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[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by Topsy Hartsel

All items have had atleast one bid except for 1. This is a suprise to me. The one card is an E97 Hartsel. This is a little rarity in it is the correct spelling of his name. The more common card uses the spelling Hartsell. I hope everyone atleast checks my collection. It was a great time collecting. I wish everyone the best.

Can you post a link? What led you to collect this specific player?

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Can you post a link? What led you to collect this specific player?

I am sure he will answer, but Legendary answers this question:

The offerd collection of Topsy Hartsel baseball cards and related ephemera was painstakingly put together over the past 30 years by his great-grandnephew, who attempted to collect literally every different baseball card that Topsy was pictured on

http://jeffmarren.com/Legendary/0214/Hartsel0214.html

[Topsy Hartsel]

Topsy was my Grandmother's Uncle. My Aunt years ago gave me an autograph
she had gotten as a child. That is what started everything.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by Topsy Hartsel

Topsy was my Grandmother's Uncle. My Aunt years ago gave me an autograph

she had gotten as a child. That is what started everything.

That is very cool. I truly respect your labor of love.


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[bn2cardz]

It really, truly, is sad that this collection is getting split up and that no one else in the family would recognize the family history that you were helping preserve.

Since you focused on just Hartsel and you brought up the specific card. Did you really find the 1 "L" e97 harder to find? I ask because I see that SGC weights the card higher making it seem like it is hard to find, yet SCD shows the 2"L" variation is higher in price and have found some discussions showing that the 2"L" variation is harder. I don't know enough about the set and you obviously would have been focused on just his cards so I assume you would know.

[Topsy Hartsel]

I've only seen 2 with the correct spelling with the single L. There are more out there. The LL has always been in my opinion the easiest to find. When I got mine the single L was more expensive by far if you could find it.

[milkit1]

Hi Topsy,
Sorry to hear you are selling the collection. i hope you kept something for yourself?