Mr. Mint's phone not ringing so much anymore?

[autograf]

Nice Free advertising..........maybe not as dumb as we thought.......


Don't forget about Pennants and Beanie Babies on his self promoting band wagon.........

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by autograf

Nice Free advertising..........maybe not as dumb as we thought.......


Don't forget about Pennants and Beanie Babies on his self promoting band wagon.........

....and Pogs.

[ctownboy]

I thought he was into Japanese made toy robots....

David

[iggyman]

Not that I'm trying to write his obituary, but at the end of the day was Mr Mint. good or bad for the hobby???

Lovely Day...

[ullmandds]

I think Mr Mint was good for the publicity and for raising awareness of the hobby. He also ripped off little old ladies and others for their card collections...but then again...this is what most dealers have been doing since I was a kid!

I don't think he was as bad for the hobby as the TPG's!

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by autograf

Nice Free advertising..........maybe not as dumb as we thought.......


Don't forget about Pennants and Beanie Babies on his self promoting band wagon.........

The sportswriter who wrote the story Bill Madden sold his collection (or consigned it, I don't remember) to a dealer. Guess who?
This is not the first time he has written about Rosen and given him free publicity.

[danmckee]

I vote very good for the hobby at the time. I had several deals with him and all were very fair. Although I have heard the horror stories.

He scared me to death 1 time when I was a young man.

I was at our table and Alan came over and grabbed dad to go look at something. He sat his briefcase down and off they went leaving me by my lonesome. Well the hell with the cards, I was watching skirts walk by the table in those days.

Him and dad came back and I asked "Mr. Alan, what is in the briefcase?"

He opened it up and there was about $200K in there in $100 bills.

I almost died that he left that in my responsibility!

I should have grabbed it and ran and bought me some skirts for the evening

[zljones]

Originally Posted by danmckee

I vote very good for the hobby at the time. I had several deals with him and all were very fair. Although I have heard the horror stories.

He scared me to death 1 time when I was a young man.

I was at our table and Alan came over and grabbed dad to go look at something. He sat his briefcase down and off they went leaving me by my lonesome. Well the hell with the cards, I was watching skirts walk by the table in those days.

Him and dad came back and I asked "Mr. Alan, what is in the briefcase?"

He opened it up and there was about $200K in there in $100 bills.

I almost died that he left that in my responsibility!

I should have grabbed it and ran and bought me some skirts for the evening

You would have got some high quality skirts for that kind of money, maybe even a few of them

[iggyman]

Thanks for the story Dan! Good stuff, as always.

I'm in agreement with both you and Peter. Ultimately, he created a buzz with his antics, which was obviously good for the business side of this hobby. Perhaps, we are missing some of that today?

I wonder how Jefferson Burdick and some of his hobby friends would feel about Mr. Mint. I'm sure not too fondly.

Lovely Day...

[nolemmings]

I'm extremely disappointed to think that you would ever have to pay to land some nice skirts Dan. Always thought your smooth talkin would be more than enough to reel them in. Another myth busted I guess.

[Republicaninmass]

Couldnt happen to a nicer guy, I used to call him Mr vg-ex

[hangman62]

Nice story..but hot ladys at a card show ?...I cant say Ive seen many..in 20 yrs or so !... maybe every once in a while...but I seem to recall.. alot more of the Yankee T shirt wearin, $1.99 flip flop wearin, NON member of Golds Gym type of gals ...???

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Couldnt happen to a nicer guy, I used to call him Mr vg-ex

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