1975 Collectors Checklists of Cards........Dick Reuss

[Leon]

Going through some old stuff and found the below. It is a list sent out by deceased collector Dick Reuss back in 1975 where he was trying to compile a list of the collectors who had the rare cards and sets.
There are some names on here that I do not know. Anyone know of a collector named Newman who was heavy into the T cards? Maybe Alfred E.?? :>)


Think guys would participate in a list like this now???

scans are a bit fuzzy as I made them larger to be easier to read (for us old guys).....
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[oaks1912]

probably Louis Newman from New York

[barrysloate]

I was once at Lou Newman's house in Long Island, and I can say he was truly a character. By the time I was there he had sold most of his stuff, and whatever was left he had overvalued by at least tenfold, if not a hundred-fold. He was out there!

For example, I might see something worth fifty bucks, and ask him if it was for sale, and he would say "I don't really want to sell it, but if I could get $5000 for it I might let it go." At that point I knew I was only there for a social visit.

[JohnBrownsElbow]

I've noticed in a lot of these early collector publications/correspondence that 1933 Goudeys are always referred to as R319s with the word Goudey very rarely used at all.

I know by the time I was really paying attention to card collecting in 1982 or 1983 that Goudey was definitely the accepted term. I wonder just when that change in accepted hobby nomenclature happened.

Anyways, cool stuff Leon. I love it when you post items like this. Heck, I've been jonesing lately to get my hands on some boring mid-1980s SCDs just so I can go down that memory lane for myself.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by JohnBrownsElbow

I've noticed in a lot of these early collector publications/correspondence that 1933 Goudeys are always referred to as R319s with the word Goudey very rarely used at all.

I know by the time I was really paying attention to card collecting in 1982 or 1983 that Goudey was definitely the accepted term. I wonder just when that change in accepted hobby nomenclature happened.

Anyways, cool stuff Leon. I love it when you post items like this. Heck, I've been jonesing lately to get my hands on some boring mid-1980s SCDs just so I can go down that memory lane for myself.

I have a ton of old SCD's, from at newest the 80s, I would love to sell.....PM me if interested.....

[Rich Klein]

Leon: I know Lew Lipset, for research purposes, would love to borrow some of those SCD's. Just an FYI