The making of - "Handbook To US Early Candy and Gum Cards" - Egan, 1969

Rickyy · #1 12-13-2011, 01:21 PM

Thanks for the great read Leon! Also brought back memories of meeting Dick Dobbins out here in N. Calif. I sure miss him he was a very nice man.

Ricky Y

Leon · #2 12-15-2011, 09:38 AM

Egan's Dec. 1966 letter to Buck- (I tried to make the pages a bit darker so they are easier to read)

Leon · #3 12-19-2011, 10:38 AM

1/1/1967 - Didn't know Zeenuts existed till the '40s- Buck

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edhans · #4 12-19-2011, 11:06 AM

I'd love to see the E90-1 discussions.

Leon · #5 12-19-2011, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edhans

I'd love to see the E90-1 discussions.

The end of the personal correspondence is almost here. I think there might be 1-2 more letters. After that I will take requests to see other information in this prototype book. We need to remember the more that was known about a set at the time this was done, the less new info there will be. I think there are some pages on E90-1 that probably didn't make the final cut so those would be things not seen before.

teetwoohsix · #6 12-20-2011, 09:37 AM

These letters are amazing, thanks again for posting them Leon.

Regarding the letter in post#21- He talks about being suspicious about the second D-327 Wambsganss card. Does anyone know what he is suspicious about regarding this "second" Wambsganss card?

In the same letter it's also intersting that he wanted to throw all the unnumbered W-501's into the W-575's. I'm amazed at how much detailed knowledge these collectors had back in a day with none of the modern technology that we have today. How did they keep up with all of these issues? Major dedication........

Sincerely, Clayton

toppcat · #7 12-20-2011, 04:09 PM

It's hard enough figuring out E and W cards even with modern technology. The original compilers amaze me, especially the ones who did before photocopying became commonplace.

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