1974 Article about the Hobby.........

[AndyG09]

Thanks, Clayton. That was a fun read. My buddy knew Frank Nagy, and one story he shared was about Frank buying every box of jello in the grocery store for the cards. A woman had a box in line in front of him and he offered her like 10 times the price of the jello to acquire the one she was buying. She didn't want to give it up because she thought she had something special, but had no clue what it was.

Best,

Andy

[oldjudge]

Thanks Clayton!

[E93]

Great read. Thanks.
JimB

[teetwoohsix]

Thanks for the responses guys.As I am always trying to learn as much as possible about all issues of pre war cards,I also like to learn about the history of the hobby as well.

When this article was written,1974,I was 3 years old!!And it was also interesting how the article was written in a collectibles magazine that mostly focuses on other types of collecting,such as paintings,engravings,sculptures,coins,etc.--had it been written in a baseball related mag,I wouldn't have been as inclined to post it.

Thanks for reading it.

Respectfully,Clayton

[FUBAR]

$1500 for a Wagner.... I'll take two please!

[Leon]

Clayton, great post. I love researching the history of the hobby almost as much as the cards themselves.....I will try to post a few things soon....

[chris]

"One reason for that is the mass availability of Topps baseball cards,the only nationally distributed line of the traditional "bubble gum cards,"since Topps turns out its 250,000,000 cards a year under a virtual monopoly contract with the major league players,as it has for 20 years."

Do you guys think this is accurate?? That would mean there are roughly 41,666 of each card in each year. That seems very high and likely many more LARGE hoards will someday be found.

Chris