Joe Pelaez Collection consigned to REA

[slidekellyslide]

Joe was truly one of a kind.

Edited to add photo of Joe's T206 Plank...Joe would definitely not approve of his name being on a slab.

[barrysloate]

There were two things Joe really didn't like: slabs, and yours truly.

[drc]

There were numerous others, Barry. Leon had to give him a time out once or twice.

[Bosox Blair]

Just saw the REA blog myself - very cool. Bodes well for another great REA auction in 2012!

Cheers,
Blair

[chaddurbin]

joe was out there for sure...but nice write up and nice collection. seeing joe suddenly reminds me of julie...for a sec there i thought that was julie's old plank (but i don't think so).

[brass_rat]

One thing that's nice to see is that REA got the cards into slabs before someone else could think twice about cleaning them in any way... I wonder whose fingerprint is on the back of the Plank (between Cap and Cig)...

Nice cards...
Steve

[Leon]

I had several long conversations with Joe but never got to meet him in person. Certainly my loss in that respect.

I remember him getting into a few heated debates on the board. I told him he could stay as long as he wouldn't trounce upon 3 individuals. He said he couldn't do that so he would just leave. He left on his own accord. He never was banned from this board. I always liked Joe. Even during his hiatus he and I emailed back and forth quite frequently. Unlike someone else who can't control himself, Joe never did get upset with me...at least about that. I always considered Joe as part of the "old guard". They are a generation that we are losing every day and it's a shame. Those morals and philosophies (in general) are something our country could use again, imo.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by drc

There were numerous others, Barry. Leon had to give him a time out once or twice.

Yep, and that's when he started emailing me to let me know how he felt about certain subjects that he was reading on the board, but could not reply to...we had some great conversations about cards and life over the years...I really liked that old dude.

[Jason Carota]

That Plank is amazing. I received quite an education in prewar cards from Joe on multiple occasions.

[Kenny Cole]

Joe was great. Sometimes we fought, sometimes we agreed, but you always knew where you stood. That's fair. Even when he was basically telling you (me) what an idiot you were (again, me), he told good stories that sort of diminished the irritation. When we got sideways and I went after him, which was seldom, he never took it personally. Leon's right, he was part of the old guard and there aren't too many of them around anymore. Apart from the fact that he would be absolutely aghast to know that some of his cards had been graded, I hope they do well for his family's sake.