Bill Mastro in the hobby press, 1969-1970

[Stonepony]

Interesting stuff. Pretty sure I didn't have a " study" when I was 17. I did have a basement with a ping pong table

[trdcrdkid]

I've already found an addition to this thread. In the April 1969 Ballcard Collector, from which I posted above the "Martin Opens His Mail" column with a letter from Mastro praising the paper, also has a "For Sale" ad by Mastro, which I've posted below. (See below the "Card Collecting on the West Coast" article, which I'm about to post in another thread.) In fact, I assume that Mastro's letter of praise for The Ballcard Collector accompanied his ad when he sent it in.

[Leon]

That column was written by one of our board members, hi Ed!!

One of the things he writes is that collectors are upset that non-collectors are selling cards at higher prices than they should be. If they only had ebay back then.

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by Leon

That column was written by one of our board members, hi Ed!!

One of the things he writes is that collectors are upset that non-collectors are selling cards at higher prices than they should be. If they only had ebay back then.

I didn't realize that Ed Broder was on Net54. Or maybe you mentioned it once and I forgot. I also posted this article, along with more context about its role in the 1969 West Coast convention later that year, in "More on 1969 and the dawn of card conventions" last night.