Little Billy Heitman picture

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Posted By: Zimp

One of my all time favorite old time collectors picture. This is from the Card Comments April 1961 issue. I love all the tobacco cards on the tablehttp://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1184989957.JPG

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Priceless...

I'd never seen that before. Thanks for posting it!

Frank.

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Posted By: Dave Hornish

Is that a Life Savers display box they are using for card storage?

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Posted By: William Heitman

I'm still wearing shirts today that look like that. Thanks, Zimp. I always enjoy that article. I remember someone auctioning that Card Comments off at the Detroit show in the late '70's. Got something like $45. And I was the auction screener! Thanks, again, and it was great seeing you and Wayne in Anaheim.

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Posted By: Joe Pelaez

To dig up a treasure........

Three of the classiest guys in the show circuit, that you would ever want to meet.

None of you would probably remember me, but that's not a problem.
The main thing is that I got to meet you.

Bill, I got to pick up The Monster, at one of the California shows, and it was a pleasure.

Shoe Box Wayne, and The Zimp, caught you at quite a few show's back then, and it was always a pleasure.

Zimp, the best times were some times after the show, when we would stop for a little refreshment at a watering hole.
It was at one of those stops, that you gave this Latino a Roberto Clemente autograph ... which I still have, and I've never forgotten that. ... Three classy guys in one shoe box.

Joe Pelaez

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Posted By: Dustan Hedlin

Great picture. Makes me wish I was around then, to not only collect these cards but watch great baseball at the same time.

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Posted By: William Heitman

And you, Joe, certainly were, and are, a fourth in that shoe box.

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

BILL Z

Great pix and info., thanks......see you in Cleveland.


BILL HEITMAN

Will we see you at the National in two weeks ?

TED Z

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Posted By: William Heitman

Hi Ted

I wanted to attend the upcoming National but, upon reflection, the culture shock of last year's hasn't worn off, and they just don't schedule seminars for me to give anymore. Lost my priority for tables somewhere around the 15th. And, somehow, I haven't yet figured out how to vote for people to go into the National's Hall of Fame. I loved the dinner and especially enjoyed seeing that so many young collectors are into T206 . . . and T205 . . . and T207. The dinner is part of the joy of the National I envisioned in the mid '70's when I wrote Halper insisting that a National Convention was the only thing that would legitimize this kids' hobby we adults still indulged in. As always, though, my thoughts will wander somewhere while the National is going on just as they used to every time I watched Mantle. As they still do when I have a stack of T206 in my hands. Enjoy it.

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Posted By: leon

When you came to the Net54 Dinner last year at the National I certainly noticed you spent most of your time with the younger crowd. I can appreciate that. I was sure hoping I could get you to do as we spoke about and give the story, as a speech, of the very first National, which you helped with....The stage could have been yours. Hopefully next year..(if I am still doing this and orchestrating the Dinner).....Since I haven't seen you around I didn't figure you were into it right now so didn't ask. I am glad we got to meet last year anyway...take care

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Posted By: William Heitman

LEON

Please don't misunderstand my lamenting. The Net54 dinner is one of the reasons I want to go to the National. The National envisioned in the '70's was supposed to be about exchanging information and promotion of the HOBBY. Last year's National floor looked very different and was dominated by noncollectors. I have a question: What makes the National a "National" anymore? Who decides where it is held? When it is held? Do the collectors have a voice in this anymore? A truly National Convention should be controlled by the people who make up a National body of some sort and not by people who have merely been able to Trademark the name. I enjoyed last year's dinner and truly loved meeting so many collectors and seeing old friends. But I missed the seminars, the hospitality suites, the auctions and any truly exciting promotion of the hobby. Seeing the Gretzky/McNall Wagner for the I don't know how manyth time is hardly exciting. Still trimmed. Have a really great show and I do hope to be there next year.