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Old 04-06-2012, 10:34 AM
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I just received this week a book named : The Card

everyone here probably know this book and his theory and probably a couple of thread was be posted in the past on this board.

What is your opinion guy on this book and his theory about psa and the PSA8 Wagner.
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I never read that book but about 5 years ago a board member I think his screen name was gatorfan or something like that wrote a book. It was a story about a guy that worked at the print factory and it was quite entertaining. The member had a very impressive collection including a T206 Wagner and had to sell it off due to a divorce.

Hal was his name, wonder what ever became of him?
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Was an interesting read about the T206 Wagner card. Definitely worth reading in the collecting world.
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The Card was entertaining, not sure how accurate. Just started The Marinolli Treasure, starts off with the protagonist burning t206 scraps & errors......makes me nauseous
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The Card was entertaining, not sure how accurate. Just started The Marinolli Treasure, starts off with the protagonist burning t206 scraps & errors......makes me nauseous
I loved the Marinoli Treasure, very entertaining quick read
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I never read that book but about 5 years ago a board member I think his screen name was gatorfan or something like that wrote a book. It was a story about a guy that worked at the print factory and it was quite entertaining. The member had a very impressive collection including a T206 Wagner and had to sell it off due to a divorce.

Hal was his name, wonder what ever became of him?
Hal Lewis was a regular, albeit a somewhat controversial one. He had a sensational rookie card collection, my understanding is that he got out of the hobby several years ago though. His ID was halleygator.
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I saw the card at the '91 national. everyone in line waiting to see it was grabbing posters of mcnall/gretzky holding the card. they were only suppose to be handing those out when gretzky or mcnall was present, so they stopped the free for all grab before I got to the front of the line.

Mr. mint had a fairly worn, creased wagner for sale at his booth for 100,000 dollars also. (a premium at the time for that condition considering the Gretzky Wagner had went for 451,000 dollars.

Those are the only two wagners i have seen in person.
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I liked Hal. He was, and I assume still is, a successful Florida lawyer able to buy many expensive cards. Not many people I knew who could drop $70,000 on one baseball card. He also seemed like a regular guy and was able to joke around. I heard he sold his collection as part of divorce, and that's the last the baseball card world heard of him. He was only a couple of years older than me so I assume he's alive and well , just not collecting baseball cards.


'Mint Condition' by Dave Jameson is a recent and good book about the baseball card industry, covering the usual ground. I liked it better than The Card. It has great info and many of the card pioneers-- stuff I never knew before. The Card tries to be tabloid newspaper controversial, while Mint Condition is more of an objective history.

Hey, I always enjoyed the Mr. Mint books. A lot of bragging and tall stories going on, but still entertaining. Call them entertainments like pulp fiction novels. You can say a lot of stuff about Mr Mint, but he's knowledgeable and experienced.

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I liked Hal. He was, and I assume still is, a successful Florida lawyer able to buy many expensive cards. Not many people I knew who could drop $70,000 on one baseball card. He also seemed like a regular guy and was able to joke around. I heard he sold his collection as part of divorce, and that's the last the baseball card world heard of him. He was only a couple of years older than me so I assume he's alive and well , just not collecting baseball cards.


'Mint Condition' by Dave Jameson is a recent and good book about the baseball card industry, covering the usual ground. I liked it better than The Card. It has great info and many of the card pioneers-- stuff I never knew before. The Card tries to be tabloid newspaper controversial, while Mint Condition is more of an objective history.

Hey, I always enjoyed the Mr. Mint books. A lot of bragging going on, but still entertaining. Call them entertainments.
I will look for thisbook on amazon.com
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