In Appreciation of a Fellow Collector

[nat]

I recently picked up a few 1954 Topps cards on BST. They're all stamped "Paul E Newth" on the back, with an address in CT. (See Spahn below.) I figured that only a kid would stamp his name on his cards (my brother used to write his name on the back of his), and so I thought about looking this guy up and mailing him one of his old cards. Looks like it won't be happening, but it is pretty neat to actually know something about the original owner of some of my cards.

Paul E Newth died in 1997 at the age of 54. He was a Vietnam vet, and, as far as I can tell, spent his whole life in Connecticut. He never gave up the collecting bug, but turned to cylindrical phonograph records, rather than baseball cards, as an adult. He worked for a company that distributed newspapers, but doesn't seem to have much of an internet footprint anymore. Assuming that he got the cards when they were issued, he was eleven years old when he stamped them, still a long way from Vietnam or (presumably) phonograph records.

RIP Paul. Thanks for the cards, I'll take good care of them.

[Jantz]

Cool story!

I'm guessing you checked to see if he had children? Maybe you could send them a card if so.


Jantz

[1952boyntoncollector]

Thats a really cool story as well.. He died young as well. Life is really short.

[Beastmode]

Love this post and what a great story. Thanks for sharing.

[mattjc1983]

Great post.


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[Shoebox]

Cool tribute.

[Leon]

This was copied from the post war section as it is such a cool story more members should see it. Thanks for sharing....*and RIP Paul

[talkinbaseball]

A friend of mine used to work with me at work, he retired about three years ago he grew up in Manchester, CT. I will call him this week to see if new that gentlemen?

a cool story.

John

[SAllen2556]

Originally Posted by talkinbaseball

A friend of mine used to work with me at work, he retired about three years ago he grew up in Manchester, CT. I will call him this week to see if new that gentlemen?

a cool story.

John

Can I use that line, "A friend of mine used to work with me at work" ?

I love that.

[KMayUSA6060]

God Bless Paul for his service first and foremost, and for carrying on his hobbies late into life. RIP.

[Piratedogcardshows]

How cool. I agree if he has any kids they would be blown away to receive a card of there fathers. Thanks for sharing.

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by Jantz

Cool story!

I'm guessing you checked to see if he had children? Maybe you could send them a card if so.


Jantz

From the best I can tell, it does not look like he had any children.