Don Schlaff passed away

[Preece1]

Thank you for the kind memories. Don was my uncle but more like a second father to me. He brought me into the hobby when I was 6 at the 1971 Detroit show and we would go to the Troy Hilton shows. Goudey Ruth's were $1.25 and Gehrig's were $1.00. Sunday dinner was always at my families house and Don and I would talk cards for hours

I lived about 1 mile from his close friend Frank Nagy, and we would go over Frank's house to his basement where he kept his collection for a card tour every so often. Great memories of thes two hobby veterans talking cards over coffee and a little kid like me was allowed to just sit there and listen to amazing stories.

Some of the few cards I have kept are the three DiMaggio Leaf cards (blue, green, and yellow backgrounds) from Frank's collection that my uncle always loved. I look at them every once in a while and they brings back great memories.

He was always willing to give....and never turned down a request for cards or his time.