Whatever happened to these long-time dealers?

[Rich Klein]

I thought I had heard Mike Wheat passed 1-2 years ago but I'm not totally sure

[jayshum]

Does anyone know if Roger Neufeldt is still active as a dealer? He used to be at the Philly Show but I haven't seen him there in years.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Does anyone know if Roger Neufeldt is still active as a dealer? He used to be at the Philly Show but I haven't seen him there in years.

Roger does not travel nearly as much as he used to but he's doing fine and sets up at the Dallas Card Show every 2 months. Always good to see him and his crew,

Rich

[jingram058]

Does anyone know anything about Harvey Brandwein of National Pastime? My Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb signed official Harridge AL ball was authenticated by him. I got this ball at the Chanute AFB PX back in the 1980s. I didn't buy it from him, but he was there. Last I heard he was still around and doing alright.

[Snapolit1]

Brigandi has been holding Collector Events in NYC a few times a year. Still in business and some very nice folks.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Brigandi has been holding Collector Events in NYC a few times a year. Still in business and some very nice folks.

In the day, they sure had a lot of high grade raw cards. Used to enjoy their SCD ads, and those of Steve Timmons.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

In the day, they sure had a lot of high grade raw cards. Used to enjoy their SCD ads, and those of Steve Timmons.

My office was a few blocks away when they were on 44th Street. When I had enough of the usual office crap I would walk over to their showroom and wander around for 20 minutes. Was probably the first time I ever considered getting into the collecting thing.

[Seven]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Brigandi has been holding Collector Events in NYC a few times a year. Still in business and some very nice folks.

I have to be on the lookout for them as I'm still in New York.

As a side note, I always loved speaking to the older collectors and dealers at conventions. Just talking about the hobby, how things have changed, and their interactions with the legends of the game that have passed.

Might not have his spelling right, but does anyone know if George Mollyn is still with us? Bought from him a couple of times when I was a kid in Cooperstown, and he was dealing at the show at the Cooperstown Veterans Club, which I'm nearly positive was run by our own Ted Z. I must've talked his ear off about the 33 and 34 Goudey sets.

Should we start keeping a running list of old time dealers and where they set up? I sure think so!

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

George is still around and still doing the Allentown mall shows as well as Cooperstown last I knew. He consigns every now and then.

Originally Posted by Seven

I have to be on the lookout for them as I'm still in New York.

As a side note, I always loved speaking to the older collectors and dealers at conventions. Just talking about the hobby, how things have changed, and their interactions with the legends of the game that have passed.

Might not have his spelling right, but does anyone know if George Mollyn is still with us? Bought from him a couple of times when I was a kid in Cooperstown, and he was dealing at the show at the Cooperstown Veterans Club, which I'm nearly positive was run by our own Ted Z. I must've talked his ear off about the 33 and 34 Goudey sets.

Should we start keeping a running list of old time dealers and where they set up? I sure think so!

[Kco]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Brigandi has been holding Collector Events in NYC a few times a year. Still in business and some very nice folks.

Brigandi split into two separate entities, they still have the store with the coin/precious metals arm of the business and the Chris and Caserta took on the memorabilia and card side of it under BC Vintage. They are very much still in business just as 2 entities now.

https://bcvintage.com/

Thats the website for the sports and card side.

[LEHR]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Roger does not travel nearly as much as he used to but he's doing fine and sets up at the Dallas Card Show every 2 months. Always good to see him and his crew,

Rich

Roger was one of my favorite old-time (pre-internet) dealers to deal with. I used to buy from him at St. Louis shows back in the early/mid 90's. Over half my 55 Bowman baseball set came from Roger over the course of 3-4 shows and a couple of years. When I got into grading cards in the late 90's several of those 55 Bowman's I got from Roger pulled PSA 8's with a few 9's. I also bought my first T206 Lajoie from him. Roger was always friendly and great to deal with back in the day. Glad to here he's still in the game and doing well.

[oaks1912]

David Festberg is back in the U.S. and is thinking about re-entering the collectible field.... Roger Neufeldt has scaled back on the abusive show schedule, but still actively participating the the hobby / business.

[effe]

Paul Marchant was the first guy I did mail order with, would have been the late 70's. He'd mailed out sale list every couple months, I think I still have a couple of them lying around somewhere.

This ticket was my one and only Teletrade purchase.

[DaughterFestberg]

Do you know where he is? I’m David’s daughter and looking for him

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by LEHR

Roger was one of my favorite old-time (pre-internet) dealers to deal with. I used to buy from him at St. Louis shows back in the early/mid 90's. Over half my 55 Bowman baseball set came from Roger over the course of 3-4 shows and a couple of years. When I got into grading cards in the late 90's several of those 55 Bowman's I got from Roger pulled PSA 8's with a few 9's. I also bought my first T206 Lajoie from him. Roger was always friendly and great to deal with back in the day. Glad to here he's still in the game and doing well.

I bought plenty of cards for my Topps sets from Roger in the mid to late 90s at the Philly shows over those years. It's good to hear he's doing well even if he's not traveling to as many shows anymore.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

I thought I had heard Mike Wheat passed 1-2 years ago but I'm not totally sure

His web site is still up but definitely doesn't seem updated.

[kkkkandp]

Back in the Teletrade Era I got quite a few prewar cards via online auctions from Jim Maxwell and Ginny Caputo out of Lampeter, PA. I think they are both still around selling antiques.

[ALBB]

Gar Miller

[Daveyc]

This is the first I have heard that TJ Schwartz had passed. I was a voracious Tuff Stuff reader for many years and "on your side" was the first column I turned to every month. I never met him, or bought anything from him, but I certainly enjoyed his writing.

RIP TJ

[Daveyc]

Is Kit Young still active? I know he used to advertise everywhere and had set up a hobby trade show that was in Hawaii, I think. He must be getting up there in age.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Daveyc

Is Kit Young still active? I know he used to advertise everywhere and had set up a hobby trade show that was in Hawaii, I think. He must be getting up there in age.

Kit is doing fine. His business is still going strong. His house in Hawaii burned down in the Maui fires but thankfully no one was hurt during that event. He did find a new place to stay in Hawaii this past winter.

He is reasonably active on facebook.

Rich

[tibor1]

Had a friend who bought thousands of commons and semi-stars for TTM autos. Anyone
time he had a 1500+ in the mail. Kit was/is a wonderful dealer.