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Finding and buying cards, and selling them as a collector, was made easier by a quantum leap with the advent of ebay, so I would nominate Pierre Omidyar.
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True, true Peter. I guess we should probably set out by saying the contributions should be specifically made for this hobby (card collecting). If not I can see people adding the inventors of paper, camera's, ink, printing presses, etc. I wouldn't call any of these people, nor Pierre, great sportscard hobby contributors. Just my opinion, of course. But I can see both sides of that argument. Last edited by GoSoxBoSox; 09-03-2010 at 05:57 PM. |
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Like him or not (hi Jeff!) Bill Mastro was a driving force in establishing the auction as a fixture in the hobby.
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Bill is an awesome dude. I hope he can be Best Man at my 14th wedding someday.
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