Jay
Jay was a great guy, a dealer I considered a friend when I would see him at shows here in Jacksonville, Florida in the 1990s and beyond. I believe at that time he was living in Palm Coast. I still have some 1961 Fleer Basketball cards I bought from him as well as some other items. He had an eclectic display with a lot of older weird items including as I recall a very very old time Cy Young minor league posed photo from Cy Youngs estate ( which when I was back in Ohio in the 1980s was supposedly from what was called at that time "Cy Youngs Trunk" ). I know this is rambling but the guy was nice, funny, friendly and just made seeing him a pleasure to talk over baseball and sports memorabilia. I remember him telling me about how he first discovered his heart problem.... he was as you can see by his picture always rail thin and was actually out jogging maybe??? in his 40s when he felt unusually tired, stopped, and without significant pain, his legs told him in his words "HEY IM GOING DOWN" and he actually fell down to the street. If Im not mistaken, I think he told me after he rested he jogged home! Turns out he had some serious heart issues and I guess he fought these the rest of his life. Sorry hes gone, reminds me that the most important part of the hobby is NOT the stuff but the people and the cool and fun stories that we all share. RIP Jay!
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