OT Minnesota twins fest

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Posted By: Mike

On my way to the Fest, my son in law and I were rear ended, at 45 miles an hour, and my Mercedes was totaled. Not that the car type matters. Just a mode of transportation. Anyway...I didn't make it. Both of us are very sore, but otherwise OK. Thanks in part to that solid German engineering I suppose. (Son in law is from Germany). We did however go On Sat. Morning. Absolutely jammed with people at 9 in the morning. Unreal. Folks were standing in line for hours to get auto's from the players. I found about 5 things in the entire show that were worth buying. But all were priced about book, so I passed. Nothing I really needed. The dealer that I have known for 20 years, was the only pre war seller there. He sold one card. He went hours without anyone even talking to him. Nobody cared about appropriately priced pre war. Nobody. I heard 50 year men proudly talking about how cool it was to get a Santana rookie card. SAD isn't it? here is all I saw: Ruth Churchmans, Ruth Sanella, Cy young pin, a pretty 206 with an American Beauty back. Nice but didn't need it. Can't recall the others. A lot of beat up Goudeys, and 205's.. So for anyone going for pre war. Forget it. In fact the dealer with pre war told me he isn't even going back today. Fun to see Radke and the like, otherwise forget it.