Best Collections
Another contender is the Gelman family. Woody Gelman was the creative director of Topps and had all the original proof sheets, first runs of cards and who knows how many copies of everything Topps made. He also started the Card Collector Company that ran ads for collectors for years until it was bought out by Larry Fritsch. Woody was also one of the pioneers of the early group of collectors mentioned in Bruce's top ten.
I remember Woody's son Richard telling me in the early 70's how excited he was to finally complete a set of tobacco cards from the early 1900's. He also sold about a half dozen T206 Wagners over the years if I remember correctly.
One of these days I'd like to see his collection ... it must still be amazing.
Hank
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