Topps Baseball ? 1975

[ALR-bishop]

I have mentioned before that through 1994 I have collected anything listed for Topps in the SCD Standard Catalog ( starting in the days when they included post 1980 listings)

This 1975 set, as far as I know was never listed in SCD. So, I was blissfully unaware of it. Then, a very devious person, who I should not name but will, bobsbbcards ( Leon--I have my name in my post since I am calling out this individual), said he had a 1975 Topps baseball set I did not have. He was quite smug about it

The set has a 1975 copyright and was produced by a professional photographer Mike Mandell. The cards were packed with gum ( 10 to a pack) and the cards say "Gum by Topps Chewing Gum, Brooklyn"....rats.

The card fronts ( 134) show well known photographers dressed as baseball players, Ansel Adams as a catcher among them. The backs have a "bio" filled out by the individual photographers. Some are pretty funny and or weird. There is a checklist, to be sure you do not miss any cards from the set. Not sure if anyone but the listed photographers actually bought any of the packs, but they may have bought a bunch just to keep other people from seeing them

Since Bob forced me to collect them I am sharing some here since I now think everyone should collect them. And now I need an unopened pack or wrapper :mad:

Here are a couple of articles about the set

http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVyiId2VX4ZIAA5pXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyZTV0Y3R zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjE3NTdfMQRzZWMDc3I-/RV=2/RE=1466296329/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fwww.vincentborrelli.com%2fpages%2f books%2f107080%2fmike-mandel%2fmike-mandel-untitled-baseball-photographer-trading-cards-complete-set-of-135-cards-as-new/RK=0/RS=tl79q_GN91Q4Zz8AzK768jnmfZY-

http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrBT9PUdmVXcXAAG29XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyMXZxMXR vBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDQjE3NTdfMQRzZWMDc3I-/RV=2/RE=1466296149/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sfmoma.org%2fwatch%2fmike-mandels-baseball-photographer-trading-cards%2f/RK=0/RS=znVm8YcBR4mabsko4TyX6PUdgr8-

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj555/Bishop539/201620Itinierary134_zpsjdcgwzkp.jpg?t=1466181270

[Cliff Bowman]

Joyce was pretty hot... at least 40 years ago.

[Laxcat]

Way cool. That Adams is one of my favorite "baseball" cards!

[bobsbbcards]

said he had a 1975 Topps baseball set I did not have. He was quite smug about it

:cool:

That's me being extra smug. You should easily be able to go out and buy yourself a set, since you saved money during your visit eating up all our Rice Krispies.