Lionel Carter at the 1974 Detroit show

[nolemmings]

I can't believe that was his first time eating KFC. Geez, even I as a boy had been eating it for 5 years or more by then.

Seriously, nice recap.

[brob28]

I attended those shows as a child in the late 70's and early 80's. I'll never forget my first, I was 9 or 10 and walked into the room and thought "I wish I had saved more money" - that thought seemed to be with me often at shows I'm originally from Chicago and knew of most of the players from the '50's from my mother's stories. I found a Nmt 1964 Minnie Minoso at one of the first tables and bought it. When I got home it was missing, after looking through my stack of cards several times I found it - IN MY BACK POCKET!! Needless to say, I had sat on it several times - it's Nmt days were over. I loved those shows.

[baseball tourist]

It appears that Lionel had a healthy appreciation of the ladies.

[DeanH3]

Thanks or sharing. I love reading insights like these from hobby pioneers. Having one of Lionel's cards in my collection is truly a highlight for me.

[trdcrdkid]

Here's the story about that 1974 Detroit show from the July 31, 1974 issue of Sports Collectors Digest, and a story from the previous page about the fake 1959 Fleer #68s that Irv Lerner had showed to Carter. The pictures include Mike Aronstein (hi TCMA!) and Joe and Karen Michaelowicz, who Carter wrote about quite a bit, plus the Q&A with John Hiller that Carter found so boring. They also show the results from the Friday night auction, to supplement the Saturday auction results that Carter gave in his article.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by baseball tourist

It appears that Lionel had a healthy appreciation of the ladies.

That's hilarious!! I was thinking the same thing. Ha ha!

[nickedson]

Those early Detroit shows provided me with many great memories. The first was meeting all these hobby legends. The second was remembering sets for sale at $5 each - East Hill Pirates, 1970 Kellogg’s and Dad’s Hockey. A truly remarkable time in our hobby.

[talkinbaseball]

David,
Great article, i graduated high school in 1974, i remember buying the 1972 baseball set thru the Sport Hobbyist which i still have today. The thing i remember the most is getting the magazine with Frank Nagy on the cover in his basement with a Viceroy in his mouth looking at his cards, also, they sent two beautiful baseball matchbook covers with the issue, I wanted to go to that show, but my mom being protective wouldn't let me go a long distance at age 17.

John

[Huck]

Pure gold. Thanks for posting.

[conor912]

I wonder how many of those Williams’ are in slabs right now.