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the full PSA loa does NOT accompany the sticker so i'll pass
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That is insane! Here's the link to the original listing with the full letter intact!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PAUL-KRICHEL...p2047675.l2557 |
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Hello ALL!
I am the guy you've been praising throughout this thread, lol. My name is "Ritz" and there are a very small few of you that know me from doing business together (although I won't name you, since I'd hate to demonize you from our peers here, lol). Others know me from my eBay handle - AmericanCollectible - as I've made many purchases from sellers there over the years.
Many of you know me, even though you don't. I've been a pricing contributor to Beckett since day 1 in 1984, and have been featured numerous times in periodicals for my collections. I am, of course, primarily a collector - but I do enjoy flipping a piece or 2, when I purchase entire collections. This is my hobby, not my life. My life is, well, complicated (in a wonderful way, of course). I have over 1.2 million cards - and no, 1.1 million are NOT 1970's-1990's chum lol). Among my most prized sports collectibles are a 5-card proof strip of the 1909 T206 Honus Wagner (with Cy Young and Mordecai Brown on the strip as well) a 16 card-run of 1887 Allen & Ginter proofs, including the Charles Comiskey, and a certain 1951 New York Yankees yearbook (the only year DiMaggio and Mantle were teammates and listed together in one yearbook)... This is the fabled yearbook some folks have heard rumors about at the conventions every so often. Currently autographed by over 200 Qualified Yankees, witnessed by me - in person (including the obvious: Joe DiMaggio - on 3 seperate occasions, Mickey Mantle - twice, Billy Martin, and many more Hall of Famers and important hard-to-obtain Yanks) as well as over 100 additional PSA, JSA, and Beckett autograph cuts that I've deemed important enough to include in the book...and this is where the Paul Krichell signature has found a new home. As a traditionalist, myself, I fully understand the ire some folks here have expressed regarding the signature extraction. While I bear no ill will to those that have vented, I will address the more colorful comments - after all, why not? Lol. I can also offer that I very, very rarely purchase a full document for the sole purpose of obtaining the signature. Paul Krichell, is indeed a rare one - but not terribly expensive. In fact, if clicked on my eBay listing, you can readily see the original listing link from last month - in which I purchased the document for a whopping $105 (yes, sarcasm intended). If anyone was indeed that taken with it, you were free to outbid me. Now, on to the important part - I have seen a few Krichells come up for sale in the last 20 years - and all of them - ALL OF THEM - had far more historical signifiance than this. In fact, the document had 5 unique bidders on the original item. 5 - so yeah, not alot of interest there in a mid-interim age and dirt-damaged office memo regarding a never-was semi-pro minor leaguer. Think about that vs what abominations Topps, Upper Deck and the other pros have done with ACUALLY IMPORTANT ITEMS that have actual interest. Anyhoo, here's some fun... Quote:
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Again, forgot to list the LOA as included. I'll make the adjustment in the listing. Quote:
First post, I know, I know. I did actually register here last March, when I found the site. I troll from time to time - but I'd love to be more active in the community. Just so you folks don't thing I'm blowing smoke up...I'll take some pics of some fun stuff including the Yearbook - and post em in this thread tomorrow. I'll even take one of the Krichell's new home. And a'let the sparks fly.... Last edited by Ritz; 11-26-2012 at 07:55 PM. |
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Great post, Ritz! I guess you put us all in our rightful place.
But here's a fact. You are an idiot. (And what you once owned, or presently own, has absolutely nothing to do with it.) Last edited by David Atkatz; 11-26-2012 at 08:02 PM. |
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Wasn't looking to put anyone anywhere. LOL, but I do try to show some class. Apparently, you might have missed that class in college...oh, wait...
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Yeah. You show quite a bit of class.
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i actually agree with the owner of the piece. i'll save my outrage for another piece with more historical significance.
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LOL, come on David!!!!!!
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"Paul Bernard Krichell (December 19, 1882 – June 4, 1957) was a Major League Baseball catcher, best known for being the head scout for the New York Yankees for 37 years until his death. Krichell's talent evaluations and signings played a key role in building up the Yankees' run of success from the Murderers' Row teams of the 1920s to the 1950s teams led by Casey Stengel."
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Thanks for coming on the board Ritz. I know some of the guys at Beckett very well and we are good hobby friends. Even friends on the outside somewhat. (playing cards and stuff) I still don't care for cutting documents up but it's your stuff so you can do as you please. (of course) Happy collecting and thanks for joining in the reindeer games. Don't be a stranger. The card side can always use more fodder too.
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How's this for a coincidence...
Today I decided to catalog all of my photographs, and found one of my favorites - a framed photo of the 1913 Kansas City Blues (for the younger generation, I will describe it as a 'Type I'). It has a guy i.d'd as 'Kritchell', who is of course your man, 'Paul Krichell'. 2nd row from top, far left.
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