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Posted By: barrysloate

Okay, might as well be post #100

NAME: Barry Sloate
AGE: 54
HOME: Brooklyn, N.Y.
MARRIED: no children
OCCUPATION: Full time baseball card dealer
COLLECTION: Don't collect much any more, but still held on to some rare books, plus some fine photographic and lithographic display pieces, primarily from the 1860's.
OTHER HOBBIES: listening to classic rock and jazz
PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE: Find the right balance

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Posted By: Joe D.

so, I will gladly be the next post.

1) 35 Years Old
2) Island of Staten, NY
3) Blessed to be married with three nut-job children.
4) Profession - running the family printing business - second generation.

5) Oh boy... my collection has more twists and turns than the Cyclone Roller Coaster. Lets just say that I am still finding my collection's identity. Currently - I am very much into postcards, especially Real Photo postcards. T200 Fatimas, Cobby, Matty and Big Train. But that is today. Tomorrow?

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Posted By: Steve f

Don't be fooled like I was Joe. His life revolves around breakfast cereal and superheroes.

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Posted By: Mike Ernst

I'm Mike Ernst, just turned 60 (and recently returned from the Brewers fantasy camp--a gift for Chistmas and the 60th from my wife and 4 daughters).
Suburban Milwaukee, WI. Collected as a kid from 55-61, then from 70-75, 03-07.
I have 48-55 Bowman complete, Topps 52-up, T205, T-206 less the big 4, plust E90-3, 101, 98, 95.
Am continuing to peck away at some early stuff, but also filling in some 50's regional sets and oddball partial sets that I started on some time in the past.
Senior Pastor of a Lutheran church of 7500+, so cards time is limited.

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Posted By: Jason L

very impressive collection!
Any interesting stories from Brewers camp? what players were in attendance?
(My parents grew up in your area, went to Nicholet HS, lots of family from there, so I kinda know the area)...

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Posted By: Jason L

Hey, as long as that list of Superheroes includes The Tick, then he's alright in my book!

I'll bring my old Superfriends lunch box and we can talk cards over a bologna sandwich

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Posted By: James Feagin

Name: James Feagin
Age: 31
Born: Jacksonville, Arkansas
Live: Columbia, Maryland
Wife: Brooke (3 1/2 years)
Children: Elena (7 months)and another on the way!
Employment: Writer
Employer: Huggins and Scott Auctions
Collection: A hodgepodge of everything and nothing at all.
Other Hobbies: Indie/Punk music, politics, old films.
Favorite Baseball Team: Baltimore Orioles
Favorite College Team: University of Arkansas Razorbacks
Favorite Time of the year: The opening days of the NCAA Tournament.

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

James, if there's any day that feels like a holiday to me it's the first full day of the NCAA tournament. (I don't watch the play in game)

Steve, breakfast cereal and superheroes would make a great name for a band - or at least an album title. It pretty much descibes how I spent my Saturday mornings throughout the 1970s. Maybe with a little Hong Kong Phooey, Laff-a-lympics and Sigmund and the Seamonster thrown in for good measure.

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Posted By: Alan

I am a 45 year old puny looking poor slob from Maryland

I'm a researcher & collector of memorabilia of Jewish athletes in all sports. My focus over the last few years has been in correspondence, letters, and autographs of Jewish athletes.

Alan

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Posted By: barrysloate

I think Steve was giving me the Seinfeld treatment- and I do love cereal, especially Cheerios.

Did you know that when Julia Louis Dreyfus was first introduced to Jerry Seinfeld on the set of the show, he was eating a bowl of cereal? True story.

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Posted By: Mike Ernst

Jason--Brewers at the fantasy camp: Ben Oglivie, Gorman Thomas, Moose Haas, Dale Sveum, Pete Ladd, Charlie Moore, Cecil Cooper, Jerry Augustine, Don Money, Bill Schroeder (a member of my church), Lou Klimchock (an ex-Brave, brought in because Rob Deer had back surgery and couldn't make it), Jim Gantner, and Bob Uecker (part of one day). A great!!! time!

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Posted By: Ken McMillan

Hi Mike,

I went to Cubs camp and we were supposed to play you guys on Wednesday. Unfortunately we had the rain on Wednesday and the games were rained out. How were the fields after the rain? We were wondering how bad the fields were because we played Thursday after some big work by the grounds crew. We were trying to figure if the Brewers just chickened out against us cubbies. By the way, I was on the Cubs Championship team.

Ken

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Posted By: Tom Hufford

NAME: Tom Hufford
AGE: 57
HOME: Atlanta area
MARRIED: no children
OCCUPATION: Traffic engineer/transportation planner - self-employed/pretty much retired now - work only when absolutely necessary.
COLLECTION: Cards - T205 complete, T206 complete minus big 4, T207 except Lewis no emblem, Obaks complete except for about 6 1909 and some 1910 150s, M116 need about 10, Topps and Bowman complete 1948-present except for 1952 Topps (didn't like them when I was young, and never collected the set - wish I had now!)
Autographs - Have signatures of about 13,000 of the 16,500 major leaguers 1871-2006. Only missing autographs of 7 players back to 1930.
OTHER: A Founding Member of SABR (1971), now a member of SABR Board of Directors (you won't find a better organization anywhere - if you're not a member - join now!); President of Atlanta Braves 400 Club 1991-92; season ticket seller and ballpark organist for Pulaski Phillies (Appalachian League) 1969-72.

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Posted By: Dave

Also Atlanta area here. Deal with traffic myself as much as I hate to. Project manager/estimator for a construction/paving outfit here in town.

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Posted By: Max Weder

My info

Max Weder
48
Married, no kids. Much more talented spouse (the artist in "baseballart").
Tax litigation lawyer in Vancouver, BC
Collecting? Obaks, other cards and ephemera relating to Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest
And a mild interest in baseball book collecting (mild, as in baseball books occupy several rooms in my house)

SABR member since 1985 or so. I concur with Tom that all vintage collectors should join http://www.sabr.org

Max

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Posted By: Zach S.

Hey Denny,

I'm still a Navy sub guy (A-gang) although I'm on a tender right now. What boats were you on? I was on the Wyoming and the Philadelphia.

Zach S.

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Posted By: DRMacbeth

1 - 30 years old
2 - live in Indianapolis
3 - collect T206, players from Indiana (particularly Chuck Klein), and recently have been doing a little bit in type collecting

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Posted By: Jason L

Your collection sounds amazing, particularly the autographs...may I ask what medium are they on, predominantly? (photo, letter, baseball, etc...)
That part of your collection sounds as though it would require the most time and effort to asssemble...

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Posted By: ErikV

My name is Erik Varon

-I'm 38 years old
-Married 14 years
-2 kids (son 6, daughter 2.5) with more on the way
(pet Bulldog expecting soon. Does that make me a Grandpa kinda sorta?)
-live in sunny SoCal
-been collecting cards for 25 yrs. Vintage collecting for the last 10 yrs.
-I've put together the 1956 Topps baseball and 1940 Play Ball sets
-I've compiled a small amount of Black Sox cards
-I'm currently working on T206 HOF'ers (graded 4-5 range) along with
rookie cards of 300 game winners, 3000 hit, and 500 homerun clubs.
-besides collecting I enjoy building websites, chess, reading and over
the last 9 months preparing for my new venture: triathlon.

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Posted By: ockday

1. 54 yrs old
2. Married with 4 children and 6 grandchildren
3. Brooklyn NY
4. Have worked for the past 27 years in the family apparel business.
5. Wide ranging collection ...some of the stuff I collect includes..
cards .. OJ's, Mayos(bb,fb,boxing), T206, T207,1909-1911 Obaks, T213 type 2 Coupons, 1915 Cracker Jacks, 1933 Goudey early hockey and boxing
memorabilia..game used bat collection
books...1st edition sci-fi, signed lmtd Stephen King

Alan

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

55 years of age. Composer, orchestrator and conductor of both concert music and music for TV and film, in Glendale, CA. Have worked with everyone from Angela Lansbury to Metallica. Married with two cats. My collection is very unfocused. Some type cards, some sets, some HOFers, some 19th century, some 20th. Some caramel, some tobacco. Some photographic issues, some not.

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Posted By: MVSNYC

Bruce...very impressive resume...an Emmy Award? congrats...

glad to see you contribute here.

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Posted By: MikeB

1. 41 years old
2. Married 15years with 3 children
3. Veterinarian
4. Louisville, Ky
5. I seem to collect everything. Trying to focus on t206, bf2, affordable old judges,
t202, store model player endorsed bats, and store model player endorsed split finger
gloves in original box(prefer HOFers)...so much for focused.

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Posted By: Jeff Obermeyer

Name: Jeff Obermeyer
Age: 35
Job: Med/PIP Subrogation Manager for a major insurance company (the lawyers on the board can explain what this means...!)
Location: Kirkland, WA (15 minutes outside of Seattle with no traffic.... so in reality about an hour outside of Seattle, because there's always traffic)
Collecting Interests: Obaks, Seattle baseball/boxing/hockey, t206, anything Greg Luzinski

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Posted By: DSGreen

Name: David
Age: 30
Job: Behavioral Psychologist
Location: Aiken, SC
Collecting Interests: Braves type cards and T206

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Posted By: Scott Levy

I've been collecting the T206 set with my dad for the past decade or so and still need the Doyle and Wagner (and a couple of printing errors and the incredibly rare oldmill overprint backs). I noticed a number of people also trying to put together t205 / t206 sets, which is wonderful. They are both fantastic sets. If anyone need any specific players I have a few dozen dupes and might be able to sell/trade them. Good luck to all and have fun putting them together, I know that we had a blast with our T206 set.

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Posted By: jay behrens

Jay Behrens aka Dunderhead and the armpit of the hobby 44 going on 14

west central MN

Working collecting one card of each major leaguer that appeared on a card as a major leaguer from 1908-1945.

Jay

I love pinatas. You get to beat the crap of something and get rewarded with candy.

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Posted By: Jason Duncan

33 Years old.....married 10 years this year. I have 3 Kids-5-7-9. I have an extensive Ozzie Smith collection and collect prewar HOFers. Carpenter by trade. I build new homes. Still play baseball in a wood bat league in NW MIssouri. Live in Savannah, MO.


Jason

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Posted By: Greg M.

I'm also in the Portland, OR area and teach deaf kids (limited card budget naturally) and am always on the lookout for Luther Taylor and William Hoy items. Also, T and Ecard HOFers, T3, M101-2, Fan Craze, etc etc.

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Posted By: Mike Mccullough

NAME: Mike Mccullough
AGE: 41
HOME: Cedar Rapids Iowa
MARRIED: 5 children
OCCUPATION: Union Sheetmetal Worker
COLLECTION: The majority of my collection consists of HOFers... Working on a couple sets,, T-206, T205, 33 Goudey, Misc Pre 60's sets.... I have been collecting since the early 70's. I am a very unfocused collector. Its the people that Ive met in this hobby that keeps me collecting. I will be staying at the Sheraton and will be working the national... I buy way more than I ever sell..

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Posted By: AL S

Hello,
I am 48 years old
I live in Stamford CT.
Investor

I was a writer for baseball card update back in the late 80s early 90s. Did set write ups for various trade mags.
I have a very large collection but have been selling it off due to personal reasons. I collect vintage photos,Yankee,and Dodger items. But mainly collect vintage pins and PM10 stadium pins
Married with 2 boys (1 studying medicine) Big problem to have a collection with school at 48,000 a year! either sell some off or do without food! (LOL)
My start into serious collecting began with a veteran collector (Bruce Yeko) in the late 70s.
Nice to see so many great collections on the site! Thanks Leon for the nice conversation ! Regards Al

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Posted By: Brad

1. 30 years old

2. Vancouver B.C. (Canada)

3. Trying to finish my 1923 Maple Crispette set, only need 6 cards for competition. (Any help would be great!)

4. I only buy "cards" portraits! Why you ask? I guess it has something to do with the T206 wagner.

5. Cards sets I really like: e103, E104-1, D359, e99, e100, Holland Creameries, T209-1, D322.

6. I'm interested in building a e103 or Holland Creameries set in the near future.

7. My Collection:
http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/MapleCrispetteV117
D359 TOPSY HARTSEL: has been successfully crossed over to SGC 1.5
http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j136/MapleCrispetteV117/D359%20World%20Champions%20E104-1%20Nadja%20Caramel%20

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Posted By: rob ray

48 yrs young,happily married,no kids
Reside in Greenpoint,Bklyn, NY
27 years in television;past 16 as a senior commercial editor for a national cable network
Also do voice-over work for commercials and cartoons
Big-time lurker on this forum;my collection was cherry-picked several years ago by a very generous dealer(Jim Ryan;he now runs East Coast National and many other productions and is a great guy)...he cleaned me out of my
NM 50s and 60s sets and most of my vintage cards(tobacco and otherwise),as well as my entire collection of unopened racks and boxes from 50s through 70s.
I'd been collecting since my youth,ever since my dad handed me his childhood Goudey cards.
I also believe my cousin Alan Ray was the guy mentioned in the Wagner T 206 story recently...I havent spoken to him in years,but know he was a huge collector back in the 60s and 70s.
Anyway,I've been slowly but surely creeping back into prewar collecting,starting with some of my great-grand-uncles'(Nap Rucker,turn of century pitcher for Bklyn,etc) cards.
This is the first site I "turn to" in the morning.
Leon,you have one of the most interesting websites on the planet. And your collection inspires me (you too,Teddy Z,I'll miss your posts).
Rob

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Posted By: Mike

I'm 30 years old.
I live in Westfield, NJ
I collect mostly Hall of Famers from all era's
The bulk of my collection is post-war and lies between 1948 -1968, But I also have many HOFer Goudeys, Play Balls, T-206's, Diamond Stars, Double Plays, etc.

My collection is always evolving and upgrading and its that process that I love the most!

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Posted By: RC

I thought we had done this one earlier but here goes.

50 years old - doesn't seem like it

Have been teaching high school for 28 years - Marketing, business, and web design/graphics. Those of you who remember Welcome Back Kotter, well that's me.

Married, 3 kids, the last one leaves for college in the fall.

Arcanum, OH near Dayton. Saw an earlier post from Waynesville, OH - Give me an email if you want to talk cards.

Collecting '33 Goudeys, T206 Reds (for now), have a decent collection of '60s to '80s.

This is a great site esp. if you stay away from the bickering.

RC

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Posted By: Rob

Live in Waterford, CT. Age 28.
Married for 3 years - just had our first child - a baby boy (3 months)!!!!!
Job title is Engineer, but I don't do much engineering work.

Sets I'm working on: 48 & 50 & 53 Bowman, and a slow-going 1939 Playball. Mix of raw and graded. Was toying with 1933 goudey. Just started M101-2 and Butterfingers. Pretty new to pre-war, so the more I learn/research the more I want!!! Some nice caramels and cabinets out there so I might start dipping in those too. Have yet to be bit by the T206 bug that everyone seems to enjoy here. I know my pocket can't afford a 500+ card set so I probably won't start hee hee.

Rob

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Posted By: mr. moses

so that I can continue to follow the happenings of my favorite vintage dealer - Barry Sloate; who appears in every thread I've read so far"-)

"Grow old with me the best has yet to be....".

I am Henry Moses.

Ex overworked and underpaid NYC schoolteacher retired and living quite well TY in Wellington, Florida (West of West Palm Beach - Polo country).

Married no children.

Claim to fame - none of my own but my wife invented sarcasm.

I collect 19th century sports and non-sports with an eye toward unusal issues like N360 (need one card argh), women baseball player cabinets, oddball baseball found in non-sport sets, baseball trade cards, and I love the ancillary "go-withs" like the packs cards came in/albums/banners......

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Posted By: Andrew

Hometown: Portland, OR
Age: 39
Occupation: bank consultant
Met wife 12/30/2002, got engaged 12/30/2004, got married 12/30/2006

Collecting pursuits:
* one sports card from each year 1900-2007 & various 19th Century (always upgrading)
* pre-war Portland players
* odd Yaz items (hence my screen name)
* cards of players who went to Cal, a.k.a. UC Berkeley
* every Cal football home game program; all postcards of Memorial Stadium
* cards depicting Holland, Netherlands, Dutch East Indies, Java, & Indonesia
* various N,T and R cards, especially those depicting war
* Hot Wheels Flying Colors (1974-1983)
* Laughlin & Fleer sets

...just completed 100% PSA 1965 O-Pee-Chee baseball set


"Bart, Lisa, you both tried your hardest and failed miserably. The
lesson is, never try." - Homer Simpson


"Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame." -- Erica Jong

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Posted By: Pcelli60

Richard Porricelli and I live on Long Island, Hauppauge.
I deliver US mail for a living.
I collect P2 pins, T205, 52' and 53' Bowmans..And NY Giants and NY Mets pins.
Started collecting in 68' came back in 88' and again in 99'.

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Posted By: Ronald Haynes

Name: Ronald Haynes
Location: Coldbrook, NS, Canada
Occupation: University Mathematics Professor
Main Interest: Primarily Vintage Hockey (contemplating starting pre-war o-pee-chee sets) and anything with Alex Faulkner's image. Also quite interested in reading
anything card related, hence the lurker status here.

Thanks for the opportunity,

R Haynes

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Posted By: Ben

1. 24 Years Old
2. Northern New Jersey
3. I have been collecting vintage military items (Civil War-WW2) for roughly 10 years now and have recently began collecting vintage baseball cards. I am trying to buy one period card of every player in the Hall of Fame. I especially like T206 cards. Also interested in anything relating to Lou Gehrig.

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Posted By: Brian E.

1. 28 years old
2. Michigan
3. Ty Cobb cards

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Posted By: Brent Butcher

32 years old
Live in Dallas, TX
Collect Vintage Boxing Cards

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Posted By: bill latzko

hello everyone--


Name bill latzko, 59, Atlanta Ga.

Sales mgr. for small company doing sports souvenir items for high schools nationwide

My marriage history(and children) is too complicated to go into--am recently happily married.

Have 2 comlete t206 sets, looking to upgrade a few 5's to 6's on the registry under latzko's passion

Ditto with t205, looking to upgrade a few 5's to 6's under forazzurri on the registry

Recently begun M116's and would love to correspond about sellin/buying etc with anyone.

Peace NOW

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Posted By: Steve Murray

I remember the "good old days" back in the late 80's early 90's when we did some deals together. Hope you remember too.

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Posted By: Marty Ogelvie

1. 41
2. Georgia
3. T206, Yankees, Cowboys

martyOgelvie
nyyankeecards.com

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Posted By: Danny

Surprised to see another Staten Island, NY collector here

I mainly in Deaf Baseball stuffs such as Dummy Hoy and Dummy Taylor stuffs..

I also collect 1933 Goudey meanwhile, Im at 20 percent of the set.

I finished 1960 to present topps set. I end up didnt want to do 50's.

Im 28 years old with girlfriend and 2 years old son, Thaddeus Hoy Gabel

Go Vintage!

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Posted By: Kevin

Kevin Andrews
45 Yrs. Old
Louisville, Ohio
Lab Operations Manager for Industrial Research Center

Currently working on E121 Series of 80, Tattoo Orbit and T205.