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01-18-2010, 10:24 AM
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Jeff, that's funny. Actually, I kept thinking of the Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons. Pretty much all the dealers looked like him.
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01-18-2010, 10:25 AM
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Unfortunately a good portion are also just as arrogant as Comic Book Guy!!
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01-18-2010, 11:30 AM
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Comic Book Guy is unquestionably modeled after some of the characters in our hobby. John Swartzwelder, who wrote more Simpsons episodes than any other writer, was a memorabilia collector. He even once bid and won something in my auction (it happened more than a decade ago so hopefully if he is reading this he will be okay with it).
No question there is an obesity problem in the baseball card hobby.
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01-18-2010, 11:41 AM
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In an old issue of VCBC Adam Warshaw described many card dealers as "pig men in muu muu's"
I initially thought it was pretty harsh but walking around the national proved there are more than a few candidates for that title.
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01-18-2010, 05:28 PM
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I am not going to name the dealer who is no longer with us, but was a regular at White Plains. His t-shirts had more holes than swiss cheese. And I am sure Jeff would have passed similar judgments about him as he has about his recent experiences at White Plains.
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01-18-2010, 05:52 PM
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Jeff,
The White Plains show is just not good for vintage. The Philly Show was much better - but has been slipping lately (although it is still better than White Plains). I wish you had gone to the Philly Show a few years ago - you would have a better feeling about shows in general. I am hopeful the Philly Show will get back to where it was. I think it can. The National is better than them all. Much better. A different league. Don't let the White Plains show influence your decision to go to the National. Although.... if you don't go to the National - I will enjoy picking up a Cobb card you don't have, or better yet - a Chase card you don't have - and then spend the next year or two showing it to you before each NYC dinner (right before we begin eating). The National is within driving distance for us... if you can manage it work-wise / you would be crazy to miss it.
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I think we are due for a NYC dinner.
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