Special insert section from the April 14th, 1953 edition of the Inquirer previewing the baseball season. The paper is naturally very brittle, but there are only a few of the micro tears on the edges common to newspaper this old.

Long-time friend of the company Carl Frysinger recently passed and made arrangements to consign his collection. With a collection that stretched from 1887 - 2022 and was as close to comprehensive as we've ever seen, he was one of the foremost Phillies collectors in the hobby. In his memory The Collector Connection will be donating 1% of our portion of the proceeds of the sale of his items to the Central PA Foodbank in Carl’s name.