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08-06-2010, 08:48 AM
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National Photos! (and pickups)
I'm back after spending Wednesday and Thursday at the National and have quite a few photos to share.
In this post a few of my favorite pickups: Purchased from Terry Knouse, a previously unknown issue (at least to everyone at the show), featuring six Atlanta players, many of whom also appear in the T210 set. I'm told another net54 member also bought one. The card is about the size of a cabinet card, but more square and slightly more thick than a T206. 1937 All Star pin with a great banner listing all the players on both teams. Brass rocking chair presented to Charlie Gehringer at a Mets Old-Timers Game, has his name engraved at the top and on each tiny bat being used as spindles. A few Colgan's for my empty tins. Photo of Leon for your viewing pleasure. I'll also post a couple of photos I bought from the massive Sporting News/Sport magazine collection and include a few observation in a future post. MANY more photos are now posted at baseballbasement.com Greg 
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08-06-2010, 09:05 AM
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Leon is like a fine wine. He gets better with age.
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08-06-2010, 12:17 PM
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some of my pickups
   
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/sets Last edited by calvindog; 08-06-2010 at 12:23 PM.
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08-06-2010, 12:25 PM
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Matt, I tried but none to be had. Plus I'm still feeling bad about the purchase because the poor dealer told me he didn't make any money off the deal. This is incredible as all of the dealers I purchased cards from said the same thing! Sounds like these guys need a trade association.
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08-06-2010, 01:23 PM
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On a serious note, great pick-ups so far. I really wish I was there.
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08-07-2010, 10:12 AM
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On Thursday I was able to attend my first National! I thought there was a good amount of vintage, and like others have said you almost never paid sticker price. Even just asking "whats the best you can do on this piece" knocked 15-20% right off.
About 24 aisles of tables. I walked briskley thru, only stopping when I saw something vintage of interest. Started when they opened the gate at 10am and got to the end around 4pm without sitting down once, then went back to a few spots before I had to leave at 5pm. By the end my head was definitely spinning from seeing so many cards haha. I didn't like, though, how the last 10 or so aisles were no long aisles cuz some of the big guys took up 2 or 3 aisles so it started getting confusing to remember which tables you'd been to already. Two items I picked up (below): The Matty is the same image used in the Aug 5, 1909 M101-2 Supplement, but doesn't have the "Supplement to the Sporting News" caption at the top, but does have a caption along the bottom. If you were to take off the caption at the bottom, it'd be the same exact size as the Matty M101-2. I got this from Bagger77. The Schulte is similar, but I don't think they are from the same "series". Not only is the Schulte image different from its M101-2 counterpart, but its also printed on a thicker paper stock. The gentleman I bought it from also had a Wagner (batting action pose similar to one I've seen on a postcard) and a Collins, and another common that I saw someone buy. He said when he got them they were strung together at the top, thus the hole at the top. Anyone have any info/insight on either of these? I met a few Net54ers: Ken Cohen James Feagin (sp?) Leon Luckey Scott Brockelman (thanks for the net54 pin!) Chris (from Imperial Sports Auction) Also picked up my winnings from the recent H&S Auction. Thanks to Josh Wulkan! One quick little story ... a run-down setup was asking 10x going price for some M101-2 Supplements. $170 for a common in average condition. I offered $20 for it. He laughed and said something to the effect that he'd pay me $50 to let him keep it, and the lady (his wife?) kackled and said she wanted to meet my grade school math teacher so she could slap her. I smiled, told them to have a nice day and walked away. In all, I had a great time. I saw some nice gloves and bats and jerseys and equipment that were really neat. And a few of the items that Bryan Dec and Kirk Kovacs had were amazing. Old photos and Supplements that were out of my reach, but great to look at. Even though I don't conversate much, I met lots of nice people and saw some great things. Hope to go to another National in the coming years. Rob 
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