Early Hobby Baseball Card Collectors

[Leon]

I was going through the proverbial boxes of "stuff" pushed aside for another day and found this postcard. My guess is circa 1980s? (maybe a little earlier)...
Reading about the early hobby days is interesting. This excerpt was taken from an SCD article, written by esteemed hobby researcher, George Vrechek, on Frank Jock.

"1896-1968 FRANK JOCK

Jock was an avid collector since his boyhood. He stored 1,500 pounds of sports memorabilia in a cottage behind his house. He was an admired collector, and Bob Jaspersen started an award which was given annually after Jock’s death to collectors who had improved the hobby."

[MK]

Originally Posted by Leon

I was going through the proverbial boxes of "stuff" pushed aside for another day and found this postcard. My guess is circa 1980s? (maybe a little earlier)...
Reading about the early hobby days is interesting. This excerpt was taken from an SCD article, written by esteemed hobby researcher, George Vrechek, on Frank Jock.

"1896-1968 FRANK JOCK

Jock was an avid collector since his boyhood. He stored 1,500 pounds of sports memorabilia in a cottage behind his house. He was an admired collector, and Bob Jaspersen started an award which was given annually after Jock’s death to collectors who had improved the hobby."

I never heard of a collection being described by weight before. Makes me wonder what mine weighs.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by MK

I never heard of a collection being described by weight before. Makes me wonder what mine weighs.

Everyone please remember that the plastic slabs of graded cards should not count toward your hobby weight.

You will also need to subtract your own weight when standing on the scale while holding this hobby material.


Brian

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Everyone please remember that the plastic slabs of graded cards should not count toward your hobby weight. Brian

Brian, you may not count your slabs in determining your hobby weight, but I sure do. And, I have far more of the heavier SGC slabs than I have PSA slabs, which gives me a leg up on all the PSA affectionados.

[brianp-beme]

SGC slabs also have the additional advantage of taking up more space.

Brian

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

SGC slabs also have the additional advantage of taking up more space.

Brian

I’d still take an SGC slab over that ugly PSA one any day of the week.

[FromVAtoLA]

My weight is up since I started collecting…oh, wait, are we just talking about the weight of the cards…

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by MK

I never heard of a collection being described by weight before. Makes me wonder what mine weighs.

Sure you have, " I have TONS of DUPES. I have TONS of junk cards. etc." we always discuss our excess of cards in TONS.

[dbrown]

Originally Posted by Leon

I was going through the proverbial boxes of "stuff" pushed aside for another day and found this postcard. My guess is circa 1980s? (maybe a little earlier)...

No zip code, so probably pre-1967 when that became mandatory/generally used. And issued while Jock was alive.

[oldjudge]

Great stuff, Leon! Thanks for posting these. After all these years we are becoming hobby old timers.

[BabyRuth]

A Ruth from Lionel Carter

[brianp-beme]

Here is a T206 with a stamp of prominent collector Lawrence Kurzrok, along with a photo. A writeup of Kurzrok is on this excellent website by our own Andy H. about T206 back stamps:

https://thegreatt206backstampproject...kurzrok-md.php

Besides being a doctor and professor, as a young man Kurzrok was quite an advanced amateur tennis player in the 1920's and 1930's, at some point ranking 10th in the nation.


Brian

[qed2190]

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