[Keith H. Thompson]

This is only going to work if I can attach a picture, but I thought it was interesting reading in a January 9, 1998 issue of Sports Collectors Digest at the time and thought so again today. The article refers to events of the year 1973 and finishes with the thought -- "try to picture what the hobby might look like in 2023"

In 1973 Bill Mastro purchased a T206 Wagner card for $1,500. The Trader Speaks is quoted as saying that he (Mastro) was "perhaps the youngest collector ever to have assembled T205, T206 and T207 sets."