2010 National Pickups,Pics, and Post

[Taxman]

I arrived at the National on Wednesday and stayed until Saturday afternoon. I left town with 1000 in my pocket and came home with 1900 and the items below(the basketball boxes are empty). While in Baltimore I was able to go on a tour of Camden yard. My goal of going to the National was to get Jim Browns autograph(nice guy shook my hand and looked up). I was able to upgrade my Namath rookie from a 4 to a 5. It was nice to get to meet other board members(Mike, Matt, Bill, Neil, Bill). Thanks Mike for tkts to the PSA luncheon. The National was nice but my plane trip back was the icing on the cake. I got to sit beside Bart Starr. We talked the whole flight from football to baseball(he is a huge Stan Musial fan..even had the SI with the article on Musial) to local Alabama politics. I did get some cards graded by ISA due to the fact it was only $5 per card and a 1hr turn around. Their grades seemed to be fair. Also got to meet Carol. She was very nice and helpful.





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Jim VB

Your attempt at humor is nearly as disappointing as the fact that your very existence in the hobby continues.

Whilst we spoke to many long-time collectors and dealers, professionals who enabled us to build a world class collection, and chatted with fellow collectors, several of whom hold multiple IVY degrees, the highlight of our
two day visit to the National was the support we received from more than a dozen dealers and collectors who follow, but never comment, on our Net 54 postings.

They mentioned you and one other of our "fans" as two blow hearts with too much time on their hands, and very little knowledge about the history of the hobby. Our only regret was that we did not have your picture with us, so we could have made toilet seat covers for the convention's bathrooms.

Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List
bdorskind@dorskindgroup.com

[Rob D.]

Picked up a couple T206 Lajoies with common backs, but nothing too exciting on that front. I bought the Matty below to go with the Ruth, Gehrig and Cobb in my collection. The big names from that set are extremely affordable.

The blank back E92 of Lajoie wasn't a Baltimore pickup but rather the result of a chance I took on eBay a few months ago. After looking at it in person and concluding it's legit, I decided to get SGC's opinion and have it slabbed at the National. Nice to have a gamble pay off.

(If the sellers of the cards below do not wish the scans to be posted, please contact me -- in strict confidence -- and I will remove them.)

[Woundedduck]

Gorgeous cards everyone. I know a lot of people don't like to share how much they pay for their pick ups but I wish they would. Being still new to vintage I'm always trying to gauge how much I should be paying and what a good deal is.

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by Woundedduck

Gorgeous cards everyone. I know a lot of people don't like to share how much they pay for their pick ups but I wish they would. Being still new to vintage I'm always trying to gauge how much I should be paying and what a good deal is.

I agree the inclusion of prices would be a helpful in determining current values, but I don't think many posts will include them.

One reason is to protect sellers who might be friends. If I know that a seller/dealer gave me a better price than what he was willing to do for other interested buyers, I don't want to throw him under the bus by making others aware of that fact.

Plus, and this reason is more of a factor, you're probably going to see a lot of these cards on the B/S/T within the next few months -- some possibly this week. Posting a price paid here would prevent the 400 percent profit some would hope to make. VintageCardPrices.com and eBay have dealt a blow to guys who flip with the hope of making 3x or 4x their money. They're not going to sabotage themselves.

If it helps, I paid $130 for the Matty and $200 for the Lajoie in my post above.

[Matthew H]

Rob, I seriously doubt any dealers showed you their "real inventory" so you should be OK.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

Rob, I seriously doubt any dealers showed you their "real inventory" so you should be OK.

No, no. They did. Rob always asks... in confidence.

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

Rob, I seriously doubt any dealers showed you their "real inventory" so you should be OK.

Yes, and knowing that has left me brokenharded.

[Matt]

fixed.

Originally Posted by Rob D.

broken hard head.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Yankeefan51

They mentioned you and one other of our "fans" as two blow hearts with too much time on their hands,...

I am unfamilar with the meaning of this term.

Does the illustrious board genius mean "blowhards"?