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Old 04-04-2012, 04:18 PM
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Default 1960 & 1962 SPORT HOBBYIST's....Lionel Carter article, Frank Nagy's Wagner, etc.

While rummaging thru my archives I came across this 1962 Nov-Dec issue of The Sport Hobbyist Magazine. I will post more of the articles in it later.

I started with Frank Nagy's article obout his Wagner. Note that Frank says there are 522 cards in the T206 set ! ?







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Nice article. $250 - don't we wish
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While rummaging thru my archives I came across this 1962 Nov-Dec issue of The Sport Hobbyist Magazine. I will post more of the articles in it later.

I started with Frank Nagy's article obout his Wagner. Note that Frank says there are 522 cards in the T206 set ! ?

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Ted - I do not think that he considered the Magie card as part of the set at the time since it was an "error" and not an intended variation.
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Old 04-04-2012, 05:14 PM
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Ted - I do not think that he considered the Magie card as part of the set at the time since it was an "error" and not an intended variation.
Kevin

I agree with you. So, does this tell us that you could acquire a Magie in 1962 for the same cost as a common ?

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I agree with you. So, does this tell us that you could acquire a Magie in 1962 for the same cost as a common ?

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No, I do not think that the Magie was ever considered a common common card. I think that it always sold at a hefty premium. It was just not considered an official part of the set by some. Kind of the same way that some people look at the T205 "errors" - many people consider their T205 set complete at 208.
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great article!
keep them coming!
i have a few of his cards and enjoy seeing him in print.
thanks for sharing.
all the best, ole buddy
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Maybe the other card besides the Magie is the Doyle Nat'l. It wasn't really known about until Fritz (sp) advertised he was buying all Doyles. I think that was after 62? That would make 524 for the set. Great article. Thanks Ted.
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great article!
keep them coming!
i have a few of his cards and enjoy seeing him in print.
thanks for sharing.
all the best, ole buddy
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I have two of Frank Nagy's Wagner's....here is my favorite.





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Great stuff Ted. Thanks for sharing it with us. Here are my Nagy's:
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Thanks JimB

Nice E94's.

Stay tuned, I will be posting more pages from this 1962 magazine.

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Maybe the other card besides the Magie is the Doyle Nat'l. It wasn't really known about until Fritz (sp) advertised he was buying all Doyles. I think that was after 62? That would make 524 for the set. Great article. Thanks Ted.

Thanks Joe,

The T206 Joe Doyle Nat'l card was not....and WAS....known by the early 1980's. When Larry Fritsch apparently was the first in the modern era of the hobby to discover
this rare error card, there was at least one other such Joe Doyle card in existence.

I say "WAS known"....because Georgia Senator Richard Russell had one in his childhood collection. Russell passed away in 1971; and circa 1980, his 1000+ Tobacco card
collection was placed in a museum at the Univ. of Georgia (where it has been on display). His T206 set also includes a Ty Cobb/Ty Cobb card. No Wagner or Plank.

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Old 04-05-2012, 09:54 AM
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Default Nice Jim!

Jim,

Those E94's are two of the nicest I have ever seen! Great cards!

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That '62 issue had quite the All Star lineup

Editors: Charles Brooks & Frank Nagy
Editorial Board: Buck Barker, Lionel Carter & Wirt Gammon

Some more Nagy owned cards
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Old 04-05-2012, 03:12 PM
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And, a few more candy cards of mine from Frank Nagy......








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Default nagy

great pics, everyone.
ted,
I finally got back to my office and had a chance to look at my framed Nagy's
and was surprised to see that all but one were graded authentic.
It didn't seem to matter much---just 3 here-- an e90-1 roy thomas aut, e90
schlitzer Aut, and an sgc 60 goudey '33 of mccurdy; then, i noticed that your cards and jay's are authentics. I think we mentioned something akin to this aeons ago but am wondering if the Nagy's are often authentic. Obviously, I'm not forgetting the exceptionality(two meanings?) of Jim's beauties.
just wondering.
great stuff.
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Anyone know what became of the Wagner card that was on the cover of the magazine ? Great info thanks for sharing . I love stuff like that when it was about the hobby and less about the value. Thanks , Brett
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Cool article and an interesting glimpse into the hobby we enjoy. Thanks for posting, Ted.

Nice cards, everyone. Here's my lone Nagy, also a Wagner....

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great pics, everyone.
ted,
I finally got back to my office and had a chance to look at my framed Nagy's
and was surprised to see that all but one were graded authentic.
It didn't seem to matter much---just 3 here-- an e90-1 roy thomas aut, e90
schlitzer Aut, and an sgc 60 goudey '33 of mccurdy; then, i noticed that your cards and jay's are authentics. I think we mentioned something akin to this aeons ago but am wondering if the Nagy's are often authentic. Obviously, I'm not forgetting the exceptionality(two meanings?) of Jim's beauties.
just wondering.
great stuff.
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Many of the E90's in Frank's collection appear to have been altered (trimmed ?).
My Duffy, Speaker and Tinker in Post #14 were also graded AUTH. (before I cracked them out of their SGC plastics).

As you know, a lot of these E90's were oversized and perhaps this is why they were cut down.

Other card issues that I've acquired from Frank over the years (Goudey's, Diamond Stars, Play Ball's) have not been altered.

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Anyone know what became of the Wagner card that was on the cover of the magazine ? Great info thanks for sharing . I love stuff like that when it was about the hobby and less about the value. Thanks , Brett
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Frank Nagy's Wagner (shown on the cover) sold in 2005 in Mastro's auction for approx. $456,000.

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I draw your attention to the adv. by Bill White. I've known Bill since I returned to this hobby in the 1970's. Bill is one of those unusual guys
who have continuously kept up with collecting sportscards and sports memorabilia since his youth. Bill is one of the greatest guys I've met
in this hobby. His expertise with pre-war and post-war sportscards card sets is amazing.





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Frank Nagy's Wagner (shown on the cover) sold in 2005 in Mastro's auction for approx. $456,000.

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I met Frank Nagy in 1972 in Detroit, at the Second Annual Midwest Card Collectors' Convention. When I told him that I was a Pirates fan and that I collected T206's, he told me that he happened to own a Wagner. Laughing, he also told me that earlier that day someone had offered to trade him a station wagon for his T206 Wagner. I think he or someone else said they thought that it might cost as much as $5000 to obtain a T206 Wagner.
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Old 04-09-2012, 03:05 PM
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Default Some more from Frank Nagy

I can relate to Frank's story here. Since at an very young age, I got my two daughters interested in Baseball. In the summertime we would catch several Yankees games at
the Stadium. They got the most enjoyment being at the Old Timer's game, since they got to see the players from my youth that I had told them of. Especially, when Mickey
Mantle hit a HR (Summer of '73).
When they were in their teens, they started collecting BB cards and Non-Sports cards. They motivated me to get back into the hobby (circa 1977).






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great piece from Nagy and your own personal story.
I was surprised that he liked the R cards so much but pleased since I have spent the last couple of years trying to complete the R cards in ACC(through 1939) and am 3
away now. I realized that I shouldn't have been surprised since the R cards were his boyhood favs, much like the late fifties to mid-sixties were my boyhood favs.
Great to be reminded in your own story about the old timers games.
Gratefully, I was able to see Dimaggio in a game decades ago and got to see him cross home!
all the best, ole buddy
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Thanks Ted for this great trip down memory lane. Frank was a great collector!

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Thanks for posting this Sports Hobbyist and Nagy article, Ted. Thanks for relaying your stories too. I love studying the old hobby even though I wasn't around to collect in it. best regards
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Very neat Ted, thanks. My daughter has claimed many of my cards, but only the ones with "pink on them".
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Default 1960 SPORT HOBBYIST....Lionel Carter article

I found this article by Lionel Carter in the 1960 Sport Hobbyist (May-June issue) to be quite amusing.....check it out.





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Nice article. $250 - don't we wish


Ive been up for almost 24 hours and im way to tired to do the math

but this magazine back then was $0.25, lets say the average cost of a magazine today is about $7 bucks, so then what would $250 bucks back then be equal to today assuming that $0.25=$7.00 now???

Anyone???
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$7000.
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Default Lionel Carter's article (post #27)

While I find it quite interesting and amusing....I don't agree with Lionel's opinion regarding Yogi Berra.


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Default The Sport Hobbyist May 1956, Vol. 1, No.1

(I merged these threads as it made sense)

I thought some might enjoy seeing this old Hobby Publication. I love collecting the very first of the publications. This predates most of us but I am sure a few of our members remember it. Cute story about Lefty Grove too....enjoy...


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