Wayne Varner
May Wayne rest in peace. In the early 1980s when I was in junior high school, I would spend some of my summers in western Pennsylvania with my grandparents. I would go to some early card shows with my uncle. Wayne would give me a few vintage cards which I of course could not afford since I was all of 12. The first card my wife ever got me as a present (a 1933 Goudey Joe Cronin) came from Wayne. My wife would simply call Wayne and rely on his recommendations.
When I saw Wayne at the National last year I had the opportunity to buy one last card from him and reminisce about my early purchases and how time flies as my son is the same age as when I started collecting and Wayne’s grandson is now running the business.
If there is ever a HOF for our hobby Wayne should be a part of the inaugural class.
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