[QUOTE=frankbmd;1758411]
The best story I have has been told before. (
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=147783)
Mr. Waddell was first owned by Nelson Tisdel, who stamped and signed the back of this card. It stayed in the Tisdel family and was passed on to his son. In the early '40s Tisdel's son had a trading partner who traded T206s. Mr. Waddell was traded to Gordon Soutter, who also signed the card. Mr. Soutter kept the card for 70 years, until a lady in Utah sold the card on eBay. I purchased the card on eBay and was curious enough to ask the seller if she knew who Gordon Soutter was. She was kind enough to reply "I know him well. He's my husband." She also provided the details of the trade that her husband made to obtain the card in his childhood.
Bingo. Provenance established. Tisdel to Tisdel to Souttar to Burke++.
This is the one I will keep in the family for another 70 years.
While I’ll never know who stamped this Chase card, I’ve managed to acquire 5 others similarly stamped...but the Chase was my first T206 and still my favorite (along with the Loving Cup version).
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M@tt McC@arthy
I collect Hal Chase, Diamond Stars (PSA 5 or better), 1951 Bowman (Raw Ex or better), 1954 Topps (PSA 7 or better), 1956 Topps (Raw Ex or better), 3x5 Hall of Fame Autographs and autographed Perez Steele Postcards. You can see my collection by going to
http://www.collectorfocus.com/collection/BigSix.