Looking back at old REA, Mastro, Lelands, etc. auction catalogues from the 1990's and 2000's, it seems that one by one, nearly every single key negro league piece ended up in Mr. Merkin's collection, now being auctioned off by Hake's on an ongoing basis. Mr. Merkin must have had amazing foresight to amass the staggering collection that he did along with the deep, deep pockets that would allow someone to afford to do so. At least now I have a better understanding of why none of those items ever came up for sale/auction again after thier initial appearances in the auction catalogues many years ago.
Last edited by bcbgcbrcb; 06-10-2011 at 08:25 PM.
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