Burdick Letters and Hobby stuff in Hunts last night

[1880nonsports]

thanks

[ullmandds]

great story Rob.

[brass_rat]

Very cool story, Rob -- thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Steve

[Leon]

Originally Posted by 1880nonsports

thanks

+2 on that. That is an awesome story Rob. Thanks a ton for recounting that experience and some of your experiences with John Wagner. It certainly gives a lot credibility to the "Honus didn't care for tobacco" hypothesis we have heard forever. Great story and thanks again for sharing it.

As for the lots in the auction posted about, there were periodical lots with old hobby letters and things. They were lots 1076 through 1087. I was lucky to get all of them except lot 1083 (4) Bray lettters.. It should be a lot of fun going through the stuff and sharing it with the community.

[barrysloate]

That was a great story, one which will hopefully find its way into the Net54 archive. And I never knew what TCMA stood for.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

That was a great story, one which will hopefully find its way into the Net54 archive. And I never knew what TCMA stood for.

Ya...that was most interesting to me...what TCMA stands for.

[4815162342]

Awesome pickups, Leon, and thank you Rob for posting that little insight into hobby lore!

[gregr2]

Great story, thanks for sharing! Interesting to get some first-ish hand knowledge about why the Wagner card is in such short supply.

[toppcat]

That reminds me I must pick up a spare Wagner or two one of these days!

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Ya...that was most interesting to me...what TCMA stands for.

Indeed, it stands for Tom Collier/Mike Aronstein but also "The Card Memorabilia Associates."

[dstudeba]

Thanks for the post Rob, very interesting!

[T206Collector]

I am very fortunate to have a signed T206 card, photograph, and letter from Fred Snodgrass to Wagner. In one of Leon's old posts about Burdick's newsletter it shows Wagner as one of the very first baseball card enthusiasts that Burdick used to deal with. I have a theory that Burdick, who stamped the T201 Leifield below on the reverse, traded this card to Wagner, who had Leifield sign it. I'll never know for sure, but it makes a lot of sense to me!