My visit with Chris McAbee

[Igor]

I know this thread is old, but isn't his main collecting interest Hank Blalock? I know that I've battled him quite a bit in the past on Blalock items - seems he wins most.

Actually...his main collecting interest is Rusty Greer, but being from the Metroplex he does collect several current and former Rangers including Hank Blalock, Mark Teixeira, Kevin Mench, Rusty Greer, Juan Gonzalez and several other minor stars.

[538]

In the old days, there were not that many of us collecting Juan Gonzalez regularly. Chris had to spend a lot of hours to get the cards that he has from 1987 through 1996. I had many of the same hassles. I think part of the reason that he will not split up the collection is that he has pride in the fact that he does have more or less a complete collection. I think next to my set, Chris may have as many weird items as I do. Sometimes it is not about the money. IF he gets $7,500 I do not think that he will break even financially. It was expensive in the old days and to add even one more card to the collection was a big deal. This was in the real old days before Ebay. Ebay changed the collecting landscape. Prior to Ebay, on business trips across the country, I spent many hours in baseball shops looking to add even one Juan card to the collection. My list only shows 300 cards but I have a lot more than that all over the house.