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Old 02-03-2016, 08:40 PM
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Default Keith Olbermann on 1973 New York card convention

In the first issue of Sports Collector's Digest from October 12, 1973, which I posted the other day, there is a story and numerous photos about a sports collecting convention held in New York City on September 14-16, 1973. This was actually the second card convention to be held in New York at the District 65 Center -- the first had been held a few months before on Memorial Day weekend, 1973. The July 1973 issue of Sports Scoop (issue #6) had two articles about that show -- one by 14-year-old Keith Olbermann, and one by Ron Greenwood. I've scanned them below. The photos are a nice touch -- Olbermann took one of Greenwood standing next to Mike Aronstein, and Greenwood took one of Olbermann, apparently eating a hot dog. There's also a picture of Net54's own Fred McKie, along with Dan Dischley (of The Trader Speaks) and Bruce Yeko (of Wholesale Cards), all three of whom were at Aronstein's 1970 mini-convention that I posted an article about last night.


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So 1947 who's who in baseball's have gone down in price since 1973?!
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Old 02-03-2016, 09:01 PM
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So 1947 who's who in baseball's have gone down in price since 1973?!
Apparently so. On the other hand, the 1957 Topps baseball set has increased a little bit from $40.
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Old 02-03-2016, 09:30 PM
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Love this. Thanks for sharing!!
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Just more proof I was born too late.
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Just more proof I was born too late.
Agreed. I wish I could have been there for those days as well.
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Shoot, I wish I was just a few years older, so I would have become a basketball fan earlier and bought some boxes of 86-87 Fleer when they were like $14. Instead I got stuck buying boxes of 90-91 Fleer.
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WOW!! A 33 Goudey set WiTH Lajoie and 1/3 of them signed (with Gehrig, Ott, etc) for $700
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So THAT's where that Bill Haber photo comes from!
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About 5 years ago I sold a Zeenut to Olbermann on Ebay.
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It was a 1928 Zeenut Ossie Vitt PSA 5.
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I remember the 70s. 14 % mortgages, 18 % interest on money markets, and waiting 45 minutes to fill up with gas. Plus now I wish I was younger. Boy, do I miss those days

Great item, thanks for posting

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About 5 years ago I sold a Zeenut to Olbermann on Ebay.
What's his address?
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In the first issue of Sports Collector's Digest from October 12, 1973, which I posted the other day, there is a story and numerous photos about a sports collecting convention held in New York City on September 14-16, 1973.
Wow, again!! THANK YOU for posting this. Another article I've never seen and another photo of my father from his card show days I've never seen. Amazing!
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Oh wow, right at the end there it's mentioned that my mother "is about as cute as they come." No way that'd make it into an article these days.
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Is Mr. Olbermann a member of Net54?
Has he posted here
He had a spot on CBS in Los Angeles way back in 80's. I remember as a kid he brought cards to the show from time to time.

I enjoyed his show on ESPN last year till they cancelled it Recall he brought in a Babe Ruth bat on the show for a current player to get a feel for the bat
Wish he lands another position maybe with MLB network.
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Is Mr. Olbermann a member of Net54?
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He had a spot on CBS in Los Angeles way back in 80's. I remember as a kid he brought cards to the show from time to time.

I enjoyed his show on ESPN last year till they cancelled it Recall he brought in a Babe Ruth bat on the show for a current player to get a feel for the bat
Wish he lands another position maybe with MLB network.
He is a member and posted once or twice.. He might still lurk, might not. Of course he is an Avid/passionate card collector; always a big plus in my book. My few communications with him have been pleasant.
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Thanks for the update Leon. Wish he would post here and at times comment on the hobby. Although i don't blame him if he doesn't since after reading the loooooooooooong recent thread and some of the posts by a few people. Wow!
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Does anybody recall the furor that erupted when Keith bought a T206 Doyle Nat'l from Alan Rosen graded by the old SGC (Joe Merkle and co.) that turned out to have been doctored somehow to include the Nat'l. All hell broke loose, people were running for cover and, if I remember correctly, SGC gave Olbermann a full refund to try and salvage their reputation. Rosen, naturally, was screaming for some type of compensation, but I don't think he got anything. It seems his prominence in the hobby started to decline after that.
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Wow, again!! THANK YOU for posting this. Another article I've never seen and another photo of my father from his card show days I've never seen. Amazing!
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Oh wow, right at the end there it's mentioned that my mother "is about as cute as they come." No way that'd make it into an article these days.
I figured you would like this, Andrew. I know you've been looking for stuff about your father from that era. I have a TCMA catalogue from the mid-70s that I may post, and some Baseball Advertisers from the late 70s and early 80s.
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Default the Gallaghers.....

(RIP) ran many non-sport shows in NYC - Paul had an unreal collection and a strange outlook on life and things - I guess I fit right in as many of the hobby faithful seem just a little "off".....
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I didnt keep the address, but the reason I knew it was Mr. Olbermann was the shipping address was directly to him c/o the network on Avenue of the Americas in NYC.
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