National 2011

[jpop43]

the dogs name is Nicodemus...Nick for short.

The show sounds great and I am really looking forward to spending a few days at next year's in Baltimore.

Congrats on the trophy...that has always been one of our favorites and, as of yet, continues to elude us.

Happy continued hunting to all.

Jonathan
www.dugouttreasures.com

[Jay Wolt]

Mike great pickups and thanks for incl the scans

[mjkm90]

On a verrrry negative note...I saw this happen.

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/steve-j...185322554.html

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by mjkm90

On a verrrry negative note...I saw this happen.

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/steve-j...185322554.html

Yeah, the crack-down also caused a service outage for several internet-based auction sites which use the same platform and service provider as VA. Got this in an e-mail from Legendary last night: "As many of you have observed, the Legendary Auctions website has been offline since early this afternoon. Our system and that of many Companies in our industry including Goodwin, MEARS, MIle High, SCP Auctions and Vintage Authentics all use the same service provider. Due to actions taken against Vintage Authentics today by the Federal Government their servers were taken down in order to respond to a Government subpoena. Unfortunately as a result ALL of our websites are down!"

Legendary is back up now. Not sure about the others. It's good to at least have some idea what they were taken down for. I'm sure more information will come out in the coming days/weeks.

[Tigerden]

Great find Mike!! I am glad the trophy is going to your collection. Heck, with a $200 price tag, it probably would not have lasted more than one hour at a Flea Market let alone the National. Wow. I would have had to pinch myself after that purchase. Thank you for sharing your experience.

[sayhey24]

Mike --

What a great pickup on the D&M trophy, but I think the story is even better.
I also really like that HOF pennant -- I've seen a lot Cooperstown pennants over the years, but never that one.

And finally, I also really like your focus on crossed bats -- they do look great!

Greg

[baseball tourist]

Great stuff Mike! I love a good price story. Keeps me excited about the hunt. So bummed that I couldn't attend the show. Have a buddy there who has his work covering a hotel suite and tix to two MLB games - and I can't go!! Arhhh!

[mjkm90]

Thaks Greg. I simply can't resist them...even the trophy has them

Brock...I still have a way to go to catch up with you in the Brocking department, but this is a good one

Carlton took a ton of pics at the show. If there are any specific questions about what was there lemme know. I looked at every single table at least eight times. If they had cards, I was only looking for pinbacks or memorabilia they may have picked up, but not the cards themselves. In fact, that is where most of my pinbacks came from.