re: Frank Barning -- slightly OT

[mrmopar]

Frank did a Barnstorming piece on my collecting interests a number of years ago. He'd apparently pick a couple guys and feature them in his column and then this would be a way to get exposure for trades and dealings you might not otherwise have.

I also used to buy a lot from Vivian on Ebay. I was a regular repeat customer and got some great items, but then she stopped selling suddenly. If she resumed, it was under a different ID.

[Frank Barning]

Hello. We ran out of great cards to sell. Were you buying T206s with tough backs?

Please check out . . .

http://barnstormingwithfrankbarning.blogspot.com/

[mrmopar]

Frank,

If that was directed at me, I was more of a modern guy. I did get a bunch of autographed stuff and various oddball stuff (BHN sets, Garvey Raisin Bran tip sets, etc). I would buy whatever caught my eye and I tended to shop a sellers listings if I found one thing I liked and eventually end up with numerous items.

I believe got a couple nice of Gil Hodges autographed photos...pretty sure those were from you, but it's been a while.

[cfc1909]

Around 2003 and 2004 I believe you and Vivian just flooded the market with tough 206s. I was sending checks every weekend and was in my glory. I hated to see it end. Good thing was I was on ebay when the unloading started and also picked a few nice lots out of a certain auction house that I am sure were the Barnings lots.

I still have a ton of tough backs from those auctions -you guys almost made tough backs look like they were commons-thanks so much for the additions to my collection-remember these two

they were actually raw when I bought them

thanks so much Jim Rivera

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[Gradedcardman]

Jim those backs are amazing !!