signing and I still had a little bit of credit due with Chris, but not a big deal.
I will say that Chris did in fact provide an excellent service for his first few years in business. He managed to round up a few signers that were off the grid that I had been trying to get through the years...

I was left with holding a credit as well. I am sure there are others. Did not hear anything about Potter "owing tens of thousands" and the whole flamethrower business, although I would not be surprised. Potter offered a niche service for mostly obscure off the show circuit players. I have yet to come across a board thread were thousands (even hundreds??) of collectors were screaming bloody murder. No board I frequented had a forum dedicated to Potter dealings. Any postings were a one here, one there wondering aloud if Potter was still in business. I would love to hear the entire story. Do tell.

Someday, I fully expect to see Potter at an obscure show in a former Elks Lodge, perhaps set up at a flea market or swap meet, hawking his wares.

[savedfrommyspokes]

He was still selling on ebay as recently as this mid November....two weeks ago, he closed out his Linkedin account....

[Huck]

SigningsHotline - thread is reporting that Chris Potter died. I could not find an obituary notice.

http://forum.signingshotline.com/ind...-chris-potter/

[egri]

Originally Posted by biohazard

SigningsHotline - thread is reporting that Chris Potter died. I could not find an obituary notice.

http://forum.signingshotline.com/ind...-chris-potter/

His passing is also being reported on SCN.

[mrmopar]

I had forgotten about Potter mostly, although I mentioned him by name just a day or two ago on a facebook group posting. The guy had cards with Sergio Robles and I asked him how he got the signatures if it was something like a Potter signing?

Unfortunate about his passing, if true. Still too bad that his business apparently went south at the end too. I especially liked it when he ran eBay auctions because many of his signing prices were steep, but he would start items out cheap and see what happened and often buyer were winners on those deals. Not at too tremendous a discount, but cheaper than the mail-in price, I was able to nab Mike Marshall. Possible one of his biggest accomplishments, getting Marshall to sing more. Chris was able to exponentially increase the supply of Marshall cards in the market.