European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 09, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes monday june 9. 1980 trading cards a thou new Ned Hanlon of manager 1880-1907 those old cards Are Worth Money. Modern Livi Ron Erbe of Davenport Iowa with part of his collection of 500,000 baseball cards. By Karen m. Magnuson United press International baseball cards they re no longer just forbids. They arc a serious collectors pastime. An their value has shot Way  example the retail Price of a i9io lion Swagner card was about 54,800 a year ago. Its wholesale Price is More than $13,000 now. A 1952 Mickey Mantle card sold for Only s500 a year ago. It Sells for five times that now. You could buy a 1967 Brooks Robinson for s50 a year ago. It s $143 today. And a 1972 Rod Carew card Only $1.50 last year is Worth about $18.75. Like the trading in Gold and Silver of late the returns have been very High. Ron Erbe or Davenport Iowa part owner of Quad City Coin co., a launched an advertising Campaign to find old cards. The hardest Job is not finding cards but convincing people they can earn Money from them. People just Don t believe Well pay that much Money for an old piece of paper. It s hard to visualize they re that valuable Erbe said. We re getting the response but people just refuse to Swallow what we re paying for , Erbe said cards Are being bought for investment. And As buyers flood the baseball card Market the cards become even More rare and More expensive. The biggest Price increases have occurred in the past year. The Price of the 1952 card series one of the most expensive because it was the first year Topps gum co. Started distribution increased from $1,200 to about $12,000. Erbe Hopes to add i million More cards to his collection of 500,000. He is willing of pay top Price because he expects the prices to double again within three months. We re paying full retail Price that s How i feel about them Erbe said. I d spend $10,000 right now if somebody walked in the door with them. Our biggest problem is we can t buy them As fast As we can sell them. The demand is exceeding the  dealers from As far away As Michigan and California have travelled to the Small Davenport shop to buy from Eric s collection. Erbe said there were Only about 4,000 serious baseball card collectors attending 20 shows in America five years ago. Today there arc Well Over a Quarter of a million most of them business people making an investment and about 600 shows. Football cards Are also coming into their own because baseball card prices Are shoving Many collectors out of the Market. Erbe suggested homeowners search their attics closets or basements potential Gold mines for baseball cards of any kind. This could be just As big As Silver if people would just realize How valuable these cards  by Ermo bomb Chat wits end according to the Story in the Bosto Herald american it was one of those War show and Tell moments in running  Marathon Winner Bill Rodger was exchanging memories of the race with the alleged first place woman Winner Rosie  was a Bitch out there today was t it he asked referring to the heat. He noted she did t seem to be breathing hard. Then he observed she did t seem to know much about running. She did t even look tired. Finally. Charlie Rodgers joined his brother at the inter View platform and iced everyone s suspicions with look at her legs they look like Erma Bombick a thai s when the credibility began to crumble. Now i Hope All of you realize what is at stake Here. It has nothing to do with who ran the race or who did t. Myles arc on the line. And very frankly my leg represent majority in ibis country. There Are conservatively 35 million of in who regard pantyhose commercials As science fiction. Trust Tat. Any political candidate who courts the blow Knees Vole and gels it can pick out his dish pattern at the White House. Heaven knows we be tried to live in Harmony with women runners. Take those Little shorts with the racing vent which we invented to give us extra leg room. We were glad to share the style with runners. And Don t we restrain our dogs when women runners arc warming up on fire hydrants and Street signs stretch ing their calf Muscles and Hamstrings i personally make in a Point not to notice a prominent Quadric to muscle when a female runner is out in Public and or ing to hate a Good Lime. Why my sorority even adopted a woman runner for Christmas last year. There were tears in our eyes As we presented her with a Turkey stuffed with dressing pump Kin Pic with whipped Cream and a pair of Long warm up pants to cover those pitiful muscular legs that looked liken unpaved Road. Yes for every pair of legs pounding the pavement at Boston. Iacre were 8,000 of them like mine that stretched out on a chaise reached for an accelerator pedal tucked under and supported a Good Book or balanced a dessert. I would t be surprised if Rosie had heard the remark and answered thank  1c fl4j Clr Prim if