Through the years ,going back to the mid 1980's we secured a number of important Negro pieces from the Merkin collection. In fact, if the offer was strong enough, Richard was a seller.

Because the items are not catalogued and the history and provenance can be sketchy The Negro League material has attracted a small, highly sophisticated, well educated and wealthy group of elite collectors.

We would guess that there are less than 25 collectors (excluding uniforms andautographs) whose Negro League collections are worth in excess of $100,000.

It would be great if someone could through all the auction catalogs dating back to 1990 and publish a picture of item and prices realized for each Negro League item (historical not modern) that realized $500 or more.

What do you think?


Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List