In the late 1970s, Mark Christensen, who started a mail-order business, then a store called Sports Nostalgia Shop purchased a huge amount of cards from Richard Gelman. They ranged from 1957-1975. The cards were broken down into lots ranging from 50 different to 400 different. Among all of those cards, there were some that smelled of smoke while others had an interesting warpage. On the other hand, there were many cards that were close to mint; the 400 card lots were great starter sets.
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