Posted By:
bruce Dorskind
Dan is one of the hobby's most knowledgeable collectors.
Whilst generally under the radar he has been collecting ultra rare
pre World War I baseball cards for than 30 years. His collection
is vast in scope and deep in quality.
He is brilliant and very successful patent attorney and is far
more understated than we.
But Dan is a killer competitor. We recall bidding head to head for
a Four Base Hits into the wee small hours of the morning. The late
Don Flannagan, working for Wolfers at the time, informed each of us
who the competition was. Dan won.
Dan neglected to tell you that he made a find of 6 Boston Garter posters
while on a business trip to Atlanta. He bought them in barn for "a song"
and sold one to us a week later for $20,000. Another great Dan find is
the reason why we have two Boston Cigar Makers pins (ultra rare) in our collection.
When we would cross each other's paths at card shows, Dan brought along his
wife and she helped spot opportunities that we missed. Sometimes even we have
trouble being in two show booths at the same time.
We love to talk cards with Dan and generally have lunch once a quarter. We rarely talk
about money or value although we have shared some great stories about our finds.
Dan grew up in a small town in West Virginia. But he hass the killer instincts, albeit in
a quiet way , of a Marine General.
We hope he shares the story about the unbelievable collection which belong to a neighbor.
It too, slipped away.
As for Matty, we always regret selling it (even if we received a million dollars)- but it was
a bad time in our life. Fortunately we still have an uncut sheet of Boston Garters and a number
of other singles= as well as an array of store advertising.
For those of you who want to truly learn about the early history of baseball cards,
and here stories about incredible finds, there is no better source than Dan
All the best
Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List