May 2011 - Pick-up Thread

[Brian Van Horn]

Speaking of Buffalo, Thank You, Justin for the trip down memory lane. I picked up these two from Justin and he mentioned he had picked up the cards from Baseball Card Palace (in Pittsburgh), which was George and Patty Ryden's business. George's yellow price stamp was still on the top loader. I go back with George to before he was married to Patty and I loved walking into the building on Penn Avenue where they had a shop and going up the elevator with the attendant who still operated the elevator with an old hand crank. Later, I would visit the Rydens at their store in the Jenkins Arcade which was a beautiful building. I also enjoyed their store on Brownsville Road where they lived.