Card Collectors Bulletin Oct. 1, 1947 Whole #50

[Leon]

Enjoy....

[barrysloate]

Note that Lionel Carter wanted to buy T206's with Hustler backs, even though he nor any of his colleagues had ever seen one.

[Cardboard Junkie]

Tip Top Bread cards for a penny a piece! I'll take a couple of bucks worth. please. PS thanx again Leon! Dave

[Leon]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Note that Lionel Carter wanted to buy T206's with Hustler backs, even though he nor any of his colleagues had ever seen one.

As we start digging into the ACC we will note that this was a very small group of collectors that collaborated on the ACC. Walt Corson, Charles Bray, Buck Barker and Jefferson Burdick seem to have done the most cataloging. They all felt there was a Hustler-backed baseball card back then, as evidenced (and show many times) by this index card that came from Corson's collection of notes. (and note the much debated Ty Cobb back too )

[barrysloate]

I remember seeing Corson's handwritten notes with reference to T206 with Hustler backs. Perhaps they all thought they were simply extremely rare, and held out hope that sooner or later they would find some. Apparently, they never did.

[Cardboard Junkie]

We all know new variations and discoverys happen all the time in our hobby. Collectors from the United Kingdom have extensive U.S. collections..secreted away. There are those in USA that don't "come out of the closet" I know of 2 farm boy brothers near Flint that have collected thier whole lives and began with the fathers collection of scrapbooks. still pasted in...what backs may be there? They also have Shaefer (sp) bread labels with unopened 54 topps packs atatached, apparently given out free with a loaf of bread. Both in their eighties now. They keep the cards in file cabinets like the dewey decmil system size. (not even toploaders. And the bats and balls and mitts would bowl you over. Nothing graded....nothing slabbed.....they have never been to a card show or read a card guidebook....they just like ol time baseball.
Another fellow in Ontario Canada has every hockey card and wrestling card you can imagine...another secret guy. I myself have a modestly extensive collection, but don't show it off much. There are alot of "finds" and major collections yet to surface. dave. ps don't rule any of those rare backs out.

[BleedinBlue]

Would the winner of Lot #122 in the 22nd Bray Sale please contact me. I need several cards from the T218 issue but was unwilling to pay the princely sum of $8.57 for an entire set when I only need a few.

[toppcat]

Pretty understated reference to the Marquis of Lorne card-the Wagner (or perhaps Mona Lisa) of Non-Sports cards.

[SteveMitchell]

Leon...

Thanks for posting this oldtime Card Collector's Bulletin. The ancient hobby periodicals have always held a special interest for me and this one brings back memories of my first encounters with CCB in the mid-1960s. I especially enjoy reading the ads in the various editions of the American Card Catalog since the catalogs' listings themselves provide little insight into the cards. (Incidentally, for collectors who like the ads, avoid the reprint version(s) of ACC after 1960 as the ads have been expunged.

Again, thank you for obtaining these great oldtime hobby periodicals and sharing them with us.

Steve

[joeadcock]

Cool edition

Love the reference to wanting MINT ONLY T206 including Plank and Wagner.

It is great to know there are large collections out there not exposed to any of us with so many possible variations.

[90feetaway]

This is cool. The non-sports items seemed to have held their own in terms of asking price compared to the sports issues.

[sox1903wschamp]

Originally Posted by Cardboard Junkie

They keep the cards in file cabinets like the dewey decmil system size. (not even toploaders.

Awesome. You can't beat that. Thanks for sharing the bulletin Leon.

[4815162342]

Every time I read one of these (thanks Leon!) I think "What collectibles can be purchased extremely cheap today that will be much more valuable 50 years from now?" As a kid twenty years ago, I thought my Ryne Sandberg collection would be priceless by now!