Hobby history: The first card auction -- the Colkitt Collection, 1943

[philliesfan]

Very nice read.
Thanks for posting!
Robert

[HawkFan70]

Thanks for sharing, David. It is really cool to see the history of card collecting!

[Jobu]

As always, thanks for taking the time to post (and summarize) all of that info. Very good.

Perhaps we should have a section in the Archive Center called Hobby History that collects posts like this one?

[LEHR]

That was a cool read. Thanks for posting.

[Piratedogcardshows]

Interesting stuff David. Congrats on winning the lot.

[Leon]

Yes, I am glad he (hey David) won it too. It was a fight to the end!!
He has far more energy than I do and they went to a good home. Now, if this would have been Burdick letters we might still be bidding!!

Originally Posted by Jason

Interesting stuff David. Congrats on winning the lot.

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by Leon

Yes, I am glad he (hey David) won it too. It was a fight to the end!!
He has far more energy than I do and they went to a good home. Now, if this would have been Burdick letters we might still be bidding!!

Thanks, Leon. If there were some Burdick letters, I think you would probably be able to outbid me, but you never know. I have one Burdick autograph, in this inscription of his "Handbook of Detroit Publishing Co. Post Cards" to Fanny Troyer. Looks like it could have been written yesterday.