Mr. Mint is Angry!!

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

"Ted Z, where is my back up????"

Here I am guy....I wasn't going to read this thread....hate these bashing threads....as they are
meaningless; and, only serve as a distraction from the meaningful topics on this Forum.

I've known Alan Rosen since 1981 when our booths were adjacent at a Show in Kenilworth, NJ.
Alan and I have done some great deals over all these years and he was very fair to me on all
our transactions. I've sold him "tons" of stuff, and bought some really scarce cards from him....

Such as a complete 1949 BOWMAN Pacific Coast League set back in 1984.

Or, many of the very scarce 1949 LEAF 2nd Series cards from his great find in 1989. This find,
incidently, revealed to the hobby that the Leaf Satchel Paige card was really short-printed....
by a factor of at least 5 to 1 over all the other 48 cards that were short-printed in the scarce
2nd Series. Confirming a theory I have had about this Paige card, dating back to 1982.

I also acquired from Alan many of the Near Mint 1952 Topps Hi#s from his legendary 1952 Topps
find in the '80s. He was the man who pulled it off, and the entire hobby greatly benefited from it.

I'll finish this by telling you that at the 2003 National in A/C my booth was once again adjacent
to Alan's. For me it was a great Show selling. I didn't buy too much and what cards "walked-in",
I passed on them to Alan. He bought several of these "walk-ins" and very generously compen-
sated me for them.

T-Rex TED