A Card Of His Own
 

Posted By: <b>bruce dorskind</b><p>America has a long history of paying tribute to its early pionners.<br /><br />Whilst they be cowboys, politicians, entertainers, explorers or<br />even baseball card players, we have memorizalized their fame<br />in print -- in books, on posters, and beginning 140 years ago,<br />on cards (cigarettes, caramel etc).<br /><br />Back in 1972 legendary card dealer-collector ,Wirt Gammon,decided <br />that he and a group of his fellow "trading partners" should have a piece<br />of history they could call their own.<br /><br />So Wirt decided to issue a postcard set paying tribute to 14 of<br />the top collectors. Wirt asked each of the collectors to contribute<br />$6 and name his favorite card with whom they were pictured.<br /><br />Many of those legendary collectors are gone now, and only a few<br />remain in the hobby. Twenty years ago, Lew Newman sent me a sample<br />postcard from the set.<br /><br />Below is the check list of the collectors. How many do you know?<br /><br />I have scanned a copy of an article from a late 1990 issue of Lew Lipset's<br />Old Judge which discusses the set in great detail. Let me know if you<br />would like a copy of the scan.<br /><br />Should we select Today's Top 50 Vintage Collectors and include them on<br />a set with a picture of their favorite card.? Imagine all the information we could<br />include on the back- with details on what they collect....etc.<br /><br />That might give the PSA Set Registry some real competition.<br /><br />What do you think..<br /><br /><br />Collectors Who Apppeared in the 1972 Wirt Gammon Set<br /><br />1. Rich Egan<br />2. John England<br />3. Rusty Moshier<br />4. Phil Lehrman<br />5. Wirt Gammon<br />6. Dr. Larry Kurzrok<br />7. SW McClure<br />8. Ralph WInnie<br />9. Charles Buck Barker<br />10. Robert Thing<br />11. Ed Zehlder<br />12. Jim Nowell<br />13. Dick Reuss<br />14. Lou Newman<br /><br />Does anyone which of these collectors is still active in our hobby? Are any Board Members?<br /><br />Looking forward to hearing from you.<br /><br /><br />Bruce <br /><br />

A Card Of His Own
 

Posted By: <b>Julie Vognar</b><p>not only as a great collector, but also for his habit of writing players' stats on the blank backs of his cards:<br /><br />Back of N172 Dummy Hoy:<br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/jphotos/BN172Dsb002.jpg"><br /><br />Back of 1915 Zeenut McMullen:<br /> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/jphotos/BSMcM15b001.jpg">

A Card Of His Own
 

Posted By: <b>Greg Ecklund</b><p>Stan McClure (#7 on the list) passed away some time ago - Mastro auctioned his collection in their first two or three catalogs when they were still Mastro & Steinbach.

A Card Of His Own
 

Posted By: <b>Anthony</b><p>I used to know Jim Nowell in the '70's- he and Gavin Riley and Steve Brunner ran the monthly club in Orange County (CA) and the annual show in Anaheim. Haven't seen any of the 3 since I started again 6 years ago at any of the local shows.