Mr. Mint's phone not ringing so much anymore?

[danmckee]

I vote very good for the hobby at the time. I had several deals with him and all were very fair. Although I have heard the horror stories.

He scared me to death 1 time when I was a young man.

I was at our table and Alan came over and grabbed dad to go look at something. He sat his briefcase down and off they went leaving me by my lonesome. Well the hell with the cards, I was watching skirts walk by the table in those days.

Him and dad came back and I asked "Mr. Alan, what is in the briefcase?"

He opened it up and there was about $200K in there in $100 bills.

I almost died that he left that in my responsibility!

I should have grabbed it and ran and bought me some skirts for the evening

[zljones]

Originally Posted by danmckee

I vote very good for the hobby at the time. I had several deals with him and all were very fair. Although I have heard the horror stories.

He scared me to death 1 time when I was a young man.

I was at our table and Alan came over and grabbed dad to go look at something. He sat his briefcase down and off they went leaving me by my lonesome. Well the hell with the cards, I was watching skirts walk by the table in those days.

Him and dad came back and I asked "Mr. Alan, what is in the briefcase?"

He opened it up and there was about $200K in there in $100 bills.

I almost died that he left that in my responsibility!

I should have grabbed it and ran and bought me some skirts for the evening

You would have got some high quality skirts for that kind of money, maybe even a few of them

[iggyman]

Thanks for the story Dan! Good stuff, as always.

I'm in agreement with both you and Peter. Ultimately, he created a buzz with his antics, which was obviously good for the business side of this hobby. Perhaps, we are missing some of that today?

I wonder how Jefferson Burdick and some of his hobby friends would feel about Mr. Mint. I'm sure not too fondly.

Lovely Day...

[nolemmings]

I'm extremely disappointed to think that you would ever have to pay to land some nice skirts Dan. Always thought your smooth talkin would be more than enough to reel them in. Another myth busted I guess.

[Republicaninmass]

Couldnt happen to a nicer guy, I used to call him Mr vg-ex

[hangman62]

Nice story..but hot ladys at a card show ?...I cant say Ive seen many..in 20 yrs or so !... maybe every once in a while...but I seem to recall.. alot more of the Yankee T shirt wearin, $1.99 flip flop wearin, NON member of Golds Gym type of gals ...???

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Couldnt happen to a nicer guy, I used to call him Mr vg-ex

like

[GrayGhost]

I remember Alan in the boom years of the hobby. The man did a LOT Of good. I recall him and his amazing buys, the SCD Auctions which were huge then, in the days when the major mega catalog/online auctions were NOT the norm.

Yes, he wasn't perfect and his style, boasting and always getting the top spots at shows rubbed some people wrong. In the end tho, mainstream pub for him and esp the hobby was the best.

One personal moment I'll always recall: Years back my dad and I set up at a Paper/Collectibles show in Marlboro Mass. I bought a vintage signed Mantle Ball, "To Pamela, Best Wishes". Sig looked like a hybrid between the straight M's and the elegant card s how style. I took a flyer on it, tho I felt it was prob good. Anyways, a couple months or so later, I was set up at the Tom McDonough show in W Warwick RI and had the ball out for 100.00..ha Only paid 50. A customer was looking at it, Alan came by walking the show and looked at the ball and said "no doubt bout that one, Nice Mantle ball". The customer bought the ball right away.

I really miss those days, running up my CC and before I was out of work, as now. The hobby was so much fun then, and so were the shows.

Thank you Mr. Mint for all the memories