The Ballcard Collector - April 1973, w/Lionel Carter etc...

[Exhibitman]

Great stuff! Love the old-tech, old-school hobby rantings.

Interesting how the complaints are basically the same: bad dealers, overgrading, whining about investors, etc. I guess the more the Hobby changes the more it stays the same.

Nice ASCCA PC above. This is one I have from the first show I ever attended:




Got it on eBay a few years ago. I wish I'd kept my show ticket--it was an unused NY Yankees playoff ticket stamped with an ASCCA overprint. Had it for many years but lost it in one of my moves. Funny, it sure felt like a hell of a lot more than 60 dealers to an 11 year old boy. Boy, I wish I could jump in a time machine with $10,000 and go back to that show...

[E93]

Leon,
Thank you for continuing to post these. It is a blast to read about the early days of the hobby.
JimB

[1880nonsports]

Interesting to see Paul Gallagher's name. Going thru Paul's NS cards was like looking thru Bob Bostoff's BB stuff - bundles, rubberbands, and always a good story............I'm pretty sure he and his brother passed away some time ago.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by 1880nonsports

Interesting to see Paul Gallagher's name. Going thru Paul's NS cards was like looking thru Bob Bostoff's BB stuff - bundles, rubberbands, and always a good story............I'm pretty sure he and his brother passed away some time ago.

Yes Henry, Paul and his brother died quite a few years ago. I once got an invitation to Paul's house, now that was an experience. Stuff everywhere, including T206's that I was picking up off the floor. But he would not let me go into the secret rooms upstairs- never found out what was hidden there.

Paul would also come to my apartment but wouldn't leave until we played a couple of games of chess. He was a true character, and a really good soul.

[1880nonsports]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Yes Henry, Paul and his brother died quite a few years ago. I once got an invitation to Paul's house, now that was an experience. Stuff everywhere, including T206's that I was picking up off the floor. But he would not let me go into the secret rooms upstairs- never found out what was hidden there.

Paul would also come to my apartment but wouldn't leave until we played a couple of games of chess. He was a true character, and a really good soul.

Paul certainly was a character - but not in a bad way (RIP). You and I have not spoken in a while but I just want to extend best wishes for the holidays to you and your family. Had I known you played chess I would have given it a shot! In my youth I played at the chess club downtown, at Marty Reisman's (sp) ping pong club on 96th street on the west side, and in Washington Square Park. I think I enjoyed playing backgammon on the street at 43rd and Broadway better as chess seemed too structured and I have been known to be undisciplined. Add in playing pool at Playboy billiards and Monaco-Stone, and poker above the bakery on 72nd street I suppose I really had a misspent youth in the big scrapple.......

[VintageBall]

The Gallagher Paper Show rocked. That show had everything -- and that was just on the first table!

And then in the 1990s, one of the Gallagher brothers used to set up a table at the 26th Street flea market, selling postcards, N29s, etc.

And, did you New Yorkers know that a Gallagher offspring (or nephew?) opened up a magazine and paper store on East 12th street that ran for a few years in the mid-to-late 90s or early 00s, before closing its doors? It focused mainly on fashion magazines, but also had some general mags from the infamous Gallagher collection.

Robert S

[1880nonsports]

but not sissors :-)

sorry I'm punchy.....