Mr Mint gets spoofed in HBO movie "Diminished Capacity"
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Much to Mr Mint's chagrin, he was spoofed in the HBO movie Diminished Capacity where a character named "The Mint-Mint Man" buys a high end T206 Schulte for $500 bucks! The movie starring Matthew Broderick and Alan Alda has a limited release in NYC, Chicago and LA.
Alan Rosen was totally pissed off - saying that it's obvious people are going to assume it's based on his career and brand him in that light.
As a side note, here's a youtuber of Mr Mint on his most recent "buy" which was also mentioned in this week's SCD. Here's one of the accounts. And here's more footage from the same buy. And here's the 3rd part of the buy. - and this appears to be the Introduction - Mr Mints entering the home. And last, scroll down from this blog and you'll see footage of Mr Mint laying out the 80K on the table and then taking a picture with the seller. Very exciting stuff!
Just thought this was kinda funny stuff - the spoof and then the real Mr Mint in-action for what it's worth.
mike
Alan Rosen was totally pissed off - saying that it's obvious people are going to assume it's based on his career and brand him in that light.
As a side note, here's a youtuber of Mr Mint on his most recent "buy" which was also mentioned in this week's SCD. Here's one of the accounts. And here's more footage from the same buy. And here's the 3rd part of the buy. - and this appears to be the Introduction - Mr Mints entering the home. And last, scroll down from this blog and you'll see footage of Mr Mint laying out the 80K on the table and then taking a picture with the seller. Very exciting stuff!
Just thought this was kinda funny stuff - the spoof and then the real Mr Mint in-action for what it's worth.
mike
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Very interesting videos of Al, and what a nice collection that elderly gentleman HAD!
The old guy reminded me of my father who was also a long-time collector. My father always enjoyed giving his seemingly memorized, almost-word-for-word tour of his collection, to anyone that was interested.
Thanks for taking your time to put this together .... Great Stuff!
PoppaJ
<< <i>He seems a bit more rough with the stuff than I would have liked. I can't believe he threw that Braves Jersey in the oil. >>
+1
The only part that bugged me was that the older gentleman kept pointing out all the flaws in the sets for Rosen.
<< <i>......I still cannot believe he threw that Braves jersey. >>
I'm pretty sure at that point Rosen knew he was buying the guy out, but I agree he was very rough with the stuff.
He seems very short with his mannerisms. Like he forgot some of his people skills or something.
That's kinda like walkin through upper Central Park wearing gold and diamonds all alone .
You might not get killed , but you're definitely gettin robbed .
<< <i>He seems a bit more rough with the stuff than I would have liked. I can't believe he threw that Braves Jersey in the oil. >>
+2
not only the jersey but also the way he shoved that Clemente rookie page into the page. Very sad portrayal of him.
The guy goes to take the baseball out of it's holder ,
I felt my heart skip a beat litterally .
I told the guy he could take it out of the holder only if he wears gloves , other than that , it's staying in it's holder .
The look on the guys face was priceless but I don't care what he felt .
I was in absolute disbelief . . . the balls of some people , I tell ya !
Personally I'd have asked him to leave my house if he treated my stuff like that .
People still have a lot of feelings for that stuff even though they are selling it , they still do not want to see it manhandled at anytime or at any price .
Put the Crack Pipe Down !
I figured that the movie had been covered in my brief absence - I brought it up since there was an article in SCD this week and the movie was put in context with Mr Mint - so I thought it would be entertaining to talk about - of course - again - with respect to the notorious Alan Rosen.
On the "handling" thing - I believe he likes to play to the camera and make it look like all this stuff is no big deal.
I've watched guys before at the National review stuff - I'm amazed at the speed at which they review stuff - tho, since they're giving - at best - low end wholesale - a few errors here and there probably doesn't make much difference.
On the 80K the guy got? If he took the time to ebay the stuff - I wonder how much he could've gotten? Tho, let's face it - who can put a price on the work and aggrevation that might accompany such a sales endeavor?
Thanx for the comments.
mike
So much potential and they just phoned it in.
He used VG and EX, but then also said "------- is OK" and "------- is beautiful" when looking at other cards.
Did I miss something and is this perhaps intentional? Maybe part of his patter in trying to downplay the condition?
If I were a car salesman and you brought me a trade-in that tiny rock chip in the windshield is going to become a bid deal, but the one in the car you want to buy is going to be nothing. Its the way the game is played.
It reminds me when after my grandmother died and the estate buyers came through. We entertained a few of them and you could feel you were getting low balled, but in reality, who else is going to come through and take everything at once?
The task of selling these individually is not only a pain in the ass, but could lead to a potential IRS nightmare. This guy walked away with 80K in cash that he could stash under his mattress and never tell the IRS about. You sell that kind of volume on ebay, you are going to cough up alot in fees as well as having to give over about 30-40% to the IRS at the end of the year. To clear 80K selling on ebay (assuming you claim it on your taxes), you are going to have to sell about 120-150K and that's not counting all the hours it takes to list the items. And let's not get into deadbeat buyers and chargebacks.
To be balanced, Mr. Mint did say a card was nice when he saw one.
Mr Mint was being a little carefree and casual with the sheet turning and the commentary. And as someone in this thread previously mentioned, he could use a little better people skills.
Not to defend him or anything, but this is the guy who at one time went through a find of several thousand 1952 Topps, that included almost 100 Mantles! Do you really think someone who has gone through that could ever get excited about seeing 60s and 70s sets? I think that's the cause of his behavior.
great stuff, thanks to the OP for the work.
Wonder what would have happened if he would have gotten that Ruth HR bat that Mile High sold
And the way he just tossed that jersey aside was very disrespectful. I would have kicked him the hell out right then and there.
http://gavelchat.sportscollectorsdigest.com/Mr+Mint+Talks+To+Gavel+Chat+About+His+Most+Famous+Find.aspx
BY Nicholas Hirshon
DAILY NEWS WRITER
Friday, November 13th 2009, 4:00 AM
No more Mr. Nice Guy from Alan (Mr. Mint) Rosen.
The celebrated baseball card dealer - who became so disenchanted with industry "greed" that he hasn't visited a New York City sports show in nearly a decade - is returning for revenge.
Rosen, once dubbed the "King of Cards" by Sports Illustrated, admitted he signed up for a memorabilia show in Queens this weekend to get back at a rival promoter who he claims reneged on a deal.
"That's the main reason I'm doing this show, to rub a little salt," Rosen said of his feud with promoter Jim Ryan, who runs competing conventions in Nassau and Westchester counties.
The 64-year-old Rosen, nicknamed Mr. Mint after his quest for cards in mint condition, contends Ryan promised him a prime spot at a convention four years ago, only to dump him near the back.
Rosen, among the hobby's best-known faces, said he took offense and left the show when Ryan refused to honor their pact.
"I'd love to see that guy get crushed," said Rosen, whose likeness is printed on baseballs that he autographs. "He deserves to get smacked in the head."
Ryan, reached by e-mail, declined to comment.
Promoter Joe Coppa, who inked Rosen for this weekend's show at Queens College in Flushing, said Mr. Mint automatically boosts the expo's profile.
The eccentric New Jersey dealer became legendary for lugging cash-lined suitcases to collectors' homes to buy their entire stock.
Sports Illustrated labeled him the "Duke of Dough" in 1988, citing his emergence "as a figure of near mythic proportions in a world suddenly gone mad over soaring baseball card prices."
"He's a godsend in the industry," Coppa said. He added he is mulling a lawsuit against Ryan for "illegal restraint of trade," charging Ryan refused to let him solicit dealers at Ryan's conventions.
Ryan also declined comment on Coppa's accusation.
Very Cute