It is with Unimaginable Sadness that we have lost our Dear Ted Zanidakis

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by brunswickreeves

Leon-could we start a Net54 Hall of Fame and induct Ted? Maybe it’s a section on the home page that contains folders for each legend which archives their posts and contains their picture and official Obit.

I'm going to start a separate thread with the suggestion

[Seven]

Many posts later, and I think it's just incredible how many lives Ted touched here on the forum, I can only imagine the amount of people that were impacted by him outside of it.

I find myself checking the forum more often, than my normal once or twice a day. Feeling a little hollow looking at the posts and the active members, and not seeing TedZ as active. He was a constant presence. The knowledge and stories that he would always include in his posts always brought a smile to my face. In some ways I think I find myself checking in the hopes that this tragedy didn't happen.

Dealing with loss of a friend or family, has to be the worst part of life. By Far.

[brunswickreeves]

Originally Posted by hcv123

I'm going to start a separate thread with the suggestion

Thanks for the assist! Some may argue there’ll be arguing, but did that prevent Cooperstown??

[Yoda]

I dated for a short time Phil Rizzuto's daughter, Penny, in college. Ted, being a neighbor of Phil's, and I joked about it for years. Ted's astonishing knowledge of the T206 set matched anyones in the hobby. He rekindled my waning interest in the set when he pointed out the many vagaries and variations, particularly the different series and their importance. Now that knowledge is gone.

[samosa4u]

Look how many posts this thread has and currently almost 6,000 views. Ted's hobby impact was huge. He will be missed.

Being a hobby historian myself is what led me to connect with guys like Ted. With him being more than twice my age, I was really interested in his work on the hobby which he started before I was even born. Of course, our big age gap made it a bit difficult to connect well, but that's understandable. A few times he would misinterpret my questions as criticism and cut me off for a while , but his passion for the hobby was too great and we'd always hit it off again.

In honoring Ted, I think that all the work he has done over the decades needs to be made into a book. This would include all the articles he published in hobby magazines, personal journals and even his online posts (like Net54). This is obviously something that would take a crazy amount of work, but with the family's help, I am pretty sure it can be done. And finally, Ted always loved to use his collection in order to educate others. All his cards and variations should be scanned and integrated into this book. That would be just awesome!

[JeremyW]

I didn't know Ted on a personal level, but reached out to him a few times with hobby related questions. He never failed to respond & shared his knowledge that took a lifetime to acquire. I hope he knew how appreciated he was.

[VintageBall]

Just saw this. Sad news, for sure. While I didn't know Ted well, I knew him as a hobby friend, and spoke with whom at shows gong back over 20 years. He was a good person and a passionate collector, and the hobby will surely miss him.

He was a great contributor here and to the hobby, in general, for decades.

It was always great to see him at the National and other shows each year.

I hope his family is doing OK.

Robert
VintageBall

[Gradedcardman]

Gang,


Below is the link to the obituary. Very well written for a well rounded man.

https://vhmfh.com/book-of-memories/5...dore/index.php

[hank_jp]

Ted was always such a nice and pleasant person to talk to and deal with.
Our most memorable transaction was conducted by my son, Scott and Ted.
Ted was missing one key card to finish his T206 Sweet Caporal back set ... Eddie Plank, and we had a gorgeous example which was altered but looked fabulous.
That is not an easy card to part with but we worked out a deal we were both happy with and Ted had his dream card.
He proudly showed it multiple times in his many posts.
We know it gave Ted great pleasure to own it and it also gave Scott and I an equally great pleasure to bring joy to someone who did that often to others.
Ted was special and will remain so in our memory.