Well, another
National has come and gone. I initially planned to write updates during the trip, but we were so extremely busy at booth 655, I hardly had time to walk around.
This year, in conjunction with
The Edgeman, and
The History Of The Game, we had a massive booth: 100 ft long, 50 ft wide. Outside of the autograph signing area, it was one of the busiest sections of the Stephens Center.
We spent seven hours putting the booth together on the first Monday. This is what it looked like every night before we retired back to the hotel - completely draped in olive drab.
Booth 655 unveiled. An impressive collection of Mickey Mantle, DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and other investment grade autographed items - all
PSA/DNA or
JSA authenticated.
THOTG obtains their inventory in quantity from sources such as
Online Authentics, Tri-Star, Steiner, and official autograph agents. They buy surplus items signed at private signings and pass on the savings.
The bargain baseball bins were a hit. Where else could you fish out a Rafael Furcal or Mariano Duncan signed Official AL or NL ball for just seven bucks?
Some pretty good autograph guests this year... Dennis Rodman, Stan Musial, Joe Namath, Refrigerator Perry, among others.
The Chicago Bulls set up a booth that I thought was pretty cool. They had all of the championship trophies displayed.
And before I forget, the food in Chicago is pretty good.
Retired? Whatever...
