Lionel Carter at the 1974 Detroit show

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by joejo20

What attention to detail! Can anyone share the next article so we can see what happened Sunday? Joe

I don't believe Carter's account of Sunday was ever published, as Ballcard Collector began to be published very erratically after this issue (December 1974), and eventually petered out a year and a half later after about five more issues. But in the previous issue (#114), Lionel did write up his account of the Friday night "collector's night" at the show, similar to the preview nights they still have at the National. Here is that account, which shows a similar attention to detail. The entire first page of the 3+ page account is taken up by his description of his and his wife's adventures driving from Chicago to Detroit, which is kind of charming, despite probably not being of much interest to most collectors.

[whiteymet]

I have NO recollections of being one of the auctioneers as Lionel mentions. I am sure he is correct, just that this 70 year old can not recall, though I do remember being at all the early shows.

Fun times!

Fred McKie

[tkd]

Interesting 115 Neilson's Chocolate cards for $400.

[rats60]

425 different t206s didn’t receive a 200.00 minimum bid.

[joejo20]

Originally Posted by trdcrdkid

I don't believe Carter's account of Sunday was ever published, as Ballcard Collector began to be published very erratically after this issue (December 1974), and eventually petered out a year and a half later after about five more issues. But in the previous issue (#114), Lionel did write up his account of the Friday night "collector's night" at the show, similar to the preview nights they still have at the National. Here is that account, which shows a similar attention to detail. The entire first page of the 3+ page account is taken up by his description of his and his wife's adventures driving from Chicago to Detroit, which is kind of charming, despite probably not being of much interest to most collectors.

Thanks for posting this. I enjoyed reading his descriptions of people and the auction results. Joe