As a child Thomas Newman collected baseball cards which he kept in a shoebox in his room. But when his mum threw his precious collection away he was so devastated by the loss that he decided to replace them 40 years ago.
The neurologist would spend every summer travelling across the US to attend special conventions where he would boost his collection that he affectionately called his 'paper babies'.
Dr Stewart was so passionate about his cards that he would refuse to sell any of them, even if he was offered up to 10 times what he had paid just days later.
The only exception is if he managed to find the same card but in a better condition. When the 73-year-old sadly died from coronavirus in January his family were tasked with going through