Burdick Letters and Hobby stuff in Hunts last night

[barrysloate]

That was a great story, one which will hopefully find its way into the Net54 archive. And I never knew what TCMA stood for.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

That was a great story, one which will hopefully find its way into the Net54 archive. And I never knew what TCMA stood for.

Ya...that was most interesting to me...what TCMA stands for.

[4815162342]

Awesome pickups, Leon, and thank you Rob for posting that little insight into hobby lore!

[gregr2]

Great story, thanks for sharing! Interesting to get some first-ish hand knowledge about why the Wagner card is in such short supply.

[toppcat]

That reminds me I must pick up a spare Wagner or two one of these days!

[Rickyy]

Great items in the Hunt auction...I wish I saw that... terrific story by Rob to add to the thread.

Ricky Y

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by Rickyy

Great items in the Hunt auction...I wish I saw that...

I am kicking myself that I missed the 1908 Reading Pretzels postcard in the Hunt auction last month. That is one of my white whales because I live 20 minutes from Reading, Pa., and have wanted a Home Run Baker Reading Pretzels postcard for a while now. It sold for $534 at Hunt's and is now on eBay for $1,500. I never realized the postcard was at auction until i did a Google search.

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Ya...that was most interesting to me...what TCMA stands for.

Indeed, it stands for Tom Collier/Mike Aronstein but also "The Card Memorabilia Associates."

[dstudeba]

Thanks for the post Rob, very interesting!

[T206Collector]

I am very fortunate to have a signed T206 card, photograph, and letter from Fred Snodgrass to Wagner. In one of Leon's old posts about Burdick's newsletter it shows Wagner as one of the very first baseball card enthusiasts that Burdick used to deal with. I have a theory that Burdick, who stamped the T201 Leifield below on the reverse, traded this card to Wagner, who had Leifield sign it. I'll never know for sure, but it makes a lot of sense to me!

[Leon]

I spoke with Hunt's yesterday and persuaded them to ship my items without waiting the whole 10 days to hold my check. I guess some AHs still hold checks ten days. I convinced them my check wouldn't bounce and they shipped yesterday.

The papers should be here around Wed this coming week. I have a feeling this was most of, if not all of, John Wagner's personal hobby periodicals. Very recently Hunt sold the first items of his, the 1939 ACC and Card Collector Bulletins from his collection. I believe I was the under bidder .
John Wagner, from everything I have read, might have been the most ardent baseball card collector back in the day, besides Burdick himself.

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by Leon

Very recently Hunt sold the first items of his, the 1939 ACC and Card Collector Bulletins from his collection.

Fortunately I was able to pick these up from Hunt's and having read through the Bulletins, they are an amazing read!!