T213 type 1 Collectors out there?

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Posted By: leon

As most remember I was able to get the complete checklists from one of the true hobby pioneers, Walt Corson. Walt is the person who sold Nagy much of his collection in the famed station wagon adventure that Bill Mastro once wrote about. Walt's best friend was James Lowe, famed postcard collector and author of several books. If we remember correctly Mr. Lowe's son Jeff auctioned off several N167's on ebay and is where I picked up the Ewing. I believe the Ewing most likely came from Corson before he sold everything to Nagy. Walt's checklist here included Hustler and Cobb as T206 backs he still needed. Walt was a friend of Jeff Burdick too.....So there is some small legitimate chance that this little 3 x 5 is where the "Hustler backed T206" urban myth came from.. I still go by Burdick first and foremost, even when he made a mistake, much as I still go by the English language when something doesn't fit a "rule". We don't change our alphabet and I don't change Burdick's ACC (but that's just me). This is circa late 1950's (maybe very early 1960's) as that is when the checklists are from too. It looks like he had just nabbed a Carolina Brights back.
Hope this helps a little..