Earlier this week, MM Shows posted on their facebook page that PELE had cancelled.

Well, made the trip there and back from Ohio to get Csonka, Scott, Shula, Buoniconti and Hampton. There were quite a few people there for the basketball HOFers (I don't do basketball or hockey). Crowds seemed kind of small. All signers were in a good mood. Had no problems at all. The only complaint was that they were not calling numbers on a consistent basis. For instance they called all VIP wrist bands for Scott. I was sitting near the steps waiting to call the next set of numbers since I was 59. After about 15 minutes of not hearing anything. I went up to the guy and asked what number they were on for Scott. He told me to go right in. A few minutes later I heard them announce "all Jake Scott tickets can come in". I think they did this for a few people.

If it wasn't for Scott, I would not have made the trip. I'm glad other collectors got their basketball and hockey guys though. I was tempted to get Bill Russell, but I passed. Hopefully they get some Heisman guys or NFL MVP's that I need.

I just got back home as well. Probably one of the smallest MM shows I have attended. I got Howard Twilley, Jim Dunaway, Jerry West, John Havlicek, Dr. J, Pete Rose, David Robinson, and I did the Vip package and got a free Rod Carew. All the players were in a good mood.



A few issues I encountered. 1) Seemed like the silver paint

Pens were either really old or brand new. Most of the game balls I got done came out a little faint. I don't do much basketball but lesson learned - bring my own deco. 2) 3-4 times I was next in line and somebody from the back would walk up behind the handler and slide the signer a few items to sign. Seems odd they wouldnt all just get their stuff signed in back. Just slowed things down in my opinion. Some guy walked to the side of Pete Rose and handed him a helmet and Rose signed it. I think he was just a normal customer and got away with a free graph. It is funny if he got away with it. 3). No inscriptions for George Foster? Seriously? I got 2 free tix for the guy and was trying to come up with something for him to sign. Planned on getting 2 balls done, however, got up to the table and found out no inscriptions. He was the only VIP not doing inscriptions. I even asked if I could buy an inscription ticket and they werent selling them. Oh well, hope i can recoup the cost of the one ball i had done. 4). I agree number calling was a mess, however, with the small crowd it really wasnt much of an issue.



I think the 1972 Dolphins reunion had to fail miserably. It looked like a handful of the common guys only signed 5 autos or less. No super ticket was a costly mistake.



Finally, not sure what was up but there was probably 6-8 cancellations.



Hoping for a better line-up in March.

I didn't attend, but with reports of low attendance, I'm hoping maybe they will get the hint and offer some better pricing. Mounted Memories shows have been notorious for bad pricing but they have really gotten out of hand the last 3 or 4 shows. I used to get friends who were going to get stuff done for me. But while there were actually a good number of names I was interested in at the last few MM shows, pricing killed any chance of me getting those guests. I think a lot of it has to do with MM relying so heavily on one particular promoter providing the bulk of their guests - no secret who that is, also well known for horrible pricing. I think that a lot of promoters are making the mistake of thinking the economy is ready for prices to go up on guests even though the public doesn't agree.



What were the additional cancellations?

Cancllations that I can remember -!feel free to correct me -



Kyle Long

Jay Bruce

Nate Thurmond

Joe Morgan

Tony Gwynn



And i wasnt paying attention but I didnt hear that Aly Raismans name called