STOLEN 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle from recent National Convention

[vintagecpa]

No video surveillance in the arena? In the world we live in, you would think there must be some video to put a face to the crime.

[danmckee]

When we were robbed in Anaheim in 1991 at the National, they removed our entire show cases over night. Supposed armed off duty police were the security 24 hours a day. When the investigator showed up, he immediately asked for the film out of the cameras and they were all empty!

I would love to catch someone stealing from me again, I will beat $250K that we lost in 1991 out of them!

Dan Mckee

[danmckee]

I also think it is good that this topic is on this board in multiple sections as the more people that know, the better.

[teetwoohsix]

Chipping on front top left and bottom left corner also, as an identifier. Sorry to hear about this, hope the card is discovered and returned to owner.

Sincerely, Clayton

*edit-just read Mike already pointed that out.

[T205 GB]

I will be posting later tonight after work. I want to share some stuff with the board and get feedback.

I hope these cards find their way home.

[rdwyer]

When I first read this post, I thought someone distracted a seller somehow and stole the card that way. But with 3 cards stolen, it sounds more like security was the ones who stole them. Cameras are needed. But they should be recording 24 hours a day.

[Cardboard Junkie]

Was it insured?

[MGHPro]

It seems like each year there are more and more robberies at the show. I was robbed in Cleveland and there were a bunch of other items stolen at the show. Last year, we had a friend get robbed for a high end item. And then you start hearing about other robberies at the show. We were told there was a ring of professionals going around the show doing these robberies.. Since its known you would think they would really step up security .. maybe some real police in plain clothes? lots of cameras in the show and outside the show? And maybe- and yes it seems extreme- but lock the show down when you find out a high end item was stolen. My item was over 10k, the other persons item was over 40k and the mantles are far from cheap. Then when you hear about after show hour theft, it just makes things 1000x worse.
In regards to insurance, my claim was covered but then we were dropped by the insurance company that we had used for over 10 years and never made another claim with. Good luck to the people who had losses at the show.
Matt

[Ease]

In my wandering around the show floor, it did occur to me how easily a thief or group of thieves could make off with some high $ stuff. At certain times there was so much commotion around some tables that there's no way the dealer(s) could keep an eye on everyone. Best bet I think for dealers is to keep all of the bigger $ cards locked in the big rectangular display cases, it would be difficult to have enough cameras setup to see everything clearly.

[Cardboard Junkie]

Originally Posted by danmckee

I would love to catch someone stealing from me again, I will beat $250K that we lost in 1991 out of them!

Dan Mckee

This made me chuckle. As a victim of theft myself I completely understand your anger, but talking is the easy part Dan. Dave.

[rainier2004]

Originally Posted by vintagecpa

No video surveillance in the arena? In the world we live in, you would think there must be some video to put a face to the crime.

I don't think there are any cameras in the place. Security always seems to be very questionable at the National. I always said I would walk the floors patrolling for FREE if they gave me a walkie that spoke to an officer and Id spend all day looking for thieves...I do not see ANY deterrent for thieves at the show.

Thanks for posting the info, hopefully this d-bag gets caught