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Jan 26, 2017 · By Dave Sliepka | Beckett Baseball Editor. The sports card industry has lost another icon. Alan “Mr. Mint” Rosen passed away Thursday, Jan. 26, after a battle with leukemia. He was 70-years...
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Alan "Mr. Mint" Rosen (c. 1943 – January 24, 2013) was an American sports collectibles dealer who was especially active in the 1980s and 1990s. [1] . He advertised heavily and was a fixture at card conventions. Eventually organizers would give him a table or booth in a prime location for free because they knew he would boost attendance. [2] .
Jan 27, 2017 · Alan "Mr. Mint" Rosen, a self-promoting dealer who in turn gave massive publicity to the sports card and memorabilia hobbies, died early Thursday, Sports Collectors Digest and Beckett Media reported. He was 70 and had been battling leukemia for several years.
Jan 27, 2017 · Bert Lehman. Jan 27, 2017. By T.S. O'Connell. Alan “Mr. Mint” Rosen, 70, almost certainly the most visible icon of the baseball card and sports memorabilia business, died on Jan. 26 at a hospital near his home in Ramsey, N.J., after battling leukemia for several years.
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Spartan perhaps best described the house's interior. "It had very little furniture," said Rosen, "except a table, a couple of chairs and a wraparound china closet with leaded-glass doors." The floor had a sunburst-effect pattern. Lodge bent down and opened up one of the china closet doors, reached in and pulled out a silver tray stacked with 1952 T...
"Runs" started at $12,000. "I sold nine runs the first day," said Rosen. Day two the price jumped to $18,000 per run and three batches sold. On day three, a pair of "runs" left the table at a cool $20,000 apiece. The original asking price for a sharp Mantle was $3,500. Initially, there were no takers at that level, but then word of "the find" sprea...
"Most cards had 30 to 40 examples, but the first three high numbers, Mantle (#311), Jackie Robinson (#312) and Bobby Thomson (#313), had about 73 to 75 each," recalled Rosen. "Forty-two of the Mantles were gorgeous." There were even more Mays cards in the batch. "I had a million of them [about 187, actually]," said Rosen. "I believe Mays is a tripl...
And what ever became of the cardboard case that once housed all the cards that Rosen bought in "The Find"? Rosen kept it for several years and then sold it to a collector. Earlier this year Adam Martin, the CEO of Dave and Adam's Card World, bought the case from the collector. "It's a very unassuming box," said Martin, "but it's an iconic piece of ...
Jan 27, 2017 · Baseball Card Pioneer Alan Rosen Dies. January 27, 2017 By Rich Mueller. Alan “Mr. Mint” Rosen, who became the hobby’s most widely known personality as a brash, cash-wielding dealer in the 1980s, died Thursday morning. Believed to be in his early 70s, he had been battling illness for several years.
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Oct 18, 2022 · Legendary sports collectible dealer Al Rosen made millions buying and selling sports cards and memorabilia. Known as "Mr. Mint," Rosen's big personality and big deals still loom over the hobby. With the recent $12.6 million sale of the record-setting SGC 9.5 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, Alan “Mr.Mint” Rosen's name was back at the ...
