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If you spend enough time around collectors, you start to realize something important. The best collections are not built in a hurry. They are built over time, piece by piece, memory by memory, often without a grand plan. Sometimes, they begin with something as simple as a name on the evening news that makes a six-year-old kid stop eating dinner and start paying attention. This month’s Kollector’s Korner Met-o-ra-bil-ia Hall of Fame inductee is exactly that kind of collector.

If you spend enough time around collectors, you start to notice that the best collections rarely begin with money. They begin with moments. A handshake. A story. A childhood connection that somehow follows you for the rest of your life. This month’s Kollector’s Korner Met-o-ra-bil-ia Hall of Fame inductee has built a lifetime of those moments, often without even chasing them. Meet Paul Friedlander. Paul is 71 years old and has spent more than 45 years working as a tax account

If the Kollector’s Korner Hall of Fame handed out scouting reports, this month’s inductee would come with something like this: position, relentless; tools, patience, research, memory, and phone numbers nobody else has; weakness, none detected; ceiling, every Met who ever appeared in a game. This month’s inductee is not just a collector. He is a tracker, a historian, a networking department, and occasionally a private investigator who just happens to wear Mets blue. Meet Steve

If you’ve followed our Kollectors Hall of Fame series, you already know this is where we celebrate the diehards, the fans whose devotion to the orange and blue does not stop at the final out. These are the people who live Mets baseball, preserve its history, and build their lives around the memories the team has given them. This month’s inductee is a little different, not just because of how he collects, but because he is someone I have known for more than 40 years. Over that

If you’ve followed the first ten installments of our Kollectors Hall of Fame series, you already know this is where we celebrate the diehards — the fans whose devotion to the orange and blue doesn’t stop at the final out. These are the people who live Mets baseball, preserve its history, and build their lives around the memories the team has given them. This month, we induct a collector whose dedication to the Amazins predates Shea Stadium, predates Seaver, and goes all the w

If you’ve followed the first nine installments of our Kollectors Hall of Fame series, you already know this is where we celebrate the diehards , the fans whose devotion to the orange and blue doesn’t stop at the final out. These are the people who live Mets baseball, preserve its history, and build their lives around the memories the team has given them. This month, we induct a collector whose precision and passion are matched only by his loyalty. Meet David Svach, an Enginee

If you’ve been saving our first seven installments in plastic sleeves and alphabetizing them by subject, congratulations — you’re...

If you’ve been saving our first seven installments in plastic sleeves and alphabetizing them by subject, congratulations — you’re...

If you’ve been saving our first six installments in plastic sleeves and alphabetizing them by subject, congratulations — you’re one of...

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Welcome back to Kollector’s Korner: Met-o-ra-bil-ia Hall of Fame! If you’ve been saving our first three installments in plastic sleeves...

Welcome back to Kollector’s Korner: Met-o-ra-bil-ia Hall of Fame!  If you laminated our first two installments, you’re a true collector...

Welcome back to Kollector’s Korner: Met-o-ra-bil-ia Hall of Fame!  If you laminated our first installment, you’re a true collector at...

Welcome to the inaugural installment of Kollector’s Korner: Met-o-ra-bil-ia Hall of Fame ! That’s right, this is the first one. Who...