the national...wheres the good stuff

[egbeachley]

You're right. Tons of T206 in all grades but the rare stuff was a bit harder to find. Although the auction preview booths had some amazing stuff.

Did see a Sporting Life Bates in a bargain bin that I hadn't seen before. But it was a Cincinnati and my checklist said it should be Philadelphia. So I left it behind.

[bigfanNY]

I like many on this board appreciate the rare regional cards from the 50's and I cannot believe I was the only guy to notice the Eskay FULL BOXES that Huggins and Scott had in their auction display. (Since John Scott is one of my favorite people in this hobby I hope they do well) There were a number of rare and obscure cards at the national but certainly not displayed as prominently or in the numbers as they would have been when they were a focus of many collectors including myself. As for John Ramirez when I was a kid 13-14 John was one of the guys who would take his time to educate me about this hobby and I am forever in his debt and I am happy that I ran into him at this years national and told him so. Because many of the collectors I met in the mid 70's are not here to thank. I was fortunate to find a full Bazooka box (1968 with Clemente ) on my want list that was in my budget so for me the national was a huge success first for the people I saw and met and second because I came home with a great card. I hope everybody else who attended had a great time as well.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by egbeachley

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Did see a Sporting Life Bates in a bargain bin that I hadn't seen before. But it was a Cincinnati and my checklist said it should be Philadelphia. So I left it behind.

Good call!!

[obcmac]

Originally Posted by Leon

Good call!!

I'll second that ;-)