Who do you guys miss?

[wolf441]

I've been pulling a lot of archive posts lately and it made me realize how many good guys we've lost over the last ten years.

So, my question is: Whose name do you miss seeing here under new posts?

I miss Jantz, always had great insights on the T206 set and was always a gentleman in any interactions that I had with him.

[sportscardpete]

Rob D - behind the scenes he was incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. I also found his posts humorous.

[Al C.risafulli]

Jim Blumenthal. One of my favorite people ever in the hobby, a great friend and an early supporter of LOTG.

Chris Stufflestreet. Super knowledgeable (and he let you know it), and incredibly friendly and generous with his knowledge.

I miss both of those guys terribly.

-Al

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli

Jim Blumenthal. One of my favorite people ever in the hobby, a great friend and an early supporter of LOTG.

Chris Stufflestreet. Super knowledgeable (and he let you know it), and incredibly friendly and generous with his knowledge.

I miss both of those guys terribly.

-Al

Ditto.

[perezfan]

Mike Hoevet:
He passed away far too soon, but left an indelible impression on the memorabilia side. Smart collector, amazing family man, and simply one of the nicest people I have ever met.

Jimmy Catanzaro (i.e. The King of Clout):
Just a stellar guy and a great contributor to the forum. Among the very first collectors here who specialized in Type 1 Photos. He had an equally impressive Beatles collection, and is another who passed away too soon.

Rob D:
Still alive He has a fantastic Indians/LaJoie collection with expertise on both cards and memorabilia. Nobody does sarcasm quite like Rob... a sharp sense of humor and impeccable taste. Not afraid to tell it like it is.... really miss him here.

[Peter_Spaeth]

What happened to Wonka? I don't think he's banned as Rob D is, but I could be wrong.

I liked Clayton (teetwoohsix) but he just stopped posting years ago, not sure if something happened to him.

[Dewey]

+1.

King of Clout's posts were a major inspiration to start my Type 1 photo collection.

Jimmy Catanzaro (i.e. The King of Clout):
Just a stellar guy and a great contributor to the forum. Among the very first collectors here who specialized in Type 1 Photos. He had an equally impressive Beatles collection, and is another who passed away too soon.

[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Ditto.

+ 2

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli

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Chris Stufflestreet. Super knowledgeable (and he let you know it), and incredibly friendly and generous with his knowledge.

Chris was generous with more than just his knowledge. Even today, I don't have a particularly deep network in the hobby, but I was pretty much flying solo when I first got back into the hobby in 2011. I found Chris' want list through OBC and I had a few cards he needed (1978 BK Yankees, if memory serves), so I worked out small trade. Early in 2012, I got laid off and was feeling sorry for myself in the middle of a job search. A package arrived in the mail from Chris containing a huge number of 1976 Topps cards towards the set build I put on hold while I was out of work. Completely unsolicited and with no strings attached.

I managed to land a new gig, but Chris passed away in September of that year and before I could ever return the favor. Since then, although too infrequently, I've tried to pay his generosity forward. As Emerson said:

"In the order of nature we cannot render benefits to those from whom we receive them, or only seldom. But the benefit we receive must be rendered again, line for line, deed for deed, cent for cent, to somebody."

[Seven]

It's always interesting to see the history behind many of the posters here on the board. I'll occasionally peruse the archives myself, just to see what things were like 10, 15 years ago.

On that subject, I hope everyone here, stays in good health and is living a happy life!

[edjs]

Brian Campf, and his Sporting Oregon website is one of a few guys I miss.

[FrankWakefield]

I would like to still be seeing new posts from...

Barry Sloate
Joe Pelaez
Jim Blumenthal
Julie Vognar
Barry Arnold
Jantz Morey

All were part of what is good about the board.


Three card mavens come to mind, once in a while I wonder about something and would like to hear their thinking on the matter: Bill Haber, Bob Lemke and Lionel Carter.

[atx840]

Agreed, really miss Jim Blumenthal and Jantz, both fantastic collectors and people. Very fortunate to have met both at shows over the years and have had some great conversations.

[timn1]

Ah, you guys beat me to it - I loved the way that Archive could always get the Bruces worked up.

Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli

Jim Blumenthal. One of my favorite people ever in the hobby, a great friend and an early supporter of LOTG.

Chris Stufflestreet. Super knowledgeable (and he let you know it), and incredibly friendly and generous with his knowledge.

I miss both of those guys terribly.

-Al

[Rich Klein]

But here is the Bruce's offering to sue Archives which still brings a smile to us in a strange way.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...+archive+bruce

Rich

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

But here is the Bruce offering to sue Archives which still brings a smile to us in a strange way.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...+archive+bruce

Rich

That is priceless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We should lobby Leon to put that in the Net54 Archive Center. It could have its own section - Greatest Net54 post of all time!

[egri]

Adam Moraine, but I assume he's retired young to an estate in Greenwich by now.

In all seriousness, I missed Jim Stinson during his retirement, and I'm glad he's back now. He was (and is) a wealth of knowledge, and helped me plug some very difficult holes in my signed 1953 Topps set.