[brian1961]

David, i sincerely thank you for loading up these two hobby obituaries by Lionel Carter. How well I remember the one of Jake Wise. I was a SPORT FAN subscriber at the time it was printed. That poor man. Lionel was very ticked off about how he was treated by other hobbyists, when Jake had to sell his collection off, little by little. They took rotten advantage of this man who was down on his luck, with his mind starting to falter. It was all Lionel could do not to name names. You can really derive this from the tone of his words.

I loved Lionel Carter. Not only was he a mentor, but a hobby watchdog of the first rank. We did not always agree, but he knew how to call a spade a spade. Lionel, along with George Lyons, Ric Apter, and Bob Solon, were my favorite baseball card hobby writers.

Sure wish i could have spent an afternoon and evening talking with 'ol Jake about any experiences he had with the 1953-54 Briggs Meats, since he lived in the Washington, DC area.


Thanks again, David. Best regards, Brian Powell

PS Just read your piece by none other than Jake himself. Wow. Now I'm very angry all over again. Same thing happened to me at the 73-74 Midwest Convention, on a much, much smaller scale. I'm eating lunch at the bar counter at the Hilton. A fellow collector strikes up a deal with me for a couple 73 Topps Candy Lids. Said he'd send me a check in the mail. It never came. He would have had money on him, but that's over 40 years ago.