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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Hey Folks,<br />Some will remember, not long ago, that there were some N167's on ebay. I have been speaking with the Dad of the ebay seller since then. He is a very nice gentleman, whom at 76 years young, sounds like he has more pep than I do !! As a very renowned publisher of numerous books of postcards, Mr.James Lowe, also had the good fortune of being very good friends with one of the true pioneers of the collecting hobby, Walt Corson (since deceased). You might have heard the Corson name in conjunction with Frank Nagy. Mr. Corson sold Mr.Nagy his collection around 1960. There was a story that Bill Masro wrote not too long ago about the escapade to buy the collection. We don't know if the N167's were Mr.Corson's or not, but they could have been. One of the things I enjoy about the hobby is the new information that comes out, and the searches it takes to find it. Yesterday I consummated the deal to buy Mr.Corson's personal checklists. Not a great monetary value but certainly of worthwhile hobby interest. What I got was the 1950 Book Of Checklists (shown here) put out by Charles Bray. It cost a princely some of $2.00 back then. The 80 pages of lists look like they are typewritten, though I wouldn't think they could be. It is of normal notebook size though I made the scan smaller here. There are about 40 pages of checklists of Mr.Corson's, in sometimes minute handwriting, along with the book. There is much information in this grouping and I will add some more as we go. Nothing earthshaking but still pretty neat. For now here is what the book looked like on the outside. On the first page it says <br /><br />"The Book of Checklists is now ready to mail. It covers more than 80 pages and is a collection of the checklists originally published in the Card Collectors Bulletin No's 1-60. It includes all of the known additions that have been reported to the editor, and corrections to 1950. Price $2.00 Send to Charles Bray East Bangor PENNA." <br /><br />The 2nd page says:<br /><br />"Appreciation for the assistance and aid in compiling the book goes to Mr.J.R. Burdick and Mr.Gene Denardo. While not complete, it is hoped that omissions will be reported when discovered, so that a supplement may be added sometime in the future. Charles Bray"<br /><br />There were a few letters with this grouping and here is one from the true grandfather of American Card Collecting, Jefferson Budick. <br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1144890491.JPG"> <br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1144890535.JPG"> <br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1144890578.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Chris Mc</b><p>Very cool stuff. Some good reading there.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>There will be some baseball related stuff coming in a few more posts....like this letter from Buck Barker....actually there might be some hidden baseball info as we go....ya'll will see what I mean soon....and what were you doing on 12/31/56 ? <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1144932194.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1144932229.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Thank you guys... THIS stuff is the legacy of our hobby. How we got where we are. I clearly recall reading and looking and hunting for Guiheen's first name. How could Beckett list the first names of all of these T206 guys but his??? Well I finally found "Tom", as did others, and now, in today's lists, kids see Tom and think nothing of it. It tickles me to see that other folks were concerned about this before me. Many a night, after reading copies of old newspaper articles, my tired eyes would close and as I tried to sleep I could see Guiheen's smug face staring back at me from that deep colored card of his... the rascal.<br /><br />Thank you both for sharing scans of that correspondence.<br /><br />Frank.

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Posted By: <b>Keith O'Leary</b><p><P>A LARGE COOL Leon!</P><P> </P><P>I'll be checking Network54 more often than normal today, post away! <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14></P><P> </P>

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Posted By: <b>Mike Ernst</b><p>Leon--<br />Great stuff!! I'm privileged to have not thrown away correspondence that I had with Rich Egan, Lionel Carter, Nagy, and others from the early 1970's which certainly doesn't go back as far as yours. It's fun to read that kind of stuff--e.g. the letter from Egan indicating that my Hindu T-205 was the first ever reported to him, and that he would begin adding that to his checklist.<br />We owe a debt of gratitude to those pioneers who, like many of us, did this because of their love for the game and for the cards. The hobby was a bit short of commercialized back then, wasn't it?

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>It's good to see folks enjoy this kind of stuff as much as I do. I am back at work right now but there will be some other stuff coming in this thread, later, from this assortment of stuff I got. I know of one tidbit that is most interesting...I'll see if I can post it tonight....best regards

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>Very cool!<br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>Harry Wallace (HW)</b><p>Can't wait to see more!

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Notice anything around the T206's?<img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1144976550.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>joe</b><p>I'd love to have that Cobb back, but give me the Hustler back 1st.<br /><br />joe

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Posted By: <b>Glenn</b><p>"4 - Hans Wagner"? Am I reading that right?

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I think those are the ones he still needed...but not positive...

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Posted By: <b>Glenn</b><p>Ah, must be.

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Posted By: <b>peter ullman</b><p>awesome stuff leon...hence the elusive hustler "t206" back!! too bad there's not a baseball player on the flip side!<br />pete in mn<br /><img src="http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/ullmandds/scan0003.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>mcavoy</b><p>this is great stuff. Congratulations with your purchase. That 3"by5" card is probably a want list rather than a checklist.

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Posted By: <b>HandsAtNeck</b><p>K52, #2 Manure Dryer, Bombay & K55, #1 Elephant + Rhino fight would be interesting non-sport cards (I assume these activities are not sports).

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>This is the coolest of the cool. With all the big dollars in the hobby now, you'd think a few people would get together and try to set up a museum for cards. They could rescue the Burdick collection and others that are rotting away in museums unseen by others. Notes and letters like these would be awesome additions to any museum dedicated to the hobby.<br /><br />Jay<br><br>I like to sit outside, drink beer and yell at people. If I did this at home, I would be arrested. So, I go to baseball games and fit right in.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I just found the Old Judge checklists and stuff too....I might try to post some but they are rather voluminous ....getting with the Richard 3 dollar words <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>