Pickup Thread From The National

[t206blogcom]

Nice pickups Val!

[ValKehl]

Rob, Hank & Jason - Thanks for your kind words! Not only am I thrilled with these pickups, but I am also pleased that I was able to trade cards that no longer fit my collecting focuses for all of them, and I even received some $$ in one of the trades. But then, I made the mistake of telling my wife, who came to Cleveland with me, how much I didn't spend of the $$ that I brought with me to the Show. She responded, "we'll now have more $$ to spend on our sightseeing trip to Michigan"! Following the Show, we toured around the "glove" of Michigan for a week, and we had lots of fun and the best vacation weather we have ever experienced.

Hank - Sorry I missed seeing you, and congrats on your pick-ups. I spent the first 1.5 days of my 2-day stay going around the show and making a list of what interested me, and I put Leland's 1924 Washington/WaJo "Pennant Winners" pin on my list, as the price seemed quite reasonable. When I returned on the afternoon of my 2nd day to buy it, I learned from a Leland's staffer that you had purchased it, which completely erased my initial disappointment.

Best to each of you,
Val

[Hankphenom]

Same to you, Val. I knew there had to be some luck involved for that pin to still be there when I happened by the Leland's booth! I did return the favor somewhat in advance by never pulling the trigger on Mark's Walter Fatima poster which I saw at in Cleveland and also previously at several Chantilly shows.

[margoaepi]

For those discussing the T227 set, here are the 4 baseball subjects. Bought the Cobb at the national last year. Sorry for the funky image sizes.

[Matvoo]

Cool t227

[The Nasty Nati]

Wow these T227's are beautiful! They look like jumbo sized T206s.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Great pick-ups, Val. Sorry I missed seeing you, maybe I was away from my table. I was thrilled to find the 1924 Washington "Pennant Winners" pin featuring Walter for sale at the Leland's booth, and based on the price they had no idea of the rarity of that one. I upgraded my "Johnson For Congress" pin from Tom Spiker, who had the best I've seen. Also got a nice 1924 New York World Series program, and lastly, a cool newsphoto of cops escorting the tickets for the '24 series into the ballpark. A good National for both of us!

Wow - killer pick-ups. It was GREAT talking with you - thanks for all the great discussions, especially regarding 'The Glory of Their Times'. I could listen to that stuff all day. I put the first c.d. in the player on a dirt road between Scenic, S.D. and our campsite, and we listened to the set from the Badlands westward - David had never heard any of it, so it was a real treat to see his reaction. Perfect environment.

I feel very fortunate that none of my GOT letters sold at the National

[Hankphenom]

Great seeing your stuff, Scott, and talking GOTT, something I think the both of us could do all day. Hope to see you in Chicago next summer.

[BradH]

Originally Posted by margoaepi

For those discussing the T227 set, here are the 4 baseball subjects. Bought the Cobb at the national last year. Sorry for the funky image sizes.

Josh - nice T227s!

I don't have a scan of my Baker on this computer (it's the only T227 baseball player I have), but it is one of my 4-5 favorite baseball cards of all time and is a center-piece of my collection - one of the cards that would be sold last if I ever had to sell.

[Leon]

Just back from grading....

A guy walks up to our table at the National and asks if I was interested in some old cards. I say, sure. He shows me several decent, raw cards and some that weren't so decent *(value-wise). The first one he had shown me was the one below. I had an interest and that first card he showed turned out to be the only one we made a deal on. He had a nice Cy Young portrait T206, but he wanted about retail for it; after an offer of mine wasn't enough.

I guess it was my best walk-in of the show. I go with low no expectations. I go for the proverbial camaraderie more than anything else. Buying, selling and or trading is just the icing on the cake.

[Matvoo]

Nice chance

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by Matvoo

Nice chance

+1

Love the purple Chance, Leon!

Cheers,
Blair