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Cards stolen at the National

CumberlandCumberland Posts: 89 ✭✭
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I had a binder of early Bowman and '52 Topps baseball stolen today at the National. Each card was in an individual sleeve and priced in blue sharpie. The cards are commons and in off grade. I know it is a shot in the dark but if anybody comes across the cards this weekend, at a future show, shop, online, whatever, please contact me at abrandongordon@hotmail.com. Thanks! Tony Gordon

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  • Dpeck100Dpeck100 Posts: 10,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is insane. It kills me to hear a story like this. Good luck!

  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭
    People suck. I hope they catch who did it.
  • brendanb438brendanb438 Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭
    Tony,

    Sorry to hear about the loss, I am in SW Ohio and will keep an eye out, long shot but you never know.

    Were you setup as a dealer and the entire binder walked off or did something else happen if you don't mind me asking?

    Back in 2000 at a big dork convention called Origins in Ohio I busted a little punk kid trying to walk off with a binder of Magic the Gathering cards worth about $5K. I wasn't setup as a dealer myself that year but had been helping a friend and saw this kid eyeing the table across from us for about an hour. He then walked up with a binder of his own, layed it down over the other binder and just started to walk away when the dealer had his back to him. I ran up and grabbed him and yelled for security. Kid was arrested for grand theft and I was offered a nice reward. Turned that down but I did allow the dealer to buy me a beer later that night.

    Hopefully the idiot will try and turn a quick profit by selling these on site and such a mix of cards will be easy to ID if you get the word out to other dealers.

    -Brendan
  • brianwintersfanbrianwintersfan Posts: 3,626 ✭✭
    Me and the wife were walking by when the police were there so this did happen unfortunately. Best of luck finding the scum that did this!
  • CumberlandCumberland Posts: 89 ✭✭
    I'm a dealer in booth 341. There are four of us in the booth. I think we got hit by a group of five guys and they distracted us and slipped out with the binder.
  • RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    Freaking ridiculous. The National needs to be in Texas so dealers can pack.

    Now that my wife has taken handgun courses we have 2 sharpshooters at the residence.
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  • VintageismygameVintageismygame Posts: 285
    I second Ron's stance as my wife and I both carry concealed.

    Matt
  • brendanb438brendanb438 Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭
    I wish my wife would believe in carrying a gun. I conceal carry but she refuses. Yet she carries a taser. I just don't get women sometimes.
  • thehallmarkthehallmark Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭
    Are you allowed to shoot baseball card thieves in Texas? Pretty sure that's considered murder here in Illinois.
  • thenavarrothenavarro Posts: 7,497 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Are you allowed to shoot baseball card thieves in Texas? Pretty sure that's considered murder here in Illinois. >>



    Depends on a variety of factors. Too many to type on a mobile device
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  • fiveninerfiveniner Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭
    I would prefer to break their legs if I caught him or them.
    Tony(AN ANGEL WATCHES OVER ME)
  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    any chance of looking at video surveillance? Never been to a National but I would think a show like that would have cameras everywhere like a casino
  • CumberlandCumberland Posts: 89 ✭✭
    Like fiveniner, I'd rather break their legs, bust some teeth, crack some ribs. There are video cameras in the room but none facing my table.
  • pmcollectourpmcollectour Posts: 1,211 ✭


    << <i>Like fiveniner, I'd rather break their legs, bust some teeth, crack some ribs. There are video cameras in the room but none facing my table. >>



    Every dealer with good inventory should invest in a sign stating that your "area" has video survailance.
    Good luck with getting your stuff back.
  • pitpit Posts: 260
    Very sorry to hear that. Hope all works out for you.
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  • YogiBerraFanYogiBerraFan Posts: 2,390 ✭✭
    That is just horrible. I hope you get your stuff back.
  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Are you allowed to shoot baseball card thieves in Texas? Pretty sure that's considered murder here in Illinois. >>



    Depends on a variety of factors. Too many to type on a mobile device >>



    Are the gun laws in Texas kind of like the tax code Mike. image
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  • cpamikecpamike Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I would prefer to break their legs if I caught him or them. >>



    I agree with both Tony's, a lot more satisfaction with a little pummeling.

    Putting up a sign stating that the area is under surveillence is a great idea. If each of you contributed a video camcorders and put them high in the middle pointing in all four directions, that would be a big deterent.

    Good luck getting the cards back. I'll keep my eyes open for them.
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    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep."

    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

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    Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
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