Look what my son has in hand...
pdub1819
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Today, I took my 3 year old to his first card show in Glendale, CA. Didn't really have a plan to purchase anything, maybe a few cheap modern Angel cards for my boy to get him hooked. Mostly I wanted to look around and submit some of my cut autos to get authenticated by PSA. While there, we stopped by the Memory Lane booth to check out what they had on display...see below for what we found!
That's right, a T206 Honus Wagner PSA 2. I asked the guy working if I could take a picture of it, and he asked if I wanted to hold it....like I'm going to turn that down. Plus, he let my son hold it too!!! I think I was the most excited guy in the room....well, until I walked by later and an older gentleman squealed like a little school girl after he got to hold it.
The Memory Lane guy said they were hoping to get around $800,000 for it! Hopefully, riding on the coattails of the recent auction of the SGC 3 that just sold for $1.2 million.
We also stopped by another auction house, (which I can't remember the name) that had a huge amount of Mantle's up for auction. See below for a couple pics that they let me take as well. I haven't been to a show for a few years (waiting for the National to come out to the west coast), and I am happy to report that every dealer I spoke with was very friendly and happy to talk about their collection. I can say that the show was not that crowded, so me and my son had no trouble walking around window shopping and like most report, the majority of shoppers were adult males, but I did see more than a handful of younger boys looking to buy cards.
Other then what I saw at the two auction houses, I was really excited to see a table with a great collection of Babe Ruth autos, his best was dark, bold and beautiful ($4,900 was the asking price).
Thank you for letting me share. Now I need to nap before the Angel game I'm taking my boy to tonight.
That's right, a T206 Honus Wagner PSA 2. I asked the guy working if I could take a picture of it, and he asked if I wanted to hold it....like I'm going to turn that down. Plus, he let my son hold it too!!! I think I was the most excited guy in the room....well, until I walked by later and an older gentleman squealed like a little school girl after he got to hold it.
The Memory Lane guy said they were hoping to get around $800,000 for it! Hopefully, riding on the coattails of the recent auction of the SGC 3 that just sold for $1.2 million.
We also stopped by another auction house, (which I can't remember the name) that had a huge amount of Mantle's up for auction. See below for a couple pics that they let me take as well. I haven't been to a show for a few years (waiting for the National to come out to the west coast), and I am happy to report that every dealer I spoke with was very friendly and happy to talk about their collection. I can say that the show was not that crowded, so me and my son had no trouble walking around window shopping and like most report, the majority of shoppers were adult males, but I did see more than a handful of younger boys looking to buy cards.
Other then what I saw at the two auction houses, I was really excited to see a table with a great collection of Babe Ruth autos, his best was dark, bold and beautiful ($4,900 was the asking price).
Thank you for letting me share. Now I need to nap before the Angel game I'm taking my boy to tonight.
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Mark
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I thought the same thing when I looked through the pictures.
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Mike
<< <i>Is it just me or does the PSA5 52 Mantle have better eye appeal than the 8? >>
I was thinking the same thing.
Thanks for all the kind words. We went to the Angel's game tonight and Weaver was pitching. Two of the three cards my son picked up were Weaver, so he was excited at the game. Still no HR from Pujols.....man, I hoped it was going to be tonight.
Paul
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<< <i>Is it just me or does the PSA5 52 Mantle have better eye appeal than the 8? >>
I thought the same thing when I looked through the pictures. >>
I thought the same thing seeing it in person. The 8 looked very overgraded.
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+1
If that's a 2........then I'm Bing Crosby. I do know all the words to White Christmas; but that's besides the point. Also, that was either reholdered or reviewed to a 2 given the serial #.
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Not slaming the OP just the card, very cool with your son!