ESPN aritcle on the national - ton of pics

bcornell · #1 08-19-2011, 07:12 PM

Q: Enjoyed your sports memorabilia piece. A question though: Were there ANY women there at all? I mean, if there is 'press box hot' what constitutes as 'sports memorabilia convention' hot?
� Torey, Pittsburgh

SG: I tackled this subject in 2009's photo essay, writing things like "There are sausage fests, there are mega-sausage fests and then there's the National Sports Collectors Convention. You have a better chance of meeting your future wife in an all-male penitentiary during a Gay Pride parade." Press Box Hot is a much higher caliber than NSCC Hot; I'd put NSCC Hot just below Female Prison Guard Hot. It's so bad that you're startled every time you see a woman under 40. Even pregnant moms pushing baby strollers get checked out. One collector had the bright idea of having a pretty women in her early 20s sit in his station with him; she was clearly hired for the event (like a convention escort), but the ploy worked. Guys in Hawaiian shirts were awkwardly wobbling by like they'd just seen a lunar eclipse. That's my suggestion to any major dealer out there: Hire a local Hooters girl or model to hang out in your booth for five afternoons and just flirt with customers. Pay her $200 a day. You'll make the money back.

tcdyess · #2 08-19-2011, 09:27 PM

That is some seriously funny (and true) stuff!

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Originally Posted by bcornell

Q: Enjoyed your sports memorabilia piece. A question though: Were there ANY women there at all? I mean, if there is 'press box hot' what constitutes as 'sports memorabilia convention' hot?
� Torey, Pittsburgh

SG: I tackled this subject in 2009's photo essay, writing things like "There are sausage fests, there are mega-sausage fests and then there's the National Sports Collectors Convention. You have a better chance of meeting your future wife in an all-male penitentiary during a Gay Pride parade." Press Box Hot is a much higher caliber than NSCC Hot; I'd put NSCC Hot just below Female Prison Guard Hot. It's so bad that you're startled every time you see a woman under 40. Even pregnant moms pushing baby strollers get checked out. One collector had the bright idea of having a pretty women in her early 20s sit in his station with him; she was clearly hired for the event (like a convention escort), but the ploy worked. Guys in Hawaiian shirts were awkwardly wobbling by like they'd just seen a lunar eclipse. That's my suggestion to any major dealer out there: Hire a local Hooters girl or model to hang out in your booth for five afternoons and just flirt with customers. Pay her $200 a day. You'll make the money back.

Taxman · #3 08-20-2011, 08:30 AM

Funny stuff but there is a limit! Uncle Dick is a great guy that has been setting up at the National for over 29 years...some outsider shouldn't poke fun at his trade name in a way as to compare him to a porno show.

tbob · #4 08-20-2011, 11:19 AM

No way that guy in jorts is a pre-war guy. Must have been a collector of shiney cards. If he were a pre-war guy he wouldn't have gone 5 minutes without a fellow pre-war collector telling him what a nerd he looked like.
As far as the women go, I agree with Bill C., although there was one hot blonde in pink who caught the eye of every collector I spoke to. I have no idea what she was doing there, perhaps she thought it was the Hooter's Swim Suit convention contest.

Bosox Blair · #5 08-22-2011, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by tbob

No way that guy in jorts is a pre-war guy. Must have been a collector of shiney cards. If he were a pre-war guy he wouldn't have gone 5 minutes without a fellow pre-war collector telling him what a nerd he looked like.
As far as the women go, I agree with Bill C., although there was one hot blonde in pink who caught the eye of every collector I spoke to. I have no idea what she was doing there, perhaps she thought it was the Hooter's Swim Suit convention contest.

I think there were a few models there related to the "Benchwarmers" card releases, which feature swimsuit/lingerie models and Playmates...and yes, all chatter went quiet when one of them strolled by at the Nat...

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Cheers,
Blair

campyfan39 · #6 08-20-2011, 07:05 PM

Dick is a LEGEND in the hobby and a truly nice man to boot.
He is well...like an uncle that everyone would be so lucky to have

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Originally Posted by Taxman

Funny stuff but there is a limit! Uncle Dick is a great guy that has been setting up at the National for over 29 years...some outsider shouldn't poke fun at his trade name in a way as to compare him to a porno show.

Exhibitman · #7 08-22-2011, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by campyfan39

Dick is a LEGEND in the hobby and a truly nice man to boot.
He is well...like an uncle that everyone would be so lucky to have

So what you're saying is you really like Dick?

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

martyp · #8 08-22-2011, 03:25 PM

I was the one set up with the pictured pinball game in my booth.

There are not many female collecter in this hobby. I did had a small number of sales to women. There was one female collecter who I saw on three different days who made a $500 purchase on the last day. She was from out of town. She was attractive and I never saw her with anyone else.

4815162342 · #9 08-22-2011, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by martyp

I was the one set up with the pictured pinball game in my booth.

There are not many female collecter in this hobby. I did had a small number of sales to women. There was one female collecter who I saw on three different days who made a $500 purchase on the last day. She was from out of town. She was attractive and I never saw her with anyone else.

Oh come on, you dozed off and dreamed an attractive woman spent $500 at your table.

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