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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
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Posted By: barrysloate
That just shows the effect a single collector had on the market, when a Jim Copeland changed the price structure for all vintage cards and forced the entire collecting community to join the bandwagon. Today, however, there are many collectors with the means of a Copeland and the market is much deeper. That's a good sign. |
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Posted By: jay behrens
I had forgetten about the Mantle situation too. The other memorable experience fromt that show was screaming at Rosen "I am not your wholesaler!" after he tried cherry pick my cases, demand I give him an outrageous discount and getting upset with me when I wouldn't cut him any more than 10% off. When I asked him if he would ever give me that kind of price break on anyhting I bought from him, he said no. So why the hell would I give him a huge discount? |
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Posted By: Tom Batchelor
Do any of you remember Marco Rol ? I worked for him at Southern Cards in Charlottesville, Va. while I was in college and med school in the mid to late 80s. I remember he always spoke fondly of the Willow Grove show and mentioned several of your names. |
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Posted By: Troy
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Posted By: Tom Batchelor
Thanks Troy. I remember Niall well too. He lived in a loft above Marco's store for awhile in college. I can't wait to contact them. |
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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
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Posted By: barrysloate
No question there was a confluence of events that triggered the rise of card prices, among them that wealthy Americans were getting wealthier and looking for places to put their cash. But if I had to come up with a single factor it is that baseball cards are really aesthetically pleasing. People just like to have them and collect them and look at them (I can no longer say "and hold them" because they are imprisoned in slabs). And a seemingly endless number of people keep coming into the hobby. |
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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
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Posted By: jay behrens
He limited his buying to certain dealers, but it was known who was doing the buying the for them. They tried to get as low a price as possible, but they also paid very well when they had too and took advantage of that fact. |
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