True Mint by Rosen

[jcmtiger]

When he setup at Plymouth Mi show I was setting up at same show. He always paid extra for his table to be right at entrance to the show. That’s how he was able to buy walk ins 1st. Very arrogent, did not keep things very long. I, myself don’t credit him for “making the hobby for what it is today” Many other true collectors & dealers did that.

[nat]

"the hobby what it is today"

...are we so sure this is a good thing?

[Tere1071]

Alan Rosen was a very large fish in a very small pond.

[maniac_73]

Ok Now I actually want to read the book

[ALBB]

I think he helped the hobby grow

[theuclakid]

yea he was a character....willow grove mid 1980's...I had bought a 1955 Clemente Rookie from him he had graded EX (long before grading companies) and priced it as such...when I got back to my room, I noticed a noticeable crease on the back...at breakfast the next morning I showed him, his only response was I grade the fronts, not the backs....to his credit I got a refund....and..the 1987 National in SF...I was very busy setting up and he was walking around trying to buy..he asked to see my cards, but I politely said please come back in a few minutes after I finished setting up and getting organized...he screamed at me verbally for several minutes...but eventually walked away....as I said he was a character...later on though at Nationals, he would say hello...so he probably forgot those two encounters...Bruce Perry

[BabyRuth]

July 4, 1988 Issue of Sports Illustrated - I read the article and it got me back into the hobby back in '88 - I had the forethought to have the Mint Man sign it at one of the Boston Shriner's shows. Probably not too many of these that are signed floating around.

[Jay Wolt]

Didn't he have bobble heads of himself produced?
I know he had photo's that he signed.
Saw him at a few National's & the Ft. Washington shows

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Didn't he have bobble heads of himself produced?
I know he had photo's that he signed.
Saw him at a few National's & the Ft. Washington shows

Yes, bobble heads.

[LEHR]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Didn't he have bobble heads of himself produced?
I know he had photo's that he signed.
Saw him at a few National's & the Ft. Washington shows

Yes, I've seen the bobbleheads. I think I still have a couple of the Rosen Beanie Baby style bears in a box somewhere that he was throwing out at a National in the 90's for advertisement.

[MRSPORTSCARDCOLLECTOR]

Originally Posted by Tere1071

Alan Rosen was a very large fish in a very small pond.

Agreed.
He use to do a lot of Wilmington, Massachusetts shows at the end(In my neck of the woods).
I saw him as a ambassador for the hobby like Stan Lee for comic books(good or bad). One thing we can't take away from him was he was a great businessman as there were single years he would make more money than Mantle, Williams and Mays did in their whole careers. That is mind-boggling to me.

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by nat

"the hobby what it is today"

...are we so sure this is a good thing?

Ha!!! Ha !!! For sure