Who had a positive impact on your collection ?

[glchen]

I'd thank Brad Green, a member on this board. His Lefty Grove collection (Link) with all of the color variations gave me the start and motivations for my player set collections.

[Baseballcrazy62]

Just checked out that Grove Collection. I really like those Wheaties panels.

[Bicem]

Think my earliest influencers were Steve Murray, Kevin Struss, Craig Lipman, JC, Wesley Liu, Robert Silverman.

Even before I knew them I admired their collections and taste in cards.

[Leon]

Getting back to this question the early influencers were Smiling Dave (don't know his last name), Scott Brockelman and Lew Lipset..... The latter 2 helped me a lot when I first started out.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Leon

Getting back to this question the early influencers were Smiling Dave (don't know his last name), Scott Brockelman and Lew Lipset..... The latter 2 helped me a lot when I first started out.

If Smiling Dave is a local DFW person, his name is Dave Marshall

Rich

[sb1]

it was Dave Hopkins(not the ball player), lived down by Gun Barrell city.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by sb1

it was Dave Hopkins(not the ball player), lived down by Gun Barrell city.

Thanks Scott! Dave Marshall was also a good guy

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

If Smiling Dave is a local DFW person, his name is Dave Marshall

Rich

Not sure he is very local but somewhere like Waxahachie....Scott B knows him. I think he might be from East Texas or could be from around here, just not sure. My very first (as an adult) card experience was seeing him set up at the Valley Ridge (in Allen but almost vacant now) mall card show. He had table after table of bicycle spoke 50s and 60s cards and I thought they were the coolest thing. A crumpled Banks rookie for 15 bucks (that card is still worth about 15 bucks)!! This was around 1995 I guess...

.(thanks Scott for the above ID)