We Can Learn A Lot From Vintage Card Collecting Legends!! Advice, Opinions, And Predictions!!
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- Опубликовано: 29 фев 2024
- History tends to repeat itself. So, when thinking about what may happen in the future, it may be best to look to our past. Legendary collector Marshall Fogel and dealer Al Rosen (aka Mr. Mint) are both full of opinions. When there is wisdom at our disposal, it's always best to tap into that resource and see what experts have to say about a variety of topics. Geoff Wilson's podcast does a tremendous job at interviewing a variety of guests from around the sports card collecting community. Recently, he has had some interviews with Marshall Fogel that have provided a lot of insight for collectors. Meanwhile, there is a fair amount of video footage of the late Al Rosen across the internet. After sifting through hours of interview footage of these two legends, I decided to pull some key comments/thoughts to share with others in the community. I would encourage you to watch the full video of these videos, which I will provide in the links below:
Marshall Fogel Interviews From Geoff Wilson's Podcast:
Interview 1: • BEST OF Sports Memorab...
Interview 2: • EXTENDED CUT: The Grea...
Interview 3: • Amazing Never Seen Bef...
Original Videos of Al Rosen's Interview:
Clip 1: • MR MINT INTERVIEW PART 1
Clip 2: • MR MINT INTERVIEW PART 2
Clip 3: • MR MINT INTERVIEW PART 3
Clip 4: • MR MINT INTERVIEW PART 4
Clip 5: • MR MINT INTERVIEW PART 5
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I grew up in Framingham, MA. That is where the find came from...4/5-miles from where my parents still live. I met Mr, Mint once at the Wilmington show a few decades ago. Table #1, $100 bills in a couple display cases, a few stacks of his book, & a newspaper to read. He is a hobby legend.
That's how I remember him as well. Legend FOR SURE!!
One of your best videos. Really enjoy listening to advice and wisdom from legends. Watched some of these but need to more, fascinating. But well pieced and woven together 👍
Amazing video Graig. Has to be one of your best. Thank you
Thanks. I included links to the full versions of all of the videos that I pulled from.
Thanks!!
I’ve seen these interviews before but really appreciate you putting them together the way you did. Very well done
Thanks so much. I poured through a lot of video footage to try and put them together in a way that would be good for viewers. Watching all of the interviews is a big time commitment, and I felt like pulling some key nuggets would be beneficial for collectors.
Geoff Wilson has made terrible investments and suggestions to invest.
I don't disagree. But, his guests are high quality at times. And, I enjoyed his interviews with Marshall Fogel.
The worst part about Geoff is that he has deleted videos where he said to buy a player and it didn't work out. Stand on your content and your advice. Don't make yourself look better than you are.
Wonderful episode and so cool you highlighted mr.mint. Very important for our young collectors to know that there is a strategy also to collecting while gathering items you love as well!!!!!
There's a lot of wisdom out there that we should all learn from...Mr. Mint was a big personality, but he was also a visionary in the hobby.
Graig, this was awesome! Fantastic food for thought! Thank you, my collecting brother! 😊
Glad you enjoyed it. I watched a lot of video footage putting it togehter!!
Your videos are amazing! You have some of the best sportscard related content I have seen.
Thanks so much. That means a lot. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment.
I remember buying my 1st Mantle card as a kid. One day I was playing with a “friend” who lived in the corner and opened up a drawer and there was my Mantle card. I had to steal it back and pretended like we were still pals for years after but he was dead to me after that…🤣🤣🤣
Yikes. Glad you got it back!!
Great video Graig! I like how you put it together with the separate interviews, yet made it flow. Great discuss points and thoughts from some legends in the hobby! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Darren. Glad you enjoyed it. I watched a lot of footage and tried to pull the best nuggets for collectors to learn from these hobby legends.
Wow, what a video. Awesome story and excellent job. Thanks
I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
I really enjoyed this video and how you pieced everything together. Great work! So cool to go back and listen to advice from 20 years ago....and to see that its still relevant and still correct!
Thanks so much. I really enjoyed watching all of the full footage putting it together.
Amazing video, very well done and insightful! Thanks for putting this together
Thanks so much. Makes me really happy that you enjoyed it.
That video you did really hit it out of the park! Great video
Thanks so much. Really glad you enjoyed it. I watched a TON of footage putting it together.
Thank you Graig for putting together and sharing this amazing video!! Wow…Seventy-Five 1952 Mantles!! I wish I had one!! Wisdom is invaluable!!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I went through several hours of footage to compile what I felt were the most important nuggets of wisdom. Glad glad you liked it.
I loved this episode!~ well done
Thanks so much. Glad you liked it. I watch a lot of footage putting it together.
That video was one of the best I have ever watched on the hobby. Thank you for investing your time into something like this. I enjoyed it very much
That means a lot. Thanks so much. I think it's important to listen to the advice of legends like those two.
Great stuff, I was lucky enough to meet and talk to Mr Mint a few times. Awesome stories. Thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks Orlando!!
I had 2 main interactions eith Alan Rosen snd many other “hellos” over the years. Each time he was positive and friendly and was a positive influence on the hobby.
I loved how much he did for marketing the hobby. He really helped grow it.
This was awesome! On paper thinking outside the box is wonderful. In reality… It’s a touch harder lol. Great video my friend. Have a wonderful weekend
Thanks so much. Really glad you enjoyed this video.
Great video Graig! Thanks for sharing with us!
Glad you liked it. I went through hours of interviews to pull these clips. Happy to hear it was worthwhile!!
Graig , thanks for this video. Your content is always very entertaining & informative. keep up the good work. This is a great hobby.
I appreciate that. Thanks so much. I went through a lot of footage to pull out what I felt were some key nuggets. We can all learn from some of the legends in the hobby.
Your best video ever. Very well done and refreshing!
Thanks so much. So happy to hear it was worthwhile. I went over a LOT of video footage to pull the nuggets that I thought were most useful.
Loved the clips from the legends in the hobby. I decided early in my adult collecting of vintage cards that I wanted to collect high condition cards. This was before there was grading. It worked for me in dividends when the grading companies came around. I still love the pristine examples but I wish I had the money at the time to buy a lot more when the grading companies came around.
High grade will always be rarer....rare means valuable. Mr. Mint (and you) figured that out early on.
This topic was a really good idea.
Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed it.
Great video Graig! I promoted a show in the 1990s. Mr Mint came all 3 years. Led to going on a couple buying trips with him. Had him eating sunflower seeds and telling stories cruising up I29. Saw a lot of Mantles and cool stuff. He bought a lot of unique items from me over the years. Fun times.
Awesome story. Thanks for sharing. He was a character, that's for sure!!
@@MidLifeCards He did picture me in one of his SCD ads from one of the trips.
Hi Graig,
Thanks for the great video about visionaries in the hobby. I don’t know either man but I admire the ability of some people to market themselves, and that is a gift.
I admire success and those who obtain it.
Have a fantastic weekend,
Peter
Thanks Peter. Glad you enjoyed the video!!
Great video. Thank you for putting it together - must’ve been a lot of time to edit.
It did take a while to edit, but it was worth it. I think it's important for us to remember what the legends of the hobby have to say, and compiling it may take time, but is worth the efforts.
Hi Craig ,,,, it was pleasure time seeing Rich of Backstop sports card ,,,interview Mr Mint
Rich was a Dealer in my hometown I visited his store I buy cards ,,,,
I know he was a big personality, but he had a lot of card knowledge as well.
Love the video!
Thanks so much. Really glad you enjoyed it.
Graig, great video! The last story blew me away, I’ve never heard that before.
There's footage of Rosen telling that story a few different times. They're all the same but SLIGHTLY different. To me, this version was the clearest without interruptions, so it's the best one to share. Can't imagine being in that room when that went down.
@@MidLifeCards any idea what the highest graded Mantle was and did he sell them all or keep them?
@@ClementeCollector Yes. The recent SGC 9.5 that sold for 12.6 million was from that buy.
@@MidLifeCards holy cow! I kind of feel bad for the farmer now, lol
@@ClementeCollector 🤣
Pausing the video here. @34:08. Yeah it would be amazing to take a ride in the time machine, right? Cy Young card for like 50 bucks. 20 years ago. A lot can change in even less amount of time than that. As we saw yesterday, with Collectors Universe and SGC reaching an agreement. So, yes while I have been bullish on vintage as I think we both are. But playing role of devil's advocate; it's possible Mr. Fogel and Mint, were just at the right place...at the right time. And vintage has peaked. If it does continue to rise, then the question will be who can really afford it?
I'm just going to continue to have fun and yep, collect what I like. But very interesting video though, Graig. And appreciate the amount of time it must have taken you to splice all the different interviews together. Great job Graig! Truly!
I'm really glad you enjoyed it. It was a lot of work, but worth it.
Great video and analysis.
Thanks. So glad you enjoyed it.
Great video Graig. I cant believe ive never heard them speak. I bought my 57 football set from mr mint in 2003. I think it helps that your father was a fan. My father probably couldnt name 5 players the yankees ever had. Football was his sport
My Dad being a big baseball fan played a big role, for sure.
I remember going to either the Atlanta Chicago or Cleveland national about 20 to 22 yrs ago and the bags they handed out all had mr mint and his pic on the bag. Hi Graig great show
That sounds about right. He was quite the self promoter.
Due to my C.D.O.(that’s O.C.D. in alphabetical order), I’ve always been a quality over quantity guy. I love his comment about smelling the cards!
Thank you for all the fantastic content!!
I love that....C.D.O. is in the proper order!!
Good content definitely earned a follow from me. Some good hobby knowledge on your channel
Awesome. Welcome to the MidLife community!
Thanks. Appreciate you watching!! :-)
I sold a big part of my collection to Mr Mint around 1992 ( DeLong set, US Caramel near set, etc.). He always seemed fair and I think he always gave me the price I asked. It was very exciting to watch him stack up those 100 dollar bills. It seemed like an amazing amount of money at the time but nothing compared to now.
Wow. Amazing story. Incredible how much he got around when he found great collections.
Good Video 👍
Awesome. Glad you enjoyed it.
Graig, can you provide me the details of how to submit cards to your February top buys.
I’m not too good with technology (older guy). Thanks in advance for your assistance.
P.S. Enjoy your videos. Thank you for the time & effort you put into this. Keep up the good work.
On Friday I will post a video of my February pickups. In that video, I will talk about how to submit cards for the monthly pickups. There will be a link in the description of that video that will walk you through the information needed and how to upload a picture of your pickup.
So Mr. Mint said he purchased 5,500 cards out of 12,000 my question is what happened to the other cards. Great content! Keep it up
I've heard him talk about that purchase a few different times. I think a lot of it had to do with the amount of money needed...in fact, he borrowed money to make as big of a buy as he did. But, I think he had certain cards he was most focused on, which included certain players and conditions.
For any fans of the show Shark Tank out there, Mr. Mint was the original "Mr Wonderful"/Kevin O'Leary. Very similar.
Good call.
Great video🫡
Thanks so much. Really glad you enjoyed it!!
Curious if it wasnt the covid boom, what was vintage trading at in 2019?
I've done some videos on the rise in prices over that time. Maybe I can do an updated one soon.
Great video! I grew up not far from where Mr. Mint lived and I never met him. I was always looking for him at the large shows and later found he was banned from one of the larger NYC area shows by the promoter for his behavior with customers and fellow dealers. Another mega collector in the 1980's was another NJ guy, Barry Halper. There are videos on RUclips showing his collection in case you never saw them. Barry was a part owner of the Yankees.
I'll have to check them out. Thanks.
Rosen stayed at my house for a couple days in 1996…. buying
Wow. What did you think of him in person? The years I saw him was about 1993-2000 and he was brash and eccentric. Was that he he was when you spent time with him?
@@MidLifeCards In a nutshell he was pleasant and cordial. He ate my mother’s cooking and didn’t complain. There were MAJOR items/ sets sold. I wasn’t there when he left but my dad told me as Rosen was pulling out of the driveway my dad had a sudden / major sellers remorse on a single card. Rosen understood and sold it back to him. I never asked my dad what that card was…..
@@Bluejacket66 That’s classy that he sold that card back. Happy to hear that.
@@Bluejacket66 Thanks for sharing that story - too bad you don't know which card it is - hope you somehow still have it.
I need a guy like Mr Mint!! Show me the Benjamin's...for some of my cards.
LOL. He threw around cash like nobody else.
Right. Lol
Mr. Mint bought cards right in front of me and refused to sell one of the cards he just bought - even offering him triple book would not get him talking to me (this was before there was even Beckett monthly). I was a kid (14) at the time and really wanted to buy the ‘64 Rose he just bought. I had a job washing dishes and told him that I was serious and had the cash. He said I am only buying today. As a kid I was not impressed and thought he was a jerk.
He was certainly a polarizing figure. Sucks you didn't get that Rose card as a kid. I hope you have gotten it since!!
@@MidLifeCards Yes I did - much later. Never found one as nice looking as I wanted until cards became much easier to find with grading and the internet. Wish I could post a picture in the comments! A lot of the old big time dealers were like that - names come to mind but don’t want to disparage anyone incorrectly. The philosophy seemed to be have about 50 whales as your customer base - buy the best and pit them against each other. They had no interest in selling one off to a collector like me. The very front of the National was more like a club than dealer tables the first few I went to in the late 80s early 90s. Buying the cream of the crop, ignoring most people and making big deals with their known customers.
I can't decide who the bigger clown is, Mr Mint, or the actual clown that's interviewing him
LOL. Mr. Mint was certainly larger than life and a major self promoter. He's similar to Don King.