Broders, Dan Even and the Helmar Rabbit Hole

[h2oya311]

Tim - welcome to the board! You have a wealth of knowledge so will be a great fit for the Net54 community.

I remember getting an email from Janice Even about Dan’s passing. He used to hold old-school auctions by email. He was honest though as I recall placing a $500+ bid on a card I wanted, only paid about $70 for it and heard that another person emailed him “after the final bell” but he wouldn’t accept that bid. Saved me quite a few bucks.

Anyway, I remember your name coming up a lot when it was searching for oddball Rickey Henderson cards back in the day. I don’t miss that rat-race. Modern player collectors are always in for a world of pain. The Broder’s are prime examples as most are uncatalogued.

Dan Even was the go-to source for JD McCarthy postcards. I have a printout of one of his spreadsheets (several hundred pages) of each player and pose catalogued. I know of a few that didn’t make his checklist, but he made a pretty decent dent in it. Not sure if anyone has picked up that pursuit with his passing.

Anyway, welcome aboard!!

[tpeichel]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

Tim - welcome to the board! You have a wealth of knowledge so will be a great fit for the Net54 community.

I remember getting an email from Janice Even about Dan’s passing. He used to hold old-school auctions by email. He was honest though as I recall placing a $500+ bid on a card I wanted, only paid about $70 for it and heard that another person emailed him “after the final bell” but he wouldn’t accept that bid. Saved me quite a few bucks.

Anyway, I remember your name coming up a lot when it was searching for oddball Rickey Henderson cards back in the day. I don’t miss that rat-race. Modern player collectors are always in for a world of pain. The Broder’s are prime examples as most are uncatalogued.

Dan Even was the go-to source for JD McCarthy postcards. I have a printout of one of his spreadsheets (several hundred pages) of each player and pose catalogued. I know of a few that didn’t make his checklist, but he made a pretty decent dent in it. Not sure if anyone has picked up that pursuit with his passing.

Anyway, welcome aboard!!

Thanks, Derek. I am enjoying the boards, so much information outside of my area expertise that I knew only at a very superficial level.

[tpeichel]

The Broder Checklist by Dan Evens arrived and although Dan is gone, he still can weigh in on the issue. Here is the introduction to his book.

[tpeichel]

Originally Posted by tpeichel

The Broder Checklist by Dan Evens arrived and although Dan is gone, he still can weigh in on the issue. Here is the introduction to his book.

I had to reduce the size of the image to get it to load but now it is unreadable. Is there a way to get around the 190 Kb limit? It seems like other people post larger images.

[tpeichel]

I’ll try posting from my phone, it seems to convert the size down automatically.