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08-05-2010, 08:26 AM #1
The National Show
I went to the preview last night for the National and it was largely as expected. It feels a little bigger this year because of the layout of the show but I think there are actually fewer booths than last year in Cleveland.
As far as game used- the usual suspects with JO Sports, Game Worn Uniforms, JT Sports, Steiner and a few others. There were a few regional dealers (Pittsburgh, Cincinatti, Baltimore, etc) that had some GU items from their local teams but overall there was not much in the way of GU which is fairly typical for a National. I was surprised that Steiner's booth did not have much in the way of inventory, more of a "meet and greet" with a few of the reps. JO's booth had a couple racks of jerseys at fairly reasonable prices (mostly Redskins).
The auction houses were out in force (Grey Flannel, Legendary, Lelands, etc) again mostly working consignments and showing off items from the upcoming auctions. Lelands had several items for sale as well.
Some other interesting other booths worth visiting, in my opniion, Homeplate Heroes (great looking custom display cases) and Dorfman (figures, mannequins, helmet stands, etc) were both interesting booths. There was also a booth selling photographs from Sport Magazine among others that I was able to pick up a couple images for potential photomatches.
Overall a worthwhile show to attend. I will probably be heading back for another afternoon or two this weekend.
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08-05-2010, 11:02 AM #2
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Regards,
Joel S.
joelsabi @ gmail.com
Wanted: Alex Rodriguez Game Used Items and other unique artifacts, 1992 thru 1998 only. From High School to Early Mariners.
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08-05-2010, 11:17 AM #3
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Greg and Joel,
I actually picked up 2 of the 10 bat display cases from Home Plate Heroes. They are nicely made and they have pretty good prices. If there is not the 20% sale off the list price going on now, I can probably get that for anyone interested. I will post pictures of the cases later.
Ben
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08-05-2010, 12:37 PM #4
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I actually picked up one of the nine-bat display cases yesterday. Ben, I hope you had a dolly or something to help you cart those things as they are pretty damn heavy. Due to my bad planning, I had to carry the bat case like four blocks, not fun! I still have to pick up a case for a GU glove with an 8x10.
Joel, the display tables are really awesome in person. If you are going to the show, they usually discount the diplay items that they bring with them pretty heavily so they do not have to pay to ship them back. Bernard is the owner and he is a good guy to deal with and they tend to discount if you ask for it. Hope that helps.
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08-05-2010, 01:07 PM #5
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I was also impressed with Homeplate Heroes as well as John Taube's display.
John's display was Hall of Fame worthy with 3 huge glass display cabinets with shelves dedicated to ARod and Pujols and behind the bats were photos or artwork so you knew which shelves the players were on.
Other than those 2 the only other spot which was a nice surprise was in spot #502 which was Keith Vari who is on his own now (away from Lelands) and looks to be starting his own venture. Keith had some nice Washington Nationals items on display
I was lucky enough to run into George Richardson and Anthony Richardson who already had picked up some nice Ryan Howard game used bats.
I brought a lot of bats with me including my new pickup of a Stephen Strasburg bat that John Taube helped me with.
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Dave Bushing gave me a nice offer on it but I told him I was going to hold off on selling it for now. Working on getting some Hi Res photos but I think I have the one in that Getty photo.
My one disappointment was the amount of fake Majestic knockoffs that were there. Easy to spot especially when the Majestic tagging was the wrong color. Showing Anthony Richardson one of the fake Prince Fielders which was good for a sad chuckle.
As far as fake game used, I didn't see any so I think the GU dealers wised up but for the autograph people, good luck as I am always scared of Michael Jordan sigs without UDA documentation. One dealer had a wall of Michael Jordan signed jerseys. One dealer had a bunch of Stephen Strasburg balls. I brought a real one with me and compared and didn't like what I saw. Definitely caveat emptor on the autographed items.
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08-05-2010, 02:12 PM #6
Re: The National Show
Regards,
Joel S.
joelsabi @ gmail.com
Wanted: Alex Rodriguez Game Used Items and other unique artifacts, 1992 thru 1998 only. From High School to Early Mariners.
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08-05-2010, 06:16 PM #7
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Hope someone will post some pics for those of us that weren't able to make it. Thanks.
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08-05-2010, 07:51 PM #8
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I was there today, just got home, not much red sox items, Taubes display was very impressive, got to talk to Zane Burns, Anthony and George Richardson, I think I may of bumped into TNT toys (was that you talking to Zane), Steiner had some cool stuff, it was my 1st national, so it was special to me.
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08-13-2010, 12:47 AM #9
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I was there too. Actually, my wife and I made a long trip to see it since I'm a relatively new collector of GU jerseys and I wanted to see some stuff up close to get a feel. Tons of cards, pictures, knickknacks, but I only saw one booth with a ton of GU jerseys which was "game used uniforms". Funny about them... they have a ton of nobody players in the rack and then boom you find something good right in the middle and the tag says $5000. I would have thought they'd have those separated. Bernard at Homeplate Heroes was very nice and helpful. Nice quality displays. The hanging ones are neat so you can see both sides of the jersey if you have a house or bar with that kind of room. But... what's the best show for game used jerseys? I hope this wasn't it. Thanks, Charles