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Old 09-15-2007, 06:04 AM
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Default 5th oldest living HOFer....Stan Musial

Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

HOWARD

I once had a conversation with Ted Williams about his BB cards and he told me that Fleer initially offered him $500 to portray
him in their 1959 set. But, after Topps and Fleer got into a bidding war over this, Fleer prevailed and paid Williams $5000.

I also talked to Del Ennis on this same subject and he said he was paid less than $50 and a bunch of his BB cards. So, it had
something to do with how big a star you were back then.

TED Z

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