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Mark MacraeKevin, You may be right on the timeframe. I seem to remember meeting you and Tony Alfaro at the same time/ show. This was also about the same time I met David Kohler, whose family was working with him. We were all teenagers, except you were closer to the 13 or so age bracket.. The two big Southern Cal shows (Memorial Day & Labor Day) will always have a special spot in my memory banks. Great people, great material...great prices... At the time we all thought that Goodie Goldfaden was overpriced with those $20 Turkey Reds and $75 Goudey Ruths. Barry, you missed a lot in those three years. The early 80's brought the first big hobby recession, and many prices fell significantly around' 82. The Mantle rookie dropped 75% ($3000 to $800) in that timeframe. We can recall those days when their 30th anniversary comes up in a few years... 