No, I’m not selling my collection.

[Howe’s Hunter]

Guessing the price will soar now.

[Huck]

Predictions on the final hammer price for the collection?

[Jerry G]

from brianp-beme

"Wirt Gammon was a sports writer from Chattanooga and a huge hobby pioneer who I believe specialized in vintage baseball issues. Searching his name on the web and here and he was writing articles about the hobby back in the 1940's through work in the 1970's with Sports Collectors Digest, and it has been documented that at one point he worked a deal for 3 Wagner and 3 Plank T206. I imagine a good chunk of us collectors today have cards that passed through his hands."

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Here is Wirt Gammon on the January 31, 1976 issue of SCD. I kept this issue because I had those same but full length curtains in my bedroom as a young card collector in the 1960s.

Good luck with your collection, Ed!

[milkit1]

Ha! Just sent you a pm priot to seeing this. Glad your aware what a collection!

[Howe’s Hunter]

Was able to do this about 15 years ago when Mastro had a near complete set of 520 that had 50 of Howe’s cards in it. They passed along a message and the winner did contact me almost instantly he contacted me. Over the next three years when he listed a card on eBay, he let me know. Was able to pick up a total of 47 of them over the next seven years (several I didn't win outright I was able to track via eBay and pick up from the person who did win.

Now, that won’t happen this time as I’d never be able to get all 950 over any length of time. But there is hope I might be able to contact the winner and pick up a couple.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Howe’s Hunter

Was able to do this about 15 years ago when Mastro had a near complete set of 520 that had 50 of Howe’s cards in it. They passed along a message and the winner did contact me almost instantly he contacted me. Over the next three years when he listed a card on eBay, he let me know. Was able to pick up a total of 47 of them over the next seven years (several I didn't win outright I was able to track via eBay and pick up from the person who did win.

Now, that won’t happen this time as I’d never be able to get all 950 over any length of time. But there is hope I might be able to contact the winner and pick up a couple.

That's actually an optimum outcome Ed, if you can form a relationship with the winner and pick up anything he's selling over time. What's the current bid at?

[Howe’s Hunter]

It was at $16,000, but that was about five hours ago.