Photo of 5 Guys with a Wagner in the 70's

[Tim Kindler]

Fred,
Thanks for showing and sharing with us some of your private memories.
It's great to hear someone who has such good memories and, at least it sounds like, little regrets of his involvement in our hobby. Thanks for putting a face with a name on Mr. Nagy for me. I own a few of his e98s now.
Take care,
Tim Kindler

[ruth-gehrig]

Cool post! Thanks for sharing with us all!

[WillowGrove]

Originally Posted by Tim Kindler

Fred,
Thanks for putting a face with a name on Mr. Nagy for me.
Take care,
Tim Kindler

Me too.

I don't own a Wagner even though I was around the hobby in the 70s. Guess I just didn't try hard enough to convince my parents to spend a few thousand on one card. My bad.


When I was 14 I put a classified ad in The Trader Speaks and have saved all of my correspondence to this day. Here's a note from Mr. Nagy where he mentions the importance of condition and how he has many Goudeys and old cards in excellent and mint conditions....

[joeadcock]

Peter

Thanks for showing the letter. Postmark looks like 1973 on your letter. I was 9 then and wouldn't have known how to place an ad.

Living in Miami, Florida, there was not the baseball card collecting that you find up north US. I got the Sports Hobbyist couple of times, but my lack of funds and overall being inept, didn't lead me in that direction. My dream was collecting Topps Baseball and Laughlin cards in mid and late 1970's. Settled for the 7-11 or the "tobacco shop" for getting new stuff.

Either way, love insight to what went on in the 70's collecting of prewar.

[mrvster]

Thanks again on that Howard.... I still saved the peeled back!! card is sick.....my parents were thinking about it(wagner) when I was a kid......I didn't get there, but one day I will

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by joeadcock

Thanks for showing the letter. Postmark looks like 1973 on your letter. I was 9 then and wouldn't have known how to place an ad.

In 1973 my dad was 11.

[joeadcock]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

In 1973 my dad was 11.

Woh Alex, glad you added the smiley face.

So I see your dad is older than me.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by joeadcock

Woh Alex, glad you added the smiley face.

So I see your dad is older than me.

He is.