Who are the Three Most Knowledgeable Vintage Baseball Card Guys

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Sorry--everything with me has to be a contest:

If you mentioned more than 3, each person got a half vote--if 3 or less a whole vote. Everybodies vote counts equal and I didn't vote(because I don't know).

1.Lipset 13
2.Lifson 8
3.Macrae 6 1/2
4.Mastro 5
5.Sloate 3

RU(1 1/2 or 2 pts)
Lemke
Moderator Leon
McKee
Olberman

Voting is still open.

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Posted By: jason

Lifson
Sloate
Lemke

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Posted By: Jason Duncan

My pick is:

Brian Wentz. He seems universally knowledgeable in most prewar and so much post war vintage including regional issues etc.

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Posted By: Lyle

JOE ORLANDO !

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Posted By: Brian C Daniels

The book!

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Posted By: Dan Koteles

me not like Chinese food. Yuckky- missing dogs and cats.....
rarr and mew, me no likey.

three that come to mind- Terry Knouse- David Bryan- Lew Lip.

Many like tbob has said have great knowledge, Pete .Cal on caramels, Scott Brockleman Ramlys and many sorts....list can keep going.

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Posted By: andy becker

most knowledgeable and most helpful are two different thing. john has a point. the most helpful people are on this board....leon really stands out. others too. i have, many times, just emailed a person....who doesn't know me from beens. greg ecklund was my last victim ....btw, thanks again greg for your help!
as for three names...lew, rob lifson, and bill mastro.

best advice goes to bruce....

"I would say the most useful thing I've learned is that when you get a chance to acquire a nice piece that you've never seen before, grab it because you may never see it again."

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Posted By: john/z28jd

I'll second that advice by Bruce and back it up with an example. I passed on an old judge card(a specific pose) at the 2003 National and i havent found that card since and its bugged me to this day.The reason i passed was because i was leaving the show and had to spend all my money(like i always do,so stupid!) and i couldnt find another card to match up with that card(he was asking $240) to equal the $400 i had to spend so i bought a card for $400 exactly.Now the card i bought was one i wanted but ive also seen it for sale 5 times since then so it wasnt exactly tough in an old judge sense.

Ive learned since then and now know cards that i wont pass on for the right price,but it was a tough way to learn.Now id pay 5x the original asking price if i could find that specific card

Sorry to take it off subject but its a great bit of info to know

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Posted By: Brian C Daniels

I know more about Tango Brand Egg cards than you do!

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Posted By: Dan Koteles

having only 1100 of them , you dog. Aint mad at ya for that one though.

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

I went through and tried to compile a list (in no particular order) of ALL the people who received at least an "Honorable Mention":

1.Lew Lipset
2.Barry Sloate
3.Keith Olbermann
4.Larry Fritsch
5.Leon Luckey
6.Mark MacRae
7.Jay Miller
8.Kevin Struss
9.Terry Knouse
10.Dan McKee
11.Scott Brockelman
12.Rob Lifson
13.Bill Mastro
14.Bill Heitman
15.Bob Lemke
16.Trevor Hocking
17.Jim Clarke
18.Bruce Babcock
19.Corey Shanus
20.Richard Masson
21.Hal Lewis
22.Bob Marquette
23.Pete Calderon
24.Andy Baran
25.Greg Bussineau
26.Dick Egan
27.T.J. Schwartz
28.Brian Wentz
29.David Bryan
30.Dave Levin

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Posted By: barrysloate

For three people that's a lot of people. At least I made the cut. Hal, do we have a contest winner?

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Posted By: Brian H (misunderestimated)

Lipset
Lemke
Beckett
Orlando
Hager & Purdy (I just like to put them on the same line)

(These aren't my votes)

I'll vote for the following (I'm only considering people of whom I have first hand knowledge of their knowledge; no one based purely on reputation or legend only people I've spoken to or read something by):

In no particular order:

Lipset
Lemke
Brockelman (Sp ?)

Honorable mention:

Sloate
Macrae
B. Wentz
Masson
Miller
Barron
Fritsch