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Whatever happened to these long-time dealers?
Tom Reid, Brian Morris, Paul Lewicki, Joe Badalucco, Brigandi Coin, Pat Quinn, Joe Valle, Lew Lipset ?
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Retired or no longer with us..
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I've been on Brigandi's e-mail list for a long time but I haven't gotten one in about a year.
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What about Tony Galovich and Rick Salvino?
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I heard that Mr. Galovich had passed but I'm not 100 percent sure
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I thought I had heard Mike Wheat passed 1-2 years ago but I'm not totally sure
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Tom Reid -- Passed September 2001 Brian Morris -- Not really active in cards Paul Lewicki -- not really active in cards. His sone pitched in the majors a few years back and the son also was involved earlier this year or late last year in a major unopened find. Pat Quinn-- still with us as far as I know. He still comes to the Chicago NSCC Lew Lipset -- Retired Regards Rich
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Tom Reid was one of my favorites. I knew him since I was a kid. He was a real character. He dealt in oddball items before they became popular. Always had a cigarette in hand. He had high prices but when you bought in bulk he'd give you a really good deal. RIP Tom! Last edited by mannequin1; 05-01-2024 at 05:36 PM. |
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I never heard about Tom and car accident but I did not find out immediately so that is possible.
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Ahhh, Teletrade! I remember buying a lot of vintage cards back in the day through it.
Most of you may not be old enough to remember when eBay used to post the user ids of anyone who bid on a card, unscrambled so you knew exactly who you were bidding against and who won the card. One of the best things about that was that you could contact the bidders and develop friendships with fellow collectors. We had an idea who the ‘flippers’ were and who actually was bidding for their collections. I still remember some of my fiercest competitors and great guys like ‘ockday’ (Alan) and ‘screwblue’ (Ohio State fan, Tim) etc. my memory is not what used to be but sometimes I’ll be at a National and someone of my generation will say whatever happened to uffda or Vendomecat etc and I have to smile as I remember what I like to call the silver age of collecting from the 80’s and 90’s when there were no sniping services and you had to stay up late and refresh and refresh at the deadline lol Last edited by tbob; 06-24-2024 at 03:37 PM. |
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I still have my Excel spreadsheet with all those IDs and feedback ratings! 🤣
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But like everything else, eBay had to f&@k it up. |
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I see Pat Quinn every month at the card show at the Civic Center in Orland Park, IL. He is usually one of the first guys through the door. He still sets up occasionally. I have been buying cards from him since I was 12. I'm now 57. One of the nicest guys you will ever meet and incredibly knowledgeable. His history in the hobby is unmatched.
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Thanks! Sammy
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Did anyone mention Barry Sloate?
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Barry Posts on rare occasions nowadays and from what I'm gathering is enjoying retirement.
And good news on Don Lepore. A FB message about adding him as a friend popped up on my page and he has poasted on FB within the last week. Good to see him sill going strong. The rest of his bio and his mutual friends fit in as well. https://www.facebook.com/friends/sug...00000591499761 Rich
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I sold Tom Reids collection back about 2003. Lots of oddball and lots of duplication. His basement was packed and he had drawers just jam packed with items in no real order. Lots of pins too (sports and nonsports)
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Some nostalgic reading, here... I have big boxes of little boxes in the basement and attic. Most of the little boxes have labels from Shoebox Cards, Mike Wheat Cards, and The Old Judge - Lew Lipset. I don't recall ever having any concern about a discrepancy between how a card was described and how it looked when I got it. Mr. Lipset was a great fellow to talk with on the phone. He knew a right smart about old cards. Good days, good memories.
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Who was that couple that had sales that ended on Thursday nights? A man, and a woman who helped him. Capputo might have been the name of one of them. I enjoyed buying cards from them, too.
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James Maxwell and Virginia Capputo...
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Bill Henderson was another dealer I bought many Topps cards from at The Philly Shows in the 90s. Has he retired or is he still the King of Commons?
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From what I heard, he is basically retired and living in Florida
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What ever happened to Tommy Catal, who had one of the biggest Mickey Mantle collections in the 80s and 90s? He even had his driver's license.
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Here is the website so you can reach out and see if Tom is still there https://www.mickeysplace.com/about-mickeys-place/
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If not mentioned yet -- Doloff.
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"The King of the Commons."
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Bill was another dealer my friend bought from. I remember going to the PO once back
in the mid 80's to pick up a box that either Kit or Bill sent him. A treasure of commons from all 4 sports. |
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I was about to ask about Wade Carsel - more non-sports than baseball, but who used to show up at the Philly shows with T206s at good prices. But then found his obit from last year. Apparently got fairly cranky in his later years.
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Wade was always cranky...
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Forgive my bias in mentioning this dealer as I worked for him for many years is Mark Christensen of Sports Nostalgia Shop/Sports Fan-Attic. Mark was almost 7 feet tall with strawberry blonde hair, so he sttod out in a crowd. You'll see his ads in the very early Beckett Price Guide books, plus his ads also ran in other publications through the late-1980s. At first, Mark focused on his mail order business and he would fly to different conventions with his price list purchasing cards.
In 1979, he opened his first card store in La Habra, CA. In 1981, he began to sell sports apparel and with that came a name change -Sports-Fan Attic. Mark opened several other locations and he did well for about a decade. Unfortunately, he opened a location in a mall in south Orange County which did terribly and he shut the business down, but it was fun while it lasted! This next dealer would be familiar only to collectors in Southern California, but he took me under his wing as a 14-year-old collector and taught me the hobby. His name was Wes Schleiger and he mostly worked the local monthly shows and conventions in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas. He, too, opened his own store, Wes's Hall of Fame, first in Bellflower and later in the Temecula area. His wife, Dixie, was a constant presence in his second location. Wes passed in 2016, three weeks after the passing of his wife. Looking back, it was a blessing to have worked under both of these gentlemen. Phil aka Tere1071 Complete sets: 1953 Bowman Color and Topps Baseball 1970-1975 Working to complete lower grade 1968 and 1969 Topps Baseball sets |
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