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Old 08-13-2014, 01:05 PM
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Ed McCollum
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Default Bryan, just trying to rebuild a dead guy's collection

Started in '91 or '92 when I got a card with the stamp on the back. 15 years later found another on eBay and bought it. Decided to sell the 200 or so t206s I had at the time to see how many I could find with this guys stamp on the back.

Fast forward to this week, I own 259 of them, plus the missing ones listed in this post. Have over time found he lived in a market/grocery owned by his father and uncle, was about 14 when the cards came out, was drafted in WWI, married, had a child, never left the Gainesville area and died in 1976. His daughter never married, had no children and died about 10 years later. He had moved from this address by 1925, so didn't collect after that point by all appearances. No idea how many cards he had at one time, how they were broken up, or when. But did find a couple pictures of him...

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=171365

Still looking for all I can find and reunite. Guess I'll never know if I am finished or not.
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Looking to assemble a complete T206 set with a stamp on the back from Howe McCormick, 500 W. Main St., Gainesville, Fla. Looking for the final 105. If you have any, please let me know.
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