THE SATELLITE BEACH
COLLECTION Growing up in Hudson, Massachusetts, I loved the Red Sox and hated the Yankees. As a kid, I’d trade any Mickey Mantle card for Ted Williams. My mother threw out all my cards when I joined the U.S. Navy. I began collecting again in the early 1980s. As an adult, I still loved my Red Sox and Ted Williams, but also had read a lot about baseball’s early days of baseball and became intrigued with pre-war thru 1950s cards and memorabilia. My focus quickly zeroed in on Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle. The Vice President of a large software company (always busy, traveling, etc.), I started spending my weekends at shows around Florida and buying/selling on eBay at night -- which is how I assembled most of my collection. I developed many contacts during the 1980s-1990s and was always looking for key, rare items/sets/memorabilia. I also advertised in the newspaper, “Buying Baseball Cards,” and was able to purchase a number of large collections. I have been active on eBay for almost 20 years. Although I was not an advocate of grading in the early days, as I accumulated more collectibles, I realized the investment value of grading and began submitting items to PSA to enhance my investment. The last 30 years have been tremendously satisfying: building my collection, looking for the old/rare items, working with many dealers/auctions/customers, developing some special relationships, making some money...all while collecting and selling cards and memorabilia. It has been awesome. My retirement plans were to sell my trophies and awards, which I did upon retirement, and to sell my cards/memorabilia a few years after retirement, which I’m now doing with Legendary Auctions. Thank you Ron Oser and Doug Allen. It has been such a pleasure working with you guys. |