Notes from the National

[E93]

Originally Posted by e107collector

Also, did anyone notice any E-107 HOFer's at any tables coming up for auction, or for sale?


Tony

A board member here had an E107 Plank for sale.
JimB

[E93]

Regarding Ken Kendricks collection, it is incredible imho and was a lot of fun to look at. I appreciate that he shared it with other collectors last week.

Folks on here questioning whether or not he is a "real" collector..... YAWN. Just because his collection is more valuable that 99% of ours means his status as a collector is under suspicion??? Seems silly to me. But my guess is this sort of thing will continue to come up about every six months.
JimB

[Steve D]

I find it strange that people are dissing Ken Kendrick's collection, simply because of his financial status.

Are men like Marshall Fogel, Don Spence, Steve Solloway and John Branca any less of a collector since they can/could afford to buy any card they wanted?

They all seem to share the same love for Baseball that we all claim to have. Seems to me they should all be considered just as much of a collector as any one of us.

Steve

[Matthew H]

Real collectors collect raw beaters.

I agree with Jim, it's nice of Kendrick to display his collection at the national. I would have checked it out if I were there. I'm surprised there are no photos of what was at the Goldin Auctions booth, I'm excited to see images of what they have when they surface.

[HRBAKER]

"He can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as me........."

[Al C.risafulli]

What a great week.

It was awesome to see so many of the Net54 crew, both at the dinner and "out and about" during the evenings, as well as at the show. I met a few of you for the first time, which is always great, and it was awesome (as always) to see the "regulars" throughout the course of the week. Thanks to all those who stopped by the Love Of The Game/Cubanbaseballcards.com booths during the week.

Five highlights, for me:

1) A middle-aged woman from Chicago, who walked into the show with a pretty significant team-signed baseball that had been in her family for years. She was beside herself when she learned that it had been authenticated. Her happiness was awesome.

2) My friend Abe brought his son to the show, a really intelligent pre-teen who could barely mask his excitement over some Mickey Mantle and Pete Maravich cards he'd bought with his own money. Great to see kids buying cards.

3) A fellow collector who grew up in Brooklyn and is filled with fantastic stories spent about an hour in our booth, just talking. He drew a small crowd with his stories (as he usually does). I could sit and listen to him all day, telling stories about the Brooklyn Dodgers, and specifically Jackie Robinson.

4) A really nice panoramic illustration of the White Sox (maybe 1916? can't recall the date) from the Stephen Wong Collection on display at the MEARS booth.

5) Meeting Tom and Ellen Zappalla, who were gracious and professional, and happy over the publication of their Cracker Jack book, which looks fantastic.

Overall a fantastic show, can't wait to get to Cleveland next year (did I actually just write that!).

-Al