Hobby history: The 1939 United States Card Collectors Catalog

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by KMayUSA6060

What is Hustler? He lists it as a back under "White Border".

Hustler was one of the brands used with the T59 Flags of All Nations cards, and Burdick mistakenly thought it was also used with T206. This error was perpetuated in the 1946 and 1953 American Card Catalogs, and continued to appear in some T206 checklists and listings after that, notably Frank Nagy's 1962 checklist, which was widely reprinted into the 1970s. See this thread: http://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=203207

[Leon]

Thanks again for sharing these hobby nuggets of gold, David. I guess it's apropos to add the announcement for it....Burdick wrote this letter to famed collector John Wagner a few days before he did the announcement for the ACC, below. In JR Burdick style, no profit was intended.

**And this "could" be a bit of a new revelation here, it seems Burdick is first thanking Wagner (no relation to the T206 Honus Wagner at all) for giving him a T206 Wagner? If that is the case it has to be the only time in recorded history a T206 Wagner was given away, not part of any promotional contest etc....just given to a collector because he still needed it to fill a hole. Mr. Burdick had only seen one other one at the time.

[trdcrdkid]

Leon --

Thanks for posting that awesome Burdick letter to Wagner and the announcement of the US Card Collectors Catalog, which I think you've posted before. I don't see Burdick thanking Wagner for a T206 Wagner in that letter (he thanks him for four unspecified cards, including a Pontifical Standard), but he did thank Wagner for donating a T206 Wagner in the October 1, 1948 CCB, which I posted last week in the "Burdick Collection, 1947-49" thread: http://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=240887

[Leon]

David- I wanted a few others opinions too so started that new thread. "Pontifical Standard" I think might mean the Wags?
I could be wrong but he is thanking him in the present tense as it seems he had only seen one and is seeing another?

Originally Posted by trdcrdkid

Leon --

Thanks for posting that awesome Burdick letter to Wagner and the announcement of the US Card Collectors Catalog, which I think you've posted before. I don't see Burdick thanking Wagner for a T206 Wagner in that letter (he thanks him for four unspecified cards, including a Pontifical Standard), but he did thank Wagner for donating a T206 Wagner in the October 1, 1948 CCB, which I posted last week in the "Burdick Collection, 1947-49" thread: http://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=240887