444 Photos of the 2011 National posted on SportsAntiques.com

[CarltonHendricks]

Gentleman, thanks so much for your encouraging words, glad you enjoy the photos...you can also see photos and story of every National since 2003, except for 2010, at the top right side bar of my home page.

http://www.vintagebaseballgloveforum...hp?f=10&t=4741
By the way...if you want to see a heck of a write up on the Ratch Peerless company see the link above...very informative...someone told me a Ratch Peerless glove sold recently for like $3,000.00 or $4,000.00 if I remember right....not a glove guy but that got my attention.
-Carlton

[Scott Garner]

Thanks for posting these photos of the 2011 National. I wish I could have been there, but I had a great reason for missing it.

BTW, I especially liked the action sequence of Perezfan Mark Steinberg going in for the kill on the white vintage baseball fan. I guess this is how it's done, eh??

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Thanks for posting these photos of the 2011 National. I wish I could have been there, but I had a great reason for missing it.

BTW, I especially liked the action sequence of Perezfan Mark Steinberg going in for the kill on the white vintage baseball fan. I guess this is how it's done, eh??

I don't know if I went in for the kill or if I "got killed". That fellow really put my negotiating skills to the test, and I walked away knowing I couldn't get him down another penny. Still pretty sure I overpaid, but guess that's to be expected at the National. There is a big benefit to seeing and inspecting this stuff in person (as opposed to just viewing an internet photo).

And even if the dealer prices are high, the face to face interaction and time spent with collector friends more than makes up for it. Carlton did his usual great job documenting everything, and even provided a terrific Chicago-style Deep Dish Pizza Feast at Herb and Matt's Booth. "Hats off" to Carlton

[sayhey24]

I'll echo the words of others and offer another huge thank you for the terrific photos Carlton. It really is the next best thing to being there, and it sure was fun seeing Mark work that deal!
I had a couple of people tell me they were disappointed in the amount of memorabilia at the show, but your photographic evidence seems to prove them wrong!

Greg
http://www.baseballbasement.com

[ruth-gehrig]

Anyone remember how much the Babe Ruth Old Gold Sign was in the hotel room?

[Bill Rayburn]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Anyone remember how much the Babe Ruth Old Gold Sign was in the hotel room?

The Ruth Old Gold Sign belongs to my brother-in-law. If you are interested PM me and I will send you some info and his email address.

Bill

[CarltonHendricks]

http://www.sportsantiques.com/2011_nat_carlton_buys.htm
This is old news but I fineally got around to posting all my finds on my site from this years National...link above...not sure if I previously posted everything here on net54