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Posted By: Mark Macrae

Read Teddy Z's post today and it brought back some great memories of Frank Nagy...I started buying from his auctions in the 70's... The great 3 page handwritten notes telling me I bid too high or too low...... and Bill H is right ....The current hobbyists would go crazy with his grading system.....a couple dozen grades over Excellent ......... Near Mint, About mint, Excellent plus,Almost Ex-Mt,etc..... I also remember his string tied, hand wrapped packages...Almost like he worked at a butcher shop....... And the smoke....Frank had to have been a chain smoker....After traveling 3 days across country those packages could still set off a smoke detector. I knew if I had a package from Frank in my post office box BEFORE I opened the box up...... All in all ,Absolutely one of the best ever collector-friendly guys to deal with of all-time....Every so often I'll get a group of early cards and recognize his distinct handwriting on the back side. Frank might be gone, but his hobby legacy will live on...