Ron Burgundy: reporting live from The National
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This is Ron Burgundy reporting live from the National. Here is my report:
Traffic was average. Many dealers said this and I agree. It didn't suck it was just average. There were not long lines at the door on opening.
Dealers were somewhat willing to deal. By that I mean not everything they had was twenty percent over SMR. They would at least listen.
Grades being handed out by all three grading companies were RIDICULOUS. I saw some stuff that had been graded and it was off by one to THREE grades. Insane.
I had limited time to look and had to dig dig dig to find anything. But I did find some sweet 62 high numbers that will make Bosox76 drool. Scans later this week.
Lots of talk about the Federalies attending the show. Most seem to think its only the beginning.
I sold some stuff at decent prices.
Ron
Traffic was average. Many dealers said this and I agree. It didn't suck it was just average. There were not long lines at the door on opening.
Dealers were somewhat willing to deal. By that I mean not everything they had was twenty percent over SMR. They would at least listen.
Grades being handed out by all three grading companies were RIDICULOUS. I saw some stuff that had been graded and it was off by one to THREE grades. Insane.
I had limited time to look and had to dig dig dig to find anything. But I did find some sweet 62 high numbers that will make Bosox76 drool. Scans later this week.
Lots of talk about the Federalies attending the show. Most seem to think its only the beginning.
I sold some stuff at decent prices.
Ron
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<< <i>This is Ron Burgundy reporting live from the National. Here is my report:
Traffic was average. Many dealers said this and I agree. It didn't suck it was just average. There were not long lines at the door on opening.
Dealers were somewhat willing to deal. By that I mean not everything they had was twenty percent over SMR. They would at least listen.
Grades being handed out by all three grading companies were RIDICULOUS. I saw some stuff that had been graded and it was off by one to THREE grades. Insane.
I had limited time to look and had to dig dig dig to find anything. But I did find some sweet 62 high numbers that will make Bosox76 drool. Scans later this week.
Lots of talk about the Federalies attending the show. Most seem to think its only the beginning.
I sold some stuff at decent prices. >>
could you ellaborate?
Update on the scorecard:
In: 1
Out: 1
Like Harvey Dent, looks like I'll have to flip to break the tie.
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Robert
RB
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for an East Coast site in the next few years.
Any hey, if this is my last rodeo, attending the National was fitting. Like an girlfriend you're about to dump, always nice to grab one last piece of that arse on the way out..........
RB
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Lot's of vintage Baseball was available as to be expected at this show, not much in vintage graded football to be found.
I felt the grading companies were all very tough on grading, bumps, and crossovers. Very tight grading at the show as compared to past Nationals.
Attendance seemed slightly down but that was hard to judge considering the room size.
Less and less kids attending these shows, and that's too bad.
Rich
thats exactly what will kill this hobby. They have lost the young collectors, first by over-saturation and then by over-pricing artificially scarce cards.
Bosox1976
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Also, word was Derek Grady got somewhat mouthy with the Feds when they showed up. Not a career enhancing move in my opinion.
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<< <i>"Less and less kids attending these shows, and that's too bad'
thats exactly what will kill this hobby. They have lost the young collectors, first by over-saturation and then by over-pricing artificially scarce cards. >>
No way!! There are plenty of young collectors buying today's products!! What kid wouldnt want to pay $5,000 for cards with pubes of dead presidents and extinct animals?? Or spend thousands of dollars trying to complete a base set because some of the RCs are short printed autos??
It's ALL about the kids mang!!!
I grew up with him. Well, what i mean is he had a very small card shop in Johnstown PA and had allot of dealings with my brother who also had a card shop in the area He then went on to work for SGC and then Mastro. I last talked to him a few years ago @ the Philly show and he seemed different. He acted like I was wasting his time and I picked up on it and just moved on. That's fine with me I didn't let my success change who I was. He is an interesting person in this whole investigation.
<< <i>Also, word was Derek Grady got somewhat mouthy with the Feds when they showed up. Not a career enhancing move in my opinion. >>
That's not surprising. He got mouthy with me when I called him out for over grading a raw set. Remember the customer is always wrong and thanks for spending your $$$ with us.
Doesn't look good for some of the big names in the hobby, especially on the auction side.
Lee, gear up, the National is coming to Baltimore in 2011.
RB
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I'll look forward to it as well...If you've got some very high grade "highest" numbers rookie cards from '62, I'll be drooling so bad I'll need a bib. LOL
<< <i>Ron's back in? I did not get that memo people. >>
Nick - ya need to check the "cover sheet" on your TPS.
I'm assuming you're keeping them ungraded?
Looking forward to the scans.
mike
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Buying Woody Hayes, Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, and Jesse Owens autographed items
<< <i>Lee, gear up, the National is coming to Baltimore in 2011. >>
Nameshimselfwithnumbers will be much chagrined.
My Sandberg topps basic set
My Sandberg Topps Master set