'A Christmas Miracle,' and a Baseball Card All In One
Haddonfield collector brings Christmas cheer to an order of nuns.
Dr. Nicholas DePace calls it a "Christmas Miracle." That's how he describes his decision to spend $220,000 on "The Holy Grail" of baseball cards after another collector reneged on a Texas auction-house bid. The Haddonfield cardiologist was among the original bidders for the 100-year-old Honus Wagner card that was willed to a Baltimore order of nuns. They were selling it to raise money for overseas relief work. DePace stepped in on Dec. 20 when a Tennessee man who owns a chain of sports-card stores backed out. He said he did it because he is a good Catholic and wanted to help out the nuns. "We couldn't let them have a bad Christmas," said DePace. "They would have gotten the card back without the money. That would have been a disaster …
Bill Duhart
9:38 am on Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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