Jewish players in Mastro Auction !!!

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Posted By: warshawlaw

Many folks collect from their own heritages; nothing wrong with that. We are a nation of immigrants and many of us are interested in who our ancestors were and what led our ancestors to get on the boat. For Jewish collectors it is especially significant to see our ancestors involved as equals in the national pastime since the USA is the only country that accorded our families full equal status as citizens and the old world most of our families came from was blasted out of existence by that bastard Hitler. Also nothing wrong with a thread about a Mastro auction grouping that appeals to ethnic collectors. I once purchased an Addie Joss from a nice fellow who turned out to be the head of some Polish-American fellowship organization. Since my last name is Polish he asked me about my background and we started comparing geneology notes. Of course, as Ed Koch once famously remarked at a Polish-American parade where he was parade grand marshal (I forget which group), I had to joke that since my background was Jewish, in the old country his ancestors would have been chasing mine down the street with knives