My trip to the National

mrmint23 · August 8, 2010 5:36AM

I arrived at the National on Wednesday and stayed until Saturday afternoon. I left town with 1000 in my pocket and came home with 1900 and the items below(the basketball boxes are empty). While in Baltimore I was able to go on a tour of Camden yard. My goal of going to the National was to get Jim Browns autograph(nice guy shook my hand and looked up). I was able to upgrade my Namath rookie from a 4 to a 5. It was nice to get to meet other board members(Mike, Matt, Bill, Neil, Bill). Thanks Mike for tkts to the PSA luncheon. The National was nice but my plane trip back was the icing on the cake. I got to sit beside Bart Starr. We talked the whole flight from football to baseball(he is a huge Stan Musial fan..even had the SI with the article on Musial) to local Alabama politics. I did get some cards graded by ISA due to the fact it was only $5 per card and a 1hr turn around. Their grades seemed to be fair. Also got to meet Carol. She was very nice and helpful.

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Added more pics of Camden Yard

Tedw9 · August 8, 2010 6:06AM

Awesome haul and great pics!

Did you mean to say you went with $10,000 and came home with $1900 or did you get all that stuff and make $900 to boot?

mrmint23 · August 8, 2010 6:52AM

Made 900 off some low grade Mantles I had been buying during the year. They make great trade bait at the National.

Stone193 · August 8, 2010 7:05AM

Very nice - thanx for sharing.

I've never picked up that much stuff at one time - I guess I just get overwhelmed and wind up buying very little.

The trip home was definitely a great experience!

mrmint23 · August 8, 2010 7:09AM

Thanks Mike. Im still kicking myself over 3 deals. One was with a dealer friend of yours(cant remember his name black hair avg height early 40s). He just bought a raw 68 Ryan and wanted 500 for it. I thought it was a 6-7 at best. He got it graded and it came back an 8(ouch). Also had a chance at a 54 Aaron PSA 5.5 for 750 and waited to long. Thats the story of the National get it now or it might be gone before you can turn your back.