Who is the most collected dead celebrity?
Living one? Marilyn Monroe is probably the most collected dead celebrity. People are interested in anything of hers. Of living celebrities, I would say Harrison Ford and J.D. Salinger because they are so reclusive. What celebrities of years gone by would we find in your collection? I am partial to my favorite pitcher, Christy Mathewson, and my favorite baseball player, Mickey Mantle. Those baseball cards I’d never sell because they have sentimental value. [He points to a display on his office wall.] These are color cards of Mathewson from 1910 that used a different printing process: hand-painted glass negatives. This [motions to a black and white photograph] is of a famous catch Mickey Mantle made that I had him sign. I met Mickey Mantle many times. What was it like meeting someone you admired so much? Mickey Mantle was a disappointment. He wasn’t very educated and he was an alcoholic. Everyone who met him said the same thing. Sometimes, when you meet your idols, you are really in for
