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[atx840]

Johnny (mrvstr) - His passion for the fringe is addictive and his focus is admirable. His collection is hacked, off centre, upsidedown, misprinted and sometimes blank, but to me, a thing of beauty. For the most part I collect errors & backs, and I'd contribute a good part of that to him. He is a great person and a friend.

Erick and Jamie, both have helped put great cards in my collection.

[drc]

I'll give it to all the regular posters, as everyone adds interesting photos, topics and even new collectors bring up good topics with their questions. I'm a fan of variety and it takes a lot of people to add variety to this site.

[2dueces]

Net54, so it has to be Leon. I wanted one old card, bought my first T206 and never bought a new card again. Thanks Leon for keeping the board going and for all the advise from every member here. I learn something new everyday. Although my collection pales to the amazing collections here, I love seeing members fill holes and posting cards I could only dream of owning. You guys are great. Thanks

[rainier2004]

First off would definitely be Leon for all work he's done and tolerating my "we need infinite pm's" rant. After that members Barry, btkpath, and Andy, AndyGo9, have been great to correspond with since Ive become a member. Barry has helped with all my crazy requests for analysis and Andy took care of some things for me when I needed some help. I also appreciate member Jared, scoutsout47, as he is one easy dude to work with with a great outlook on the hobby and dealings. There are a few members I have had correspondance with that helped when looking into new sets...too many to mention but all you guys were more than helpful including tony, e107collector, David, novakjr, Palph, hangman62 as well as a few others. Thens there Zach, zljones, and I just enjoy reading his off the wall posts that I always seem to come back to. Never corresponded with Dan McKee but I'd join his slab-busting army any day. Great guys who have helped me more than once. Enjoy your hobby!

[zljones]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

First off would definitely be Leon for all work he's done and tolerating my "we need infinite pm's" rant. After that members Barry, btkpath, and Andy, AndyGo9, have been great to correspond with since Ive become a member. Barry has helped with all my crazy requests for analysis and Andy took care of some things for me when I needed some help. I also appreciate member Jared, scoutsout47, as he is one easy dude to work with with a great outlook on the hobby and dealings. There are a few members I have had correspondance with that helped when looking into new sets...too many to mention but all you guys were more than helpful including tony, e107collector, David, novakjr as well as a few others. Thens there Zach, zljones, and I just enjoy reading his off the wall posts that I always seem to come back to. Never corresponded with Dan McKee but I'd join his slab-busting army any day. Great guys who have me more than once. Enjoy your hobby!

LOL thanks Steven. I can be a little nutty at times, and sometimes I ramble like crazy when I type and get too enthused lol . I also enjoy your posts as well, I find myself nodding my head in agreement at a lot of the things you say. Cheers!

[HOF Auto Rookies]

I have been reading this forum for a while, then finally joined a year or so ago, and I'm young so I've always had a pull towards modern, then coming here, I can't stay away from vintage/pre-war.

Leon, huge help for keeping this going, but the one to help me influence/expand my collection would be Paul, T206collector. He has the BEST signed T206 in existence that I am aware of. I've been looking at his site for about 6 years in sheer amazement at what he's accumulated, and have briefly emailed in over the years. And his collection inspires mine to focus more so on the signed pre-war side. As I now have 4 signed T206's that I am absolutely ecstatic about, regardless of condition, in my collection all thanks to that man. Can't say thank you enough Paul.

[bbcard1]

Rand Bailey checks in here on occasion and did a lot to get me started as did Marco Rol in his old Southern Cards days.

If you want to go back to my very earliest days, and I don't know that either of them are still around, the Lambert Brothers from Ironton Ohio did a lot to get me to look beyond Topps as did Paul Pollard.

I would be remiss not to thank Teddy Z and Marc DelPercio for their help in my recent endeavors.