Alan Hager - not off-topic exactly, just weird . . .

[tbob]

Interesting. I wonder if the card grading companies have to pay royalties to Hager or if subsequent patents were filed when the slabs were "modernized" and altered. Note that the slab Hager patented allows the card to "move around." Sounds like the one PSA used.

[DJR]

If I recall correctly, this is the same person that filed for bankruptcy in 2000:

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...06_1_charles-f

I tried to do a search for the bankruptcy filing but was unable to relocate. Florida is the perfect state for this duo.

If any attorneys have access to legal databases, please post the findings.

keywords:
alan c. hager linda florida bankrupt bankruptcy (and from the orlando sentinel news article, it looks like the county can be limited to just a handful of possibilities)

[aaroncc]

Originally Posted by tbob

Interesting. I wonder if the card grading companies have to pay royalties to Hager or if subsequent patents were filed when the slabs were "modernized" and altered. Note that the slab Hager patented allows the card to "move around." Sounds like the one PSA used.

I think this ad explains how he sold licenses, and how the process worked.

[barrysloate]

Do any of these twelve licensed companies exist today?

[aaroncc]

I believe CSA is still around. Not sure how much business they have.

http://www.csacards.com/about_csa.htm

[Peter_Spaeth]

The good old early to mid 90s, brings back memories of SCD ads for raw mint cards by Brigandi and Steve Timmons; Mike Wheat catalogs; Greg Manning Auctions; Teletrade.

[judsonhamlin]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The good old early to mid 90s, brings back memories of SCD ads for raw mint cards by Brigandi and Steve Timmons; Mike Wheat catalogs; Greg Manning Auctions; Teletrade.

I think you mean Doubleheaders catalogs - when Mike and Wayne Varner were partners, and the Howards pamphlets that arrived in my mailbox every week or so. Also, I was always "fond" of the Dolloff ads which warned that the cards were nowhere near the person on the other end of the phone so they couldn't tell you about the real condition of their overpriced commons - never understood their business model.