1952 Rosen Mantle SGC 9.5 Final Price – Too high, too low, just right?

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

The guy never missed an opportunity to be an A-hole.

Seem to remember seeing/hearing a story from somewhere about Rosen having a meltdown at the first National ever held at Cleveland's IX Center. It was patented Rosen behavior to always try to have the very first table/booth inside the entrance door at every show he set up at so he had the first crack at buying things from anyone walking in with something to potentially sell. I remember him literally calling out to all people walking in to the National, and haranguing them to come right over to see him, just like a carnival barker trying to get people to buy a ticket to the side show. At the IX Center though, I heard Rosen wasn't aware in advance of that year's National that there were actually two show entrances, at opposite ends of the building. So he was supposedly pissed that whatever he had to pay/do to get that first booth/table inside the entrance was really only going to get him a first shot at about half the people attending, and not all of them like he wanted. I believe as a result he never came back and set up at another National after that, at least not in Cleveland. Feel free to correct me for any inaccuracies.