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jay behrensI think I attended the only collectibles show featuring baseball cards in the entire country that did not have a single slabbed card in the entire room. There was an odler gentleman set up with a lot of really nice early Bowman and Topps cards. Told him if he wanted to get top dollar, he should get them slabbed and gave him the basic info on it. Otherwise, the highlight for me was being able to sit and chat with Tony Oliva for awhile. Surprisingly, he remember who is was more than 15 years later. Then again, when you walk up with 20 odd wire service photos, you are kind of hard to forget since I am sure they don't sign a lot of those. A friend of mine and Lee's got confirmation from Oliva that a bat he found in an antique store and got for a song is one that he used his rookie year.
Jay