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02-06-2016, 03:02 PM
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super share
enjoyed his musing immensely - my national reporting's not nearly as robust and encompassing. One thing I see differently than he did is those kids moving cards from table to table that he noted were choosing commerce over collecting (maybe they took the proceeds and bought more?) are necessary contributors in a COLLECTIBLE hobby equation. Future dealers or collectors perhaps - but the core concept of buying and selling of cards is an important principle necessary to sustain and GROW a large and robust COLLECTIBLE hobby. That is unless one is on the other side of capitalism....
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02-06-2016, 03:24 PM
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I can't believe that was his first time eating KFC. Geez, even I as a boy had been eating it for 5 years or more by then.
Seriously, nice recap.
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02-07-2016, 09:01 AM
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I attended those shows as a child in the late 70's and early 80's. I'll never forget my first, I was 9 or 10 and walked into the room and thought "I wish I had saved more money" - that thought seemed to be with me often at shows
 I'm originally from Chicago and knew of most of the players from the '50's from my mother's stories. I found a Nmt 1964 Minnie Minoso at one of the first tables and bought it. When I got home it was missing, after looking through my stack of cards several times I found it - IN MY BACK POCKET!! Needless to say, I had sat on it several times - it's Nmt days were over.  I loved those shows.
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02-07-2016, 03:48 PM
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It appears that Lionel had a healthy appreciation of the ladies.
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02-07-2016, 06:58 PM
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Here's the story about that 1974 Detroit show from the July 31, 1974 issue of Sports Collectors Digest, and a story from the previous page about the fake 1959 Fleer #68s that Irv Lerner had showed to Carter. The pictures include Mike Aronstein (hi TCMA!) and Joe and Karen Michaelowicz, who Carter wrote about quite a bit, plus the Q&A with John Hiller that Carter found so boring. They also show the results from the Friday night auction, to supplement the Saturday auction results that Carter gave in his article.
 
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02-07-2016, 07:16 PM
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07-15-2020, 08:55 AM
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Great memories
Those early Detroit shows provided me with many great memories. The first was meeting all these hobby legends. The second was remembering sets for sale at $5 each - East Hill Pirates, 1970 Kellogg’s and Dad’s Hockey. A truly remarkable time in our hobby.
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07-16-2020, 06:48 AM
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thanks
David,
Great article, i graduated high school in 1974, i remember buying the 1972 baseball set thru the Sport Hobbyist which i still have today. The thing i remember the most is getting the magazine with Frank Nagy on the cover in his basement with a Viceroy in his mouth looking at his cards, also, they sent two beautiful baseball matchbook covers with the issue, I wanted to go to that show, but my mom being protective wouldn't let me go a long distance at age 17. John
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