Vintage collection finds

[Exhibitman]

Not to defend Rosen, who is thoroughly obnoxious, but we are (mostly) retail buyers and collectors and we tend to think of things as retail buyers and collectors. Rosen is strictly a businessman--his only purpose is to make money on the deal and get out as quickly as he can. His claim to buy it all and pay cash is very powerful stuff, especially for someone who is basically turning over a box of cards he found in an attic. As anyone who's done Ebay knows, retail is work. If you want to wring out every last dime from a group, you have work to do; if you just want cash in hand fast with no effort, wholesalers like Rosen are going to get their discount on the deal. Yeah, the Mantles retailed for more than the price of the whole purchase but Rosen had to put up the cash to buy them all and take the risk of holding and selling them all.

[tbob]

It's not just the fact he shafted the guy so bad on the 56T, 58T, 62T and 63T, it was his whole attitude. Like a poster mentioned earlier, his general demeanor came shining through. Compare the way he treated this gentleman to the way Doug Allen treated Lionel Carter and his wife when Carter decided to consign his collection. Night and day. I would have booted his sorry butt out when the Braves jersey which the guy took such pride in and got autographed was tossed aside and got oil on it like so much refuse.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

It was guys like him and the local guys who owned shops that couuldn't name the teams in the American League and charged 8 year olds double Beckett that drove me away from the hobby in the early 90's.