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That article may be the least flattering article I have ever read about a card dealer. If that article is accurate I am sort of glad he is no longer involved in the hobby if that is the case. Hates kids, rude to customers, in it only for the money, gambling problems, substance abuse issues... why even write an article like that.
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09-05-2019, 10:01 AM
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Ummm wow! That was a very descriptive article. Actually a very funny read as I remember going to card shows (especially as kid/teen) and getting the ole stink eye by dealers like this....lol
Andy
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09-05-2019, 10:03 AM
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Actually a great, accurate article. I encountered him a couple of times at shows and he acted just like he is portrayed, though I never saw him be rude to kids, but I am sure he viewed them as rugrats. He was just very upfront about being in the business for the money. He was a wiry little guy who wore a 30's style newsboy cap and when you talked to him he seemed to be sharing his inner monologue with you, not actually carrying on a conversation with you.
Definitely not my idea of an ideal baseball card dealer, but I have met plenty that were worse. He was just a character (and a caricature...I think his business cards had one of him wearing that newsboy cap) that made you smile and shake your head. Brian
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09-05-2019, 02:25 PM
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a great, accurate article
ha ha ha…
jim kovacs did, in fact put upside-down galvanized buckets under the legs of his display tables to raise them up, so they would be out of reach to kids. he always had multiples of each card in his albums & when one sold, he would automatically raise the price on the next one. jim was rumored to spend his evenings in his motel room, after each show date, ironing his wrinkled dollar bills, which were apparently, numerous. eventually, I believe, jim purchased a parcel of land in some god forsaken desert area east of san diego (Julian, I believe) where he proudly roamed the property each day, totally naked, perfecting his so-cal all-over tan! also, jim kovacs was considered to be THE face of the (west coast, at least) baseball card hobby prior to yet another very obnoxious & annoying personality- alan rosen/mr mint!. ahhhhhh, such fond memories of days past. 
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Rose Rookie Reprints
Would anyone be able to provide any insight as to just how deep Mr. Kovacs involvement was with the Rose rookie card fakes (unmarked counterfeit version) when they first hit the hobby in the early 1980's? Actual fake card producer? Main hobby distributor? Both? Misidentified innocent?
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