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Originally Posted by martyesullivan
Jeff and Scott, thank you. I appreciate the kind words. Hank, sure, there are lots of great stories, that’s why I’m writing the book. There are 4 cards that no one I’ve ever talked to has seen signed copies of: Fred Brickell, Pete Scott, Russell Rollings, and Dan Howley. That said, it is rumored that a guy named Pat Quinn from Illinois had a complete signed set in the late 1970’s. His Lajoie was the only known signed example and it’s now in the collection of the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. I hope that story is true, and I sure hope signed copies of those four cards show up one day. As for guys that died early, these are the first three deaths in the set: Earl Clark died in 1938, Heathcote died in 1939, and Welch died in 1940; I have all three of those signed…fortunately. I have several signed cards from the set that are the only known example.
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Great stuff, Marty, thanks. My buddy Kevin Keating, now at PSA, grew up in Chicago and Pat Quinn was his mentor in the hobby, starting at a very young age. I heard that name often over the years. You might ask him if he knows anything about Quinn having a complete signed set.