Lionel Carter at the 1972 Detroit show (from Sport Fan)

[trdcrdkid]

Here is Lionel Carter's lengthy, detailed, and quite funny account of the Third Annual Midwest Sports Collectors Convention, a.k.a the Detroit show, as published in the November-December 1972 Sport Fan. It's similar in many ways to his account of the 1974 Detroit show in The Ballcard Collector that I posted a couple of months ago (here: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=217706), except this was Carter's first Detroit show, and it was at this show that he first met many of the people he wrote about in the 1974 account, including Bill Mastro and Joe and Karen Michalowicz. The first thing Mastro did was show Carter the T206 Wagner he had recently bought for $1500, and during the Saturday auction, Carter noted, "Every bid placed by Bill Mastro bought quite a turning of heads and a craning of necks, but then, Bill is quite a showman." Yes, that's one way of putting it. Also, in the thread about the 1974 article, somebody mentioned that Lionel had quite an appreciation for the ladies, and that's definitely true here, too.

Anyway, here he is, the inimitable Lionel Carter.

[Leon]

Great read. Looks like T207 Ragan was a toughie back then too.

[Jason]

That was a great read and quite the detailed account by Mr Carter. Even a T210 reference.

[Stonepony]

Another fun read. I've noticed early collectors really had a keen interest in collecting regional issues from the 50-60s

[brian1961]

Yeah, Dave, you could say that again!!!!!!!!!!!! ---Brian Powell

[GasHouseGang]

Great read. I thought it was interesting that he only wanted to sell cards to collectors for what he paid for them, even when he knew they were worth more. I wonder if he ever tried to make a bit of money to use for building his own collection? It almost seems like he didn't really care about that aspect. He was really more interested in trading for his needs if he could.