So I flew Saturday for 24 hours to National on Saturday-here are my comments
1) The number of vintage autograph dealers is significantly down. I saw a total of 2 full vintage autograph dealers- Steven (forgot last name) from Brooklyn and and Andy from Joshua Tree. Both great people.
2) The amount of cuts out there is scary. Saw well over 20 Ruth Cuts from Checks and countless Johnson, Wagner and others. One guy was trying to sell a Hornsby/Sisler "1 of 1". Neither autograph was that spectacular, yet he wanted $1,800 for the card. Just absurd.
3) An auction house recently acquired some player league documents and a Ward, Keefe and Ewing will become available this Fall.
4) Had a please discussion with Bill, now with PSA. He commented about the amount of cuts coming up in the market place and how disturbing it was to him.
5) There are no shortages of Mike Trout and Aaron Judges in the Market place, surprise surprise.
6) Had a pleasant conversation with Jackie from JSA. As much as we bash them, she spoke with two supervisors and agree that the Ruth discussed was altered and is going to change the COA! The thread is here:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=242361
Here are a few pictures: