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Old 12-31-2023, 02:29 PM
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At some point, in the ‘80s I think it was, there was an article in Smithsonian magazine about his collection. That article and accompanying photos, mainly of so many items displayed in his basement IIRC, really stoked my enthusiasm for non-card baseball memorabilia.
Great memory. Yep, it was in the April, 1987 issue of Smithsonian entitled One Fan's Tribute to Baseball Greats - And Almost Greats. It was written by Robert Creamer. I have a copy in the Glove Library of the site and can e-mail it if anyone wants it.

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