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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Jay Miller
If there were a hobby Hall of Fame created, who would your nominees be for inclusion? I would nominate the following: |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: jeff
I say we cap inductions permanently at 50. (completely arbitrary). That way we will never induct the hobby equivalent of Freddie Lindstrom (me, on a good day <g>, out-hobbied by thousands), and we won't even consider the hobby equivalent of Pete Rose (Festberg?). |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Bill Cornell
That's certainly a terrific initial class. I'd nominate Frank Nagy, another great old school collector who ran a mail-order auction that was my first source of vintage cards back in the late-70's/early-80's. He had been collecting for decades and was very willing to share his knowledge of all kinds of cards. |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: brian c
no hobby hof list is complete without mark macrae. |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Jeff Obermeyer
Tried to post this earlier and it didn't appear... |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: HalleyGator
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Brian Weisner
Dear Hal |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Jay Miller
Jeff--I am unfamiliar with a few of the people you mention (Jasperson, Sugar and Dischley). Who are they? Also, although Fritsch and Young have established very successful hobby businesses, what have they really contributed? I nominated Lew because of his research and publications, not because of his business. I nominated Mastro because he really created the major auction and the on-line auction. Rosen was nominated because, in many cases, he was the voice of the hobby to the outside world when there was no other. |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Jeff Obermeyer
Bob Jaspersen was the publisher of Sport Fan from 1951-82 - it probably could be considered the longest running hobby pub ever. Of course, it wasn't published on anything even resembling a regular basis. However, Bob always had some interesting things to say in his newsletter, and he published annual collector directories in the 1950's in which a collector could purchase an ad which discussed what they collected - he then sold these for $0.50 each. |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Brian Weisner
I agree with alot of Jeff's nominees, I've been around the hobby for 25 of my 34 years and have very clear memories of the catologs produced by galasso, young and a few other Mavericks, which drove the hobby in the late 70's early 80's. I attended numerous shows from Atlanta to Atlantic city, often stopping at Willow Grove, the best of the Old tyme shows. Alan Rosen has always been Mr Mint, full of hype, but underneath the mask, one on one a pretty good guy. Josh Evans is another good guy who away from the hype is a true hobbiest. I remember buying bats and signed contacts at his house before Lelands was even an idea in the lightbulb stage. Bill Henderson is another Hobby nominee, he knows more about commons from 1950 on than anybody period. Soory to ramble , but from 12 to 25 I had a hell of a good time in the hobby. Thanks to all, I know I've forgotten many. be well brian |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Brian Weisner
I'm sorry about my typing, but buying Baseball cards was alot more fun than learning to become a secretary. Who new computers would make typing an important skill. Just an early apoligy to future screwups. |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Julie Vognar
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Julie Vognar
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Jay Miller
Thanks Jeff. I've only collected cards during my second childhood for about 15 years (and only about eleven years on the baseball side) so some of these names were new to me. I now understand your support for them and I appreciate the education. |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Anthony
I'll put in Dan Dischley, for TTS |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Eric Angyal
Alan Hagar |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Craig
Bill Heitman. 'nuff said. |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: David
There was an emergency meeting of the Vintage Card Board last night in my home concerning the fledgling ‘Hobby Hall of Fame.’ The first order of business was when I nominated by dogs, Henry and Jack, to the board. The second order of business was when he changed the rule so that it is illegal to vote in family members or pets (With grandfather clause exception). Now that the Rudd household holds the voting block, the HOF award is now known as the Judge Landis Memorial Award and this year’s winner is Bud Selig. At first though it might be difficult to get Henry and Jack to always vote my way, but votes taken just before dinner prove most effective (One drool = yes, two drools = definitely yes). |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Julie Vognar
I didn't even have to pay a premium! |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: Julie Vognar
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: warshawlaw
for his seminal work in cataloguing exhibit cards. It was published in TTS in the 1970's. The set nomenclature (set 80, set 81, etc.) that old time collectors use came from his works. |
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Hobby Hall of Fame
Posted By: warshawlaw
Goodwin Goldfadden. Talk about the first one to make a living on the hobby. He was doing it when Fritsch was still in grade school. I had the fortunate experience of visiting his store in LA once in the 1970's. Never will forget it. A hole in the wall crammed with great stuff. I bought a nice run of Hank Aaron cards from him. |
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