The Card Collectors Bulletin- Aug. 1, 1944, Whole No. 31

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Piling on with another thanks!

[Leon]

Your welcome guys. Showing the Bulletins is the least I can do for a great bunch of vintage baseball collectors. Still getting the process down though. Since each of these early copies (not sure about later ones) is 8 pages (4 individual, but fronts and backs) going forward I will probably show 4 pages at a time. Here is the rest of the first one...(btw, are the images too large??)....enjoy

[Mrc32]

Interesting that on that third page there Leon, a collector was looking for a bunch of the Short Printed t205s.

So even back in 1944 some collectors knew those cards were harder to come by....

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Mrc32

Interesting that on that third page there Leon, a collector was looking for a bunch of the Short Printed t205s.

So even back in 1944 some collectors knew those cards were harder to come by....

Hey Michael
As we go along with these it's going to be very obvious that the exact same things we talk about today were being talked about 65 yrs ago too. There will be a whole bunch of collective head nodding as folks read these. I especially like the careful verifying and cataloging of cards. I believe one of the articles Burdick wrote is going to say the cards need to be sent to him for verification and in order to be added to a list. We'll see as we go how much really hasn't changed. One of the main things we will continually see is what used to take a month now takes a second.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Liberal use of the royal we.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Liberal use of the royal we.

Of course I wasn't referring to me as "we". "We" being the collective board.

And for the record those people (person) you might be inferring to are not suspended anymore so they can post whenever they would like to.

[barrysloate]

As long as we're vaguely on the subject, you do know that "your welcome" is incorrect.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Leon

Of course I wasn't referring to me as "we". "We" being the collective board.

And for the record those people (person) you might be inferring to are not suspended anymore so they can post whenever they would like to.

No, the author of the bulletin uses the royal we.

[barrysloate]

Pretty cool to see Jefferson Burdick's want list. Also, as Leon noted, some things never change. Look at the collectors writing and complaining about unfair auction practices, and the need for some new rules to be implemented, such as the winning bidder getting a lot for only a small increment above the second high bid (perhaps the birth of sniping).

[bh3443]

Leon, thanks so much for posting this edition. My wife and I were very excited to see the part about the Kimball's Album, Wayside inn and Snowbound that features the works of Longfellow.
Longfellow's Wayside Inn is a few miles from our home over the line in Sudbury. This is where our daughters and my wife went to High School.
We used to dine there all the time. We really enjoyed taking guests and relatives there for a great meal over the years. My wife would get a laugh when I tipped the bartender with 1952 Bowman cards! (he was a customer and preferred the cards for a tip). It was great to see Sudbury 's Wayside inn mentioned on the Kimball Album!
It would be a treat to see the Wayside Inn on a card or the album mentioned!
Thanks again for sharing! These are great and not offered too often.
I remember seeing a complete run of them in Lew lipset's auction years ago. I believe in ran from the mid 40's thru early 1981.
Take care,
Bill Hedin