Sept.30, 1962 The Card Collector....type collecting
 

Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>My good friend John Esch has been nice enough to let me copy some old hobby publications, as I have mentioned before. Every now and then I will share something I have read. As mostly a type card collector I find it interesting that they even did it 45 years ago. The Author of this article Card Notes, by Ed Curtis, says he even collected things associated with the cards (as per his statement at the end of the article). I was 1 yr and 29 days old when this article came out.....I didn't take the time to crop out the other parts of articles, sorry about that..<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1184519290.JPG"> <br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1184519619.JPG">

Sept.30, 1962 The Card Collector....type collecting
 

Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>It's amazing how long Larry Fritsch has been in the hobby. I liked the story about how kids would hold the 33 Goudey packs up so they could see which player was inside, and the stores that were most lenient about this got the most business.

Sept.30, 1962 The Card Collector....type collecting
 

Posted By: <b>Jerry</b><p>Great stuff Leon<br />The guy "Larry Dulhy" that wrote the Card Gossip article about Colt 45 Collectibles is somewhat of a sports collectible Icon around Houston. He has been putting on shows around here for 30+ years, still has one of the few Card shops around Houston and use to have one of the most extensive Colt 45 collections anywhere and a nice guy to boot.<br />Interesting to see that he was into Colt 45 memoralbilia in 1962.<br />Keep up the good work<br />Jerry<br />

Sept.30, 1962 The Card Collector....type collecting
 

Posted By: <b>Ken W.</b><p>Hey Leon,<br /><br />I was 1 year and 45 days old when this article came out! Merely a coincidence?<br /><br /><img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

Sept.30, 1962 The Card Collector....type collecting
 

Posted By: <b>Brian</b><p>I find it interesting that the term "mint" was used back then to describe the condition.

Sept.30, 1962 The Card Collector....type collecting
 

Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>Pretty surprising that the article lists Yeunglings as among the most difficult sets ever. And only 6 or 7 known Wagners? I guess the rest came out of the woodwork when the value went up. But somehow the Four Base Hits cards have not been coming out of the woodwork since their values went up.