Hey Leon:
Thanks for posting! I recall having one of these survey's from Dick.
Great memories of trading with lots of these guys. Funny, the things you remember. John England (had a BEAUTIFUL wife), Bill Haber, Stan McClure, Rich Egan, Eric Lange, Elliot Dock ( one of the few younger than me at the time. Still is I guess. He was BIG into R330 Double Plays), Frank Nagy ( spent a few nights at his place over the years, didn't want to leave the basement!! He only slept about 3 hours a night.), Dick Reuss and his traveling buddy Tom Wickman, Jack Wallin ( another Beautiful wife), Tom Collier, Irv Lerner, Joe Michaelowicz ( whose wife Karen was more into collecting than he was!! especially the T200 premiums), Bob Wilson, John Rumierz, Billy Mastro, Mike Aronstein etc. etc. etc.
Strange, I don't see the name of Stan Makowsy. A long time collector of Topps test sets and other stuff, because he lived in Brooklyn where Topps would "issue" their test sets. I recall visiting him and seeing his Dice Cards. He was a sports announcer known as Stan Martin on some NYC radio stations. Think he had a set of the Topps 3-D though not listed here.
Helps me nail down when I completed some of my sets that he does not list me as having on here. T200, T205, and T207 which I completed after my T206 set which he does note on the list. Or maybe Dick just wasn't aware at the time that I had them. Other sets as well.
So many memories. I recall Jack Wallin having a STACK of Willie Jones Sealtest cards at a card show ( I forget were, maybe Chicago, on the day Ken Norton broke Ali's jaw). John England was my first trade with an advanced collector through the mail. I traded him some 39 Play Balls. Nice guy! Visiting Stan McClure in Washington D.C. He kept his cards in bureau drawers. We went into his bedroom and he opened up drawer after drawer all with cards in them. Tom Collier. TOUGH to deal with. Heard a story, I never knew if it was true or not. One of his many wives got mad at him and tore up his Wagner and flushed it down the toilet!!
Thanks for posting Leon! Sorry to run on with the memories!
I notice no one has answered your question about if current collectors would participate in such a list now.
I don't have much anymore that would get me on a list of such exclusive cards and/or sets, ( well maybe a few in the post war) but count me in if someone wants to start one. Maybe one here and one in the postwar section!
Fred
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