When you’re lucky enough to find them, photos and stories of some of the earliest public sports collectors conventions are fascinating to see. Stacks of cards wrapped in rubber bands with little regard for condition. No top loaders. No plastic sheets and thus, no binders. No cello-wrapped boxes of new products. Most of the stories and whatever photographs … [Read more...] about Of 15 Cent Aaron Autographs and $1,000 Wagners: Article Features 1971 Southern California Card Show
Dan Dischley
Notes: Dan Dischley Passes; KS Man’s 1923 Ruth World Series HR Ball; Lux Blast Rescued from Trash; Curry, Durant Jersey Auctions
If you were an avid baseball card collector from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, you may have subscribed to The Trader Speaks. The man who published that long-running hobby publication was Dan Dischley, who left his job as a New York City cop to serve the growing subscriber base in 1976. Dischley passed away in late September at age 74. "While … [Read more...] about Notes: Dan Dischley Passes; KS Man’s 1923 Ruth World Series HR Ball; Lux Blast Rescued from Trash; Curry, Durant Jersey Auctions