EP 196 - National Recap

Such a fun time walking around the show and meeting so many fellow KZbinrs.

[@senseidominoe15]

What a cool gift from Jim! Really enjoyed seeing all the KZbinr cards and items! The Ollie Matson Exhibits card looks to be in amazing shape! Wow! The 50 Bowman Bill Dudley is a stunner! So is the 57 Unitas! Grats on the great pickups!

[@Hodges1455]

Was a memorable experience. Glad I got to make it for a day. Appreciate you watching and your great comment, Tony!

[@basementcardcollector]

Looks like a great time Brian! Cool cards from all of the YTers too! Nice exhibit pickups. Whoa!!!! The Unitas is super cool!!!!!!!

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks! Yeah, it was a great memory picking that card up from Rick. Was a wonderful day. Was thrilled to check some cards off the list too!

[@PickerJimS]

Great pickups Brian! You did very well! Love the exhibits and the Johnny U from Rick is beautiful! Congrats! It as a pleasure and honor to meet you in person and hang out a bit!

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks, Jim! Thanks again for the awesome gift! It was a highlight of the show for me, getting to walk around the show with you a bit on Thursday. Hope you have a great rest of the show today and safe travels home.

[@vintagesanctuary]

Brian, it was great to meet you! Beautiful '50 Bowman and what a stunning Unitas RC! 🤯🤯🤯Success with your Franken-set, my collecting brother! 😊👊

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks, Adam! It was wonderful to meet as well!👊

[@signsofthepastime]

Love all the customs you got from friends at the show. So cool you met so many guys, Brian. Congrats on picking up 4 of the 9 on your list and the Unitas rookie is great, extra special that you got it from Rick!

[@Hodges1455]

Yeah, the customs are a lot of fun. Was great to meet so many fellow YTers. Yeah, always fun to cross a few cards off a list! For sure, the fact it came from Rick made is extra special addition to the collection.

[@thedetroitcollector]

Awesome Gil Hodges gift from Jim, super nice gift. Awesome Bill Dudley pickup. Played a few years with the Lions whoot whoot! Awesome Hal Newhouser also! Great pickup, love it. Great recap video, glad you had a good time.

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks, Eric! It was a blast walking around looking at cards and spending time with fellow YTers yesterday. Hope to make it to another one of these in a few years.

[@storiesincardboard9420]

Nice pick ups Brain. I love that Matson image and the color on the Bill Dudley is so vibrant.

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks, Chris. Was thrilled with finding both of those at the show.

[@AngryOldManTTM]

Great video Brian. Glad that you had a great time. Sounded like so much fun. That is great that you got to meet all those You Tuber's. Congrats on the the super pickups and thanks for sharing.

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks, Ed. The show and the meet and greet was a lot of fun. A day full of memories.

[@shoeboxlegends]

Finally had time to catch the recap, LOVE it Brian! That Hodges relic was so thoughtful of Jim. Love the image on that ‘50 Bowman football card, great pickups all around. Sounds like you had a fantastic show!

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks, Shane! It was a blast. Crammed as much fun as I could into the one day I was there. I agree, the image on the '50 Bowman football card is terrific.

[@stottyboy4191]

Great pickups & was fantastic meeting you!

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks! Really enjoyed meeting you as well! Appreciate you checking out the video👊

[@The_Cincinnati_Kid]

Love the ‘50 Bowman Bill Dudley! I’m going for ‘50 Bowman football at the show. Beautiful Unitas! Thanks for the update and the motivation!

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks! That's awesome! Was a fun day at the show. Only had one day there so tried to make it count. Hope you find some terrific '50 Bowman football cards at the show!

[@commentingcollector]

Like #7. Great pickups! Glad you got to meet so many fellow KZbinrs

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks! Yeah, it was a blast

[@RobCashCards]

You did pretty well at the National, Brian! All the exhibits are sweet and the Unitas is beautiful! Great eye appeal!

[@Hodges1455]

It was memorable for sure. Seeing and talking to so many people and picking up a few cards was a blast. Hope to go back in a few years.

[@xavierwren0212]

Amazing stuff here! Congrats on the pickups and glad you had fun at the National, I am really hoping to go to the 2025 National next year! It would be very fun hands down! Thanks for sharing another awesome sauce vid and keep up the great works man!

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks! The show was a blast. Would love to start going yearly in a couple years.

[@vintagecardssteve8582]

Some cool pickups Brian. Neat tbat you got all those fun cards and items from femlow You Tubers. That Ollie Mattson, Dixie Walkers, Bob Friend, Hal Newhauser are great looking. The Bill Dudley has great art to it. Johnny U. Congrats. I like that Hodges Bat card from Jim! Enjoyed!!

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks, Steve! It was a wonderful day. Yeah, it was a thoughtful gift from Jim. Wonderful memories yesterday for sure.

[@vintagecardssteve8582]

@@Hodges1455 I saw you in Orlando's video from the meetup!👍

[@mikethesportshistorycollec1947]

Great pickups Brian. It's always great when you can cross stuff off of your list.

[@Hodges1455]

Yeah, it is! It was fun seeing a couple of the dealers get excited for me when I made the deal and crossed it off my list. It was a memorable experience.

[@RipFan8]

Hi Brian. Congrats on getting some of those pickups on your list. It was great to finally meet you. Talk soon my friend.

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks. The meet and greet was a blast. Really nice meeting you as well.

[@CollectingMaddux1987]

Congrats on the Unitas! Great that you were able to see so many other YTers.

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks, Alan! It was a memorable show. Seeing and talking with fellow YTers was a blast.

[@4softcorners728]

Great recap and pickups Brian! That Johnny U is fantastic. Bummed I didn’t get to meet you, but one day!

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks, Joe! Yeah, I was really bummed myself! I was looking forward to bending your ear about the '53 Topps set. You have a Instagram or email I can reach out to you on?

[@scootscollectibles]

Pleasure meeting you Brian. Really great pickups.

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks, Mike. It was great to meet you as well. Hope you have a great rest of the show👊

[@scootscollectibles]

It was great meeting you as well Brian. stay and touch, talk soon.

[@thedrewavintagelegacy6455]

Brian it was nice to meet you and chat for a few minutes. Looks like you had a good time with some really nice additions

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks, Drew. It was great to meet you as well. The memories of the trip with last a lifetime.

[@warrendinCLE]

Great job my man!love that Dixie walker

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks, Warren! I had a blast walking around the show with you all afternoon. Great memories my friend.👊

[@godisgreat8462]

Awesome my friend 🎉🎉

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks

[@MarksDodgersCards]

Great to meet you and congrats again on your pickups!

[@Hodges1455]

It was great getting to chat a bit at the meet and greet. Thanks! Congrats on the huge trade today, Mark!

[@MarksDodgersCards]

@@Hodges1455 thanks!

[@groundzero270]

Great recap bro! Love the list idea to keep focused!

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks! It helped a lot. Was fun seeing a couple of the dealers who would get excited for me when I was crossing it off my list. Was a memorable show.

[@peterb4871]

Nice pickups Brian. Good luck looking for the rest

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks, Peter

[@tjmacvintagecardsnostalgia648]

Hey Brian, nice pickups. I like the Matson and Walker photos. You did well getting four off your list. Congrats on the Unitas. I don’t see the miscut.

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks. Really happy with the Unitas rookie. It gets the designation from the back. A sliver of the print on the back is off. The front looks terrific, which is what I was aiming for. So thrilled to have that big one off the list.

[@tjmacvintagecardsnostalgia648]

@@Hodges1455 you did very well. Beautiful card.

[@adamscardcloset9020]

great pickups . just got a Johnny U rc too

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks! Nice!! It is an exciting card to own. Congrats!

[@SouthernFriedCards]

Very nice Johnny United rookie card congratulations.

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks, Glenn

[@poormansstack]

PickerJim is a GREAT KZbinr! Rick had a Mantle that made me want to sell off some stuff to get when he showed them off!

[@Hodges1455]

Jim is great! Was thrilled to meet him and walk around a bit with him. Yeah, Rick's Mantle is awesome.

[@ScaryTerryCards]

Lots of unique cards, but that Unitas is sweet.

[@Hodges1455]

Thanks👊

[@ScaryTerryCards]

@@Hodges1455 FYI: I worked in the mid 2000's for Michael McCrary's dad (former Ravens DE) and he met Unitas when alive and has a picture with him and autographed photo in our office.

[@Hodges1455]

@@ScaryTerryCards That's so cool!

[@kenscardboard]

Brian, how did we not bump into each other at the show! Did you go to the KZbin get together at the American Legion on Thursday night? Congratulations on getting the Unitas rookie card.

[@Hodges1455]

Hey Ken, I don't know! Bummer we missed each other. I missed a few people I would have loved to have meet and talked to. Grateful for the many that I was able to meet though. Yes, I was at the meet and greet. It was a mad house, lol. Hope you have a great rest of the show today and safe travels home.

[@CleanCheapShots]

I heard you were there at the meet up? How did we miss each other? Loved the exhibit cards. Look at that Johnny U.!

[@Hodges1455]

Yes, I was. I ended up missing a few people. I know I missed you, Rob baseballtimetravler and Mike Candiancards. Probably a few others too. MikeO, missed him too. That meet up was packed! I got to meet a ton of folks though, before I left. So that was good. Wish I could have meet everyone. Sorry to have missed meeting you. Thanks! I was pumped to get the Johnny U rookie. Picked that up of Rick vintageoddballcards. Hope you had a great show and will be praying for safe travels my friend.