sad news - the old Professor has left the building

[timn1]

Moved from another thread to clarify-

Bob Manning, longtime collector and occasional poster here, died in March at the age of 72.

I learned this from my Davidson College alumni magazine. Bob taught physics and humanities at Davidson for nearly 40 years (including teaching me astronomy in 1979-80). He was an inspiring teacher and all-around good guy.

Bob's pride and joy was the 1952 Topps set, which he had begun as a kid, and more recently he had moved into collecting T206s. Bob didn't socialize in person much with other collectors, but I saw him and his son at one or two Nationals and he seemed to be having great fun. He'll be missed-

[ethicsprof]

Tim,
I,too, remember him well from my Davidson College days.
I always was impressed with his being a physicist who could talk the humanities with the best of the experts.
He and I chatted a few times in recent years about his great T206 collection.
Quite the collector and scholar!
I will miss him as well.
my condolences to his family, friends, and thousands of students,

Barry

[mattsey9]

What a shame. My first BST buy was from Bob for some 54 Topps commons. They were in better shape than described and he slipped an extra card into the mix. Condolences to the family.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by mattsey9

What a shame. My first BST buy was from Bob for some 54 Topps commons. They were in better shape than described and he slipped an extra card into the mix. Condolences to the family.

From my few experiences with Bob, that sounds like him. He always seemed like one of the really nice guys in the Hobby. Condolences to family and friends and RIP Bob.....

[Bridwell]

Bob's T206 near set is #14 on the PSA Registry. He also has some great Bowman and Topps PSA sets from the early 1950's. A nice man. He will be missed.

[barrysloate]

Bob was a customer of mine for many years. Condolences to his family and friends.