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kylehess10
01-13-2008, 01:12 AM
Anybody go to the Braves fanfest today? It was HORRIBLE....just go look for yourself at the Braves Message Boards on their site.....every single person is complaining. There were no schedules of players to sign, no times of when players will sign, or for how long they'll sign. My brother was in line for 2 hours and had to leave because they cut the line. It was ridiculous. Their game used sale wasn't really much of a sale. Game worn and game issued throwbacks were $200 a piece, and bats were in the $50-$125 range, with only 2 broken bats for $10 a piece which I purchased (Langerhans and Orr). Here's some pics:

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l178/kylehess10/DSC00915.jpg

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l178/kylehess10/DSC00920.jpg

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l178/kylehess10/DSC00916.jpg

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l178/kylehess10/DSC00917.jpg

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l178/kylehess10/DSC00921.jpg

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l178/kylehess10/DSC00922.jpg

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l178/kylehess10/DSC00923.jpg



Here's the bats I got for $10 a piece:

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l178/kylehess10/DSC01052.jpg




Also, an interesting note to add, I saw some guy with what looked to be a strip tag on his jersey he was wearing:

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l178/kylehess10/DSC00927.jpg


Well would you look at that.....it just so happens to be a signed MLB authenticated Oscar Villarreal game worn 2006 jersey.......really sad to see it being worn by some random guy.....watch out for that one if it were to hit eBay!!

frikativ54
01-13-2008, 04:32 AM
Anybody go to the Braves fanfest today? It was HORRIBLE....just go look for yourself at the Braves Message Boards on their site.....every single person is complaining.

Kyle,

I am really sorry to hear how bad it was. :( Did you meet anybody of note? Also, I don't know about these message boards you are referencing. Links, please? Thanks for the pictures you took.

frikativ54
01-13-2008, 08:51 AM
Also, I don't know about these message boards you are referencing. Links, please?

Take that back. Found 'em. Hope your experiences today go better. :)

GoTigers
01-13-2008, 10:21 AM
Hey Kyle, I went yesterday, and was very disappointed. As you said there was a very limited amount of game used stuff, and the prices were not very good at all. On top of that, the staff had no idea what was game used and what was issued. I saw one game used hat, the rack of jersey's and the bat table, which didnt have any good buys at all. I got there, and was one of maybe the first ten in the booth, and they had game used pants for $5 a piece. I thought of picking some up, but they were out for only a minute before someone working the booth came and packed them all up, I never saw them again. I saw Terry Pendleton and that was it, didnt meet him though.

kylehess10
01-13-2008, 01:08 PM
Hey Kyle, I went yesterday, and was very disappointed. As you said there was a very limited amount of game used stuff, and the prices were not very good at all. On top of that, the staff had no idea what was game used and what was issued. I saw one game used hat, the rack of jersey's and the bat table, which didnt have any good buys at all. I got there, and was one of maybe the first ten in the booth, and they had game used pants for $5 a piece. I thought of picking some up, but they were out for only a minute before someone working the booth came and packed them all up, I never saw them again. I saw Terry Pendleton and that was it, didnt meet him though.

You were there when I was there then, because I was also one of the first people to get there......I skipped the autograph line when the doors opened and went straight to the memorabilia sale, and also saw that guy buying all those pairs of pants

GoTigers
01-13-2008, 03:26 PM
Were you carring around a game used base??

kylehess10
01-13-2008, 03:53 PM
Were you carring around a game used base??


Yep, that was me. I had a base and also a Brian Jordan game worn jersey I was carrying

GoTigers
01-13-2008, 04:22 PM
Yea, I was wearing the Auburn hat, dont know if you saw me. I was right beside you looking at the bats. I thought it may have been you, but didnt want to say anything if it wasnt.

skipcareyisfat
01-14-2008, 09:30 AM
From the perspective of a g/u collector, the fan fest was definitely a disappointment this year. No real "finds" to report. Plenty of unused '66 throwbacks and cheap, signed SGA hats. The prices weren't outrageous, unlike that charity drive they held at Turner last summer, but there just wasn't a lot of quality material on either day. The autograph lines got pretty out of hand too. If they're at the Congress Center again next year, they should look into working with someone who's an experienced show promoter. I have to say though that it was still a lot of fun. And a few of the dealers there did have some decent g/u stuff--just ask Jimmie B.

suave1477
01-14-2008, 10:18 AM
:p Thats not true, you guys did find something........ each other awwwwwww lol lol:p

kylehess10
01-15-2008, 03:39 PM
Did anybody go to the second day at the Fanfest? What were the new sales like? The guy at the memorabilia sale told me they would put reduce the prices on everything on the second day if they all didn't sell.

skipcareyisfat
01-15-2008, 04:12 PM
I was there on day 2 as well. The reg. issue gamers were marked down to $60 but it was still for guys like Kurt Abbott, etc. They all sold out. The only "new" stuff they put out that wasn't available on Sat. were locker nameplates for $1. They had a few signed ones for $5. Far as I could tell, I was the first one that made it to the table. No stars like Chipper, AJ, etc. I picked up 11 of them: Caminiti, Joyner, Gilkey, Chuck James, a Kyle Davies rookie, a couple of Betemit rookies, Langerhans rookie, Moylan, Kelly Johnson rookie, and a Mazzone.

bubbrubb25
01-15-2008, 05:14 PM
I was there on day 2 as well. The reg. issue gamers were marked down to $60 but it was still for guys like Kurt Abbott, etc. They all sold out. The only "new" stuff they put out that wasn't available on Sat. were locker nameplates for $1. They had a few signed ones for $5. Far as I could tell, I was the first one that made it to the table. No stars like Chipper, AJ, etc. I picked up 11 of them: Caminiti, Joyner, Gilkey, Chuck James, a Kyle Davies rookie, a couple of Betemit rookies, Langerhans rookie, Moylan, Kelly Johnson rookie, and a Mazzone.
Are the Chuck James and Kelly Johnson ones for sale?

bubbrubb25
01-15-2008, 05:18 PM
These type of fanfests like this make me sick because at the Phillies festival the lockernameplates were lowest $25 and Jerseys are rediculas prices paying 400-900 for average players and other game used is the same.

skipcareyisfat
01-15-2008, 07:46 PM
Are the Chuck James and Kelly Johnson ones for sale?

Sure, I'd be open to selling them. Email me an offer at jctaylor101@yahoo.com.

hiramman
01-15-2008, 10:22 PM
I was not pleased with the fanfest either. I was able to get a couple of my game-used caps signed: Tom Glavine & Peter Moylan. The Moylan cap was one of his rookie caps and he told me it was definitely his cap from 2006 and even signed it 2006 game-used for me. Upon seeing it, his actual words were "Yea.. That's my hat!". It was actually the highlight of the weekend for me other than picking up a couple of sweet game-used Braves caps: 1972/73 Joe Hoerner & 1982 Dal Maxvill. Thanks Jason!! I stood in lines for autographs almost all day Saturday & Sunday and picked up only 15 autographs. The highlights were Chipper Jones, Tom Glavine, Tim Hudson, & Javy Lopez. My feet are still hurting.

whatupyos
01-15-2008, 11:21 PM
Was there any Chipper Jones game used jerseys there?

Aaron

kylehess10
01-15-2008, 11:38 PM
Was there any Chipper Jones game used jerseys there?

Aaron


No. The most notable players' jerseys they had at the Fanfest were players like Wilson Betemit, Jorge Sosa, Horacio Ramirez, and John Rocker. The rest were smaller-name players like Dewayne Wise, Jessie Garcia, Kurt Abbott, and some coaches jerseys. Total there were about 30-40 jerseys, with only a quarter of them game used.

ham1963
01-16-2008, 05:08 PM
Does anyone know if they have any jerseys left????