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Posted By: Stephen Mitchell

Although they do not rank as the best or worst of my trades, two swaps with card giant Frank Nagy come immediately to mind. The first was exchanging my childhood collection of approximately 3,000 different (1957 to 1964) baseball cards with a similar number of duplicates to Frank for about $75 in 1967 or '68. I viewed it as an even swap at the time since I had paid roughly one cent per card. (The 1500 or so football and non-sports I threw in were not especially valuable to me, either.)

A short time afterward (perhaps 3 to 6 months), I had seller's remorse although I never directly let these feelings be known to Frank. In those days Frank was still running his own auctions and I "won" a 1954 Topps baseball set for $4-5 plus a nominal 50 cents or so shipping charge. The cards were like new - without exception. As I look back, the prices of those mid- to late 1960's years were pretty low but I think I either got a bargain or else Frank suspected I was getting back into collecting and wanted to encourage me.