Nat'l Dealers: Best Walk-in Purchase

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by pete zouras

Dealer named Meelypops has a video on youtube covering a walk-in of a person with a bunch of pricey Mantles. Meelypops accompanies him to SGC for grading and he endsthe video saying he will shoot him an offer on the lot in a follow up video.

In this video they show the collection still in a photo album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiFyi3bbSEw

Their next video shows the collection after SGC has graded the HOF cards.

[HexsHeroes]

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Not specific to this thread but I am sure everyone has a memorable story or two about observing such a deal. Mine was set at one of the Fall shows (1980’s) held at Plymouth Michigan Holiday Inn. My brother and I usually arrived two-three hours early to be first in line. This one occasion we were second and third. After chatting for a while with the guys fourth thru sixth in line, the person first in line could not resist showing us the contents inside a crumpled brown grocery bag. A Lou Gehrig road jersey. The jersey never left the bag but word of its presence traveled down the line. Word must have traveled inside the ballroom where dealers were setting up. Before long Mr. Mint himself came abruptly out to chat with that individual. He ushered him into the ballroom. A deal was obviously struck as doors opened and Mr. Mint was beaming with his newly purchased “grocery bag & contents”.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

In this video they show the collection still in a photo album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiFyi3bbSEw

Their next video shows the collection after SGC has graded the HOF cards.

Here's the follow-up video (for anyone like me who couldn't find it after watching the first video ). The Mantle portion starts around the 5 minute mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K24SFAK6m0g

[Aaron Seefeldt]

I was set up at the Chicago Nat'l in mid 90's and some old dude walked up to my table with a binder full of old post cards. I asked him if I could look them over and he could come back in an hour, which he did. Problem was I got so busy I had no time to really look into the binder so I cherry picked 2... A batting and portrait Ty Cobb from Wolverine PCs. I paid $400 for the 2 (they were raw). Within an hour I flipped them to another dealer for $800, thus doubling my $. I was thrilled.

DOH!!!

[MantleMarisFordBerra]

Awesome to see MeelyPops treating people the right way. He’s a good guy not far from me. I might have to go checkout some of those cards in person!

[ocjack]

It's fairly well known that Mr. Mint demanded his table be the first one collectors would see when they entered the convention. I was standing near-by at one show when someone walked in with their "collection." Mr. Mint went through it quickly and made an offer. The patron said he would consider it. Mr. Mint's response was to the effect that "do that if you want, but if you come back here I'll assume no one else offered you more and that my offer was probably too high. My new offer will be less."

And of course, the one time the convention crowd was so big they opened a second door further away from Mr. Mint's "door." Even standing in the back of the room, you could hear him "complain."

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by ocjack

It's fairly well known that Mr. Mint demanded his table be the first one collectors would see when they entered the convention. I was standing near-by at one show when someone walked in with their "collection." Mr. Mint went through it quickly and made an offer. The patron said he would consider it. Mr. Mint's response was to the effect that "do that if you want, but if you come back here I'll assume no one else offered you more and that my offer was probably too high. My new offer will be less."

And of course, the one time the convention crowd was so big they opened a second door further away from Mr. Mint's "door." Even standing in the back of the room, you could hear him "complain."

Funny...I used to see him that University of New Haven show and he was right there when you walked through the door. Usually sitting alone with no one to talk to.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by MantleMarisFordBerra

Awesome to see MeelyPops treating people the right way. He’s a good guy not far from me. I might have to go checkout some of those cards in person!

He had a much better reputation before the pokemon/ GI Joe box $3.5 million screw-up with BBCE. I've been to his shop in Gainesville, FL.