Mr. Mint - T206 Wagners

[jcmtiger]

No info on the Wagners, but he had tables at the Plymouth Mi. show, when I had tables there. Photo of 2 of my children getting autographs, with show promoters watching.

[HexsHeroes]

Joe,

I remember those Plymouth shows. My brother and I would try to arrive 2-3 hours before doors opened so that we could be among the first to enter. Mr. Mint always had his table at the front of the room. Often we chatted up some of the other early collectors waiting for show to start and sharing items each brought to sell. One such early collector waiting next to me had a rumbled brown paper grocery bag he carried. He was very timid about showing the contents but he eventually did with a handful of us. The item was a 1930's Gehrig road uniform shirt (maybe pants too?). Word must have reached Mr. Mint as he came out and personally led that collector into the show room 30-45 minutes before doors opened. A deal was completed by the time I entered. It was pretty cool to witness such an artifact in person. Loved attending those old shows.

[Rich Klein]

One of those 9 Wagners is a fascinating story and got the FBI involved. I will stress on that card Mr. Rosen was not involved in anything untoward but the buyer was a New Jersey Dentist who let's just say did a lot of things with money that were not legal. I think this was in 1992 or so.

Rich