frank nagy

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by commishbob

Didn't Bill Mastro end up with his collection? Maybe I'm mis-remembering that.

I believe he did. Mastro was very close to Nagy, and was engaged to his daughter for a while. Here is an article that Mastro wrote about Nagy in the August 31, 1976 Sports Collectors Digest.

[oaks1912]

Frank was a larger than life figure and very helpful to collectors with questions. His handwritten letters would arrive with my monthly auction winnings which were sandwiched between two pieces of cardboard, wrapped with butcher paper and tied with string. Frank was a chain smoker, and I always knew when his packages were in my p/o box, because the cigarette smoke aroma created a cloud like 'pigpen' on Peanuts. Once I out the key in my box, the aroma cloud would come out of my box, and usually took two or three weeks of new magazines or mimeograph paper to neutralize the box. You'll still see a number of cards previously owned by Frank circulating in the hobby with his handwriting on the back. Always brings a smile to my face when I see them. A great collector and a great person.

[oldjudge]

Frank was a great guy to deal with, and he had some incredible stories. When he first started dealing there was little demand for N172s. He told me he would throw some in with orders for free. He also told me he would put an N173 at the bottom of a box to support it. His great line to get you to buy something was "it will add class to your collection". When I was collecting football I bought a lot of match covers in his auctions.

[teza11]

Nagy was definitely a match book cover guy. I have several of his original checklists including baseball, football, and hockey.

Jeff

[trdcrdkid]

Here's an article about baseball card collectors from the August 10, 1971 Wall Street Journal, with a section on Nagy and how he pissed off his wife by spending their life savings on Walter Corson's card collection.

[tedzan]

Some of the Frank Nagy cards in my E90-1 set.


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