The National - NSCC2023 - Chicago. Day 1. Mantle, McCovey and MAHOMES!!

[@halfcenturycollectingcards]

thanks for showing clips from the National for those of us not able to get there, and for showing the purchases. Love the Play Ball Reese rookie and the Speaker!

[@steelcitydw]

Mike, out of all the content for your day 1, not sorry to say the donation to Signatures for Soldiers took the cake. As a wounded veteran I can attest to the amazing organization Tim Virgilio runs. A reason I'll buy you a beer tomorrow, sir

[@BaseballCollector]

It was the community that made that happen. And yes, Tim is doing the Lord’s work.

[@SilverJackify]

I looove that Trus Speaker! Amazing that you can still get some amazing vintage slabs for super cheap. Awesome to see the signature for soldiers check. Love it!

[@WeskerGriff]

Excellent recap from Day 1 Mike! That donation to Signatures for Soldiers was just outstanding. Well done by everyone! Also tons of great pickups.

[@peterb4871]

Very nice Tris Speaker for a very nice price. Thanks for showing Day 1 of the National

[@LegendsNeverDieCollection]

Some great stuff in there- but man, that Tris Speaker!! Wow!

[@markholmes6523]

I'm enjoying all of the national content. I'm jealous of tonight's hangout. Have fun!

[@MasterShake300]

Sweet Yount auto! Go Brewers!

[@maligatorbaseball2789]

That Speaker is a sweet card.

[@legendsofthedugout4899]

Great pick ups again, love the Reese and Speaker you got!!

[@FoxCrueCards]

Wow... what a great first day.... and what a bunch of stellar cards... that Tris Speaker taking the cake... I am glad to hear that dealer aren't saying no. Man one of these years we have got to get to a National...can't wait to see the rest of the weekend. (And all thoe '70s you showed...dream)

[@chrisjones6289]

Nice pickups for day 1. Love the Speaker, I agree there is something about it that calls out. GL on filling the PC over the rest of the show

[@Hodges1455]

Great pickups Mike! Love the Pee Wee Reese and the Speaker cards!

[@chisox7589]

Love that 50’ Rizutto! I’m always a sucker for solid centering! Nice pick ups Mike.

[@WarriorKidd06]

Great stuff!!! Looking forward to trade night at Embassy Suites

[@shadee9273]

Awesome shirt!! 🇨🇱

[@doug_sports_collector]

Awesome cards. Rest those feet! Looking forward to your videos this weekend.

[@tipofthemittcollectablesan9248]

Love the content Mike! Hope to run into at the National Saturday or Sunday!!!✌My 1st national 🇱🇷🇱🇷

[@BaseballCollector]

I will only be there a couple of hours on Saturday. Then I head home

[@CalebsCards]

Awesome pickups Mike! Not bad for day 1

[@johnsmanycollections4662]

You know you're tired when you call Billy Williams, Ted.

[@BaseballCollector]

Oops

[@johnsmanycollections4662]

@@BaseballCollector it's okay as long as you didn't pay a Ted Williams price.

[@BaseballCollector]

@@johnsmanycollections4662 Lol. Good one Harlan

[@jasonjanega3537]

That tris speaker is awesome!!!!!

[@commentingcollector]

Fantastic

[@DanielRuyter]

I'm soaking up all the content this year and hitting up the Nat next year for sure. Love your podcast btw!

[@dougstewart5020]

Guns up for the Mahomes rc. Love that Yount auto. Pace yourself I can only imagine the size of that place. Very nice pick ups, looking forward to some table tops when you get back.

[@BaseballCollector]

Thanks Doug

[@ReindeerStudios]

Since that Tris doesn't fit in your collection, you should send it to me. That was a steal.

[@MrGretzky9966]

Awesome pickups. thanks to you I’m getting more slabbed cards. Wish I was there I love to find more cards off my list of baseball players I want especially more Ron Santo, an Ernie Banks and Pete Rose cards. I want to find if out there any Wayne Gretzky cards for my ever growing collection of his.. can’t wait to see what Thursday brings. Only football 🏈 player I collect is Walter Payton but great Patrick Mahomes pick up.

[@undraftedplayer]

Hello, thanks you for sharing your day one and your great picks up ! Wow i love its all ! Thanks for sharing and have a great National.

[@BaseballCollector]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@4HoopsAndHomers]

Great news about the dealers being flexible. You killed it on the Span, Mantle, and Hodges!!

[@4softcorners728]

I feel like there’s a bunch of that’s what she said jokes to be made when talking about the size of the show. Lol Wow, amazing pickups Mike. All the autos are cool and love the Reese rookie!

[@Stackitupmetal]

Seen the Bird 🐦 😂 5:00

[@RipFan8]

Wow, looked like you had a great day Mike. Love the Speaker card. A lot of nice pickups for you, sweet day. Good luck again tomorrow. Thanks Stephen

[@collegehoopsguy]

Mike you have to pace yourself it's a marathon not a sprint haha. That first showcase you showed was a thing of beauty

[@Johndeplume.]

Great pick-ups, Mike, and a very worthy donation to a great cause! Thank you for taking the time to upload this. 👍

[@kevinjones9685]

Nice 62 McCovey

[@billysikes1374]

Really good deals, Great Pee Wee rookie, Love the Hodges and Rizzuto bowman, Gorgeous Mantle all star, Stretch is one of my all time favorite players

[@StraightRaceCards]

One of those first cases you showed that had a boatload of T206 HOF’ers made me drool! That Reese was really good looking. Speaker pickup was really cool. Never hurts to add another Texas born HOF card to the collection! looks like an awesome show- enjoy the National Mike!

[@BaseballCollector]

Soooo many great T206 cards everywhere

[@the_card_closet]

Great pickups! Looks like a great show, and lots of great guys there.

[@homeruncardscollectables]

yount auto is awesome

[@BaseballCollector]

Thanks

[@lovetruth8549]

Phenomenal pickups Mike! Ending w/ the prewar Tris Speaker was awesome

[@SconnieTradition]

Nice pickups Mike. Hopefully catch up tmrw!!

[@BaseballCollector]

I hope so too!

[@MidLifeCards]

Awesome pickups Mike!! Especially love the Pee Wee and Speaker cards. Great stuff!! Super excited for you!!

[@BaseballCollector]

Dealers were very flexible on stuff. I was surprised.

[@billyscardcorner8118]

Heck of a day one, Mike! Can’t wait to see what kind of deals you can find the rest of the week!

[@davelachey8118]

Very nice pickups, really like the Tris Speaker. I recently picked up a 1922 W501 Tris Speaker and I believe it’s the same photo. Enjoy the rest of the show!

[@ClementeCollector]

Great day 1 update Mike! So awesome how early you get in. Amazing recap and I can’t wait to get there tomorrow!

[@BaseballCollector]

Looking forward to meeting you in person Theo

[@henrys3629]

Kids in a candy store. That's why candy stores and retail cards are outlawed where I live. Except Dollar Tree. 😁

[@billyballgamesportscards]

Keepin' the train rollin'. Awesome pickups.

[@raiderprty]

Some sweet pick-ups are already on day 1!

[@3D80sKid]

Great pickups. The Speaker is amazing! I dove headfirst into prewar the past couple months and that was an incredible price for that level of hall of famer from that set compared to what I see on eBay. I recently picked up a SGC 1.5 Speaker from a strip card set for the same price. Congrats!

[@ryanfitzgerald2816]

Show was warm but still great today for sure. Hope that A/C is cranking tomorrow, I think it's going to be crazy busy! Nice to see a SGC slab in there at the end too.

[@grindstone11]

Awesome stuff Mike! Glad you had a good time the first day. Donation was top notch part of the day I am sure!

[@BaseballCollector]

It was an honor to get to do that on behalf of the community.

[@leehaskins307]

sometimes when i see a show case at a card show and there are a complete line of very known vintage cards I wonder why they r so much when you can get one anytime you want… i saw a row is t206 cobb, a row of rookie aaron…. sometimes I think jeese… there are so many of them you can buy one anytime at ease.. will the prices drop hard if dealers cant sell them at that price and start dropping there prices..

[@jrsportscardschronicles3587]

Nice pickups Mike! You joined the Mahomes club congrats!

[@JohnMiller-jj9kx]

Looks like a pretty darn good first day! Good luck tomorrow, after that it’s really gonna get crazy!

[@jude999]

Those red Cobbs...would love to have seen the prices on those.

[@BaseballCollector]

Not cheap

[@scottspaulding2158]

Very cool pickups Mike. Looking forward to seeing what else you end up with.

[@BaseballCollector]

You and me both!

[@vintagesportscards8265]

Those 61 all stars are a beautiful sub set. They have come down a bit to .

[@ACD1994]

I'll take Mahomes over Elly De La Cruz. Exciting young player, but far from a sure thing.

[@BaseballCollector]

That is my thoughts as well.

[@samhill93]

@@BaseballCollector The Lone Star state’s finest too. I just had a light bulb moment for a collection idea- slabs of current or future hall of famers from your home state, any of the 4 major sports allowed. I know you have plenty from Texas and we have plenty in Ohio too. Thanks for sharing day 1, good luck today!

[@hitmanskid-td4pg]

mahomes good guy. hiring tons of people for his whataburger stores

[@JunkWaxHero]

Love those DK autos!

[@dk_displays]

Amazing video Mike. Are you taller than Garrett? Love the on card HOF autographs the most! Esp the Yount (love my Brewers). Enjoy and rest up! DK

[@danieldavis9564]

Everything looks so Christmasey. Sucks to not be there.

[@breakingmania8927]

Had to leave early because the heat was unbearable. And the rows aren’t numbered so you can’t write down where you saw a card.

[@bradbrace1017]

love your videos! but i have a question, with everybody having dealer passes now and getting all the good deals is it worth it to get general admission? never been to a national and was curious. again, very good videos.

[@BaseballCollector]

Believe me, there is more,than enough to go around.

[@hofcardcollector]

Does Craig have a 1939 playball joe DiMaggio

[@BaseballCollector]

Not that I saw.

[@hofcardcollector]

@@BaseballCollector okay thank you I’m going to the national today

[@RatedRookie]

What a day brother! Congrats on the Pee Wee rookie. How about we run it back tomorrow?!?!

[@BaseballCollector]

Let’s do it!!

[@whitesoxfancardcollector]

Congrats on the Pee Wee

[@hall-of-fame-pullers1058]

You’re shooting too high 😂. Goal for today: force somebody to say “no.” Nice pickups!

[@David-fv7zg]

How did you get in early?

[@BaseballCollector]

I have friends that get me a dealer pass

[@drkempo1977]

I wonder how many fake cards and autographs are in that place?

[@jerrelbean]

That one dealer case with all the t206 Cobb and mathewson's and the case with the 54 aaron's was unreal.

[@BaseballCollector]

There are many cases like that here!

[@jerrelbean]

Definitely mahomes over de la cruz