Joe Pelaez

[3-2-count]

Very sad indeed. My thoughts and prayers go out to Joe's family.
Rest In Peace Joe............

[nolemmings]

I'm going to miss Joe, whose posts I always enjoyed. Unlike many of you, I never got to speak with him, either in person or on the phone, and I now wish I had known he was so communicative-- I always like to chat cards. Anyway, he and I exchanged a few emails over the past couple of years, and really hit it off, mostly because he was a veteran of the war in which my father fought, and because he and I shared much of the same social and political philosophy.

I too was hoping to spend some time with him at the National. My sincere condolences and warmest regards to his family and friends.

[Wesley]

This is indeed very sad news. I have always enjoyed reading Joe's take on the hobby.

May Joe rest in peace, an my sincerest condolences to his family.

[sox1903wschamp]

His posts were certainly opinionated and could get under people's skin but you always knew where he stood and you had to admire his great passion for collecting! Rest in peace Joe!

[uffda51]

I always enjoyed Joe's contributions to the board. My condolences to his family.

[Matt]

My best to his family. Always sad to lose one from our Net54 community.

[ChiefBenderForever]

Very sad news, RIP

[Hankphenom]

Terrible news. The Chantilly show, which he was so happy to see (and promote) moving in a vintage direction, will never be the same for me. No more passionate political discussions, no more dinners with amazing stories from his fascinating life, no more baseball and hobby talk. Yes, he was opinionated, but that was just the fervor that fired up his life, and everybody around him. What a character! what a man! I will miss him greatly.
Hank Thomas

[shammus]

This is truly sad news to log into Net 54 and read first thing. Very unexpected as well. I just got done doing a BST trade with Joe just a couple weeks ago. I spoke with him on the phone too. He's always been very friendly with me over the phone and you could sense the enthusiasm he has for the hobby easily. He was always willing to take a couple hours and chat with you about the hobby too. It was certainly a pleasure to know him.

My sincerest condolences go out to his family. RIP Joe, you'll definitely be missed.

Brian

[Kenny Cole]

I always liked Joe. He will be missed. RIP Joe.

[tedzan]

I met Joe in 1984 at the Willow Grove Show. He was at my table buying 1948 Bowman FB & 1949 BB cards.
I helped him complete those two sets. But, he was more than just a collector of Sportscards. He had this
incessant curiosity to dig into the nitty-gritty of how and why certain cards or sets were tough to find. In
this respect, we became instant friends. He had read my numerous Bowman BB and FB articles in SCD and
Krause's Base Ball Cards Magazine in the early 1980's; and, he would spend what seemed like hours at my
table "Talkin' BB cards" (of all stripes).

When the Philly Show moved to Ft Washington, I saw Joe occasionally. But, we met up again at Sotheby's
(the weekend Gretzky bought the Wagner) and we had a great time in the hospitality room getting caught
up on the "good ole days".

I last saw Joe in 1999 at the Philly Show and at that time he was collecting T209's. I had a bunch of them,
Joe bought them all. I must of given him a price on these cards that he couldn't refuse. We talked for quite
a while, and then I lost contact with him. Until....

I started posting on Net54 in 2005, Joe responded to one of my T206 threads. And, we were in touch again.
At times quite at odds with each other, and other times not so. I can say this for Joe, in person or over the
phone, Joe was a mellow guy. We would have some long and very interesting conversations, that lasted for
hours.
Anyhow, he will certainly be missed....Joe had a way with words that made you think.

GOD Bless you Joe....and may GOD comfort your family.



TED Z

[calvindog]

I also corresponded with Joe by email a lot and found him to be a very decent, funny, unflappable, interesting guy. He's one of a handful I would have been very happy to meet at the National.

[Sixtofan]

I never met Joe but made several trades with him over the years. He always struck me as a good guy and passionate collector. Wish I would have met him . . . . .

[Rich Klein]

And for what you attempted to do back in the day to ferret out the crooks of the hobby as well,

I'm truly sorry we never got to meet as I'm sure we would have had a real fun chat

Rich