[Jayworld]

Goodnight, Fred, that's an impressive Hartland Collection! Particularly intriguing for me are the Green Box "Dallas" Hartlands. True Story:
Back in the spring of 1990, I visited my local card shop (Dallas), and the owner showed me a new circular for a brand new Hartland Whitey Ford figure. Well, I knew I had to order it, and I also copied down the Dallas address of Hartland, which at the time, was in an industrial section not far from 635 (LBJ), so I drove over there during a lunch break and saw the Hartland "plant." It was a small, brick building (no larger than a 2-3 bedroom home) with a small front office and a larger assembly room. There were 3 ladies in the room hand painting the new Whitey Ford figures. They showed me around for about 5 minutes and that was that. I later ordered the Lou Gehrig and Dizzy Dean figures, and put in an order for the Ty Cobb and Bob Feller Figures. I never got the Feller or Cobb figures, as that was at the time the owner, Bill Alley, went missing, so my order was filled by my choice of Anniversary figures (Ted Williams and Warren Spahn). I picked up the unassembled/unpainted Cy Young and Honus Wagner "Missouri" figures along with their unassembled boxes at some point. I later sold all my Hartland collection.

Sorry, back to topic. What do I collect besides baseball cards? Southwest Conference memorabilia (much of my collection is in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco, Texas), vintage and new Marx 12" figures, vintage 3 Investigators books, San Diego Padres game used/issued equipment, autograph collecting (mostly Planet of the Apes, Andy Griffith Show, Battlestar Galactica), and classic Battlestar Galactica stuff…. Whew….