Finally...a thread dedicated to showcasing your favorite 'chunk-missing' cards

[brianp-beme]

My mind has recently been preoccupied by cards that are missing chunks (here is a thread that got my mind all a chunk-thinking):

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...ighlight=chunk

Post some of your favorite vintage cards with a sizable piece missing. Trimmed cards and those with only surface layers missing are not welcome...remember folks, the chunk missing crowd is fairly selective when it comes to entrance into its raggedy clubhouse.

To get an idea of the type of cards that would make the cut, look no further than these 6 from the T206 set.

Brian

[BabyRuth]

A few Ruths, hopefully Brian has the missing pieces for these as well!!!

[Jcosta19]

Right in my wheelhouse
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[nat]

Hope you'll forgive the fact that it's post-war.

[CobbSpikedMe]

This one is my favorite chunk missing card in my collection.



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[Casey2296]

I would say the right chunks are missing on that card Andy.

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

This one is my favorite chunk missing card in my collection.



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[commishbob]

Hunky Shaw isn't missing a chunk(y) but his hole punch makes his card kinda funky.

[bnorth]

More of a corner ding than a chunk missing but I am very fond of this Hank Aaron card.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by BabyRuth

A few Ruths, hopefully Brian has the missing pieces for these as well!!!

Unfortunately no other Ruth pieces floating around, but Jim you definitely are chunk full of Ruth cards!

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by nat

Hope you'll forgive the fact that it's post-war.

The board of directors have voted that Satchell, with the bottom right missing, looks very 'post-war' indeed, and thus qualifies for vintage chunk missing membership.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

This one is my favorite chunk missing card in my collection.

Matty was able to miss background damage much like batters missed his fadeaway pitch...nice card.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by commishbob

Hunky Shaw isn't missing a chunk(y) but his hole punch makes his card kinda funky.

Interior holes are legit in the chunk missing category, especially when they are not round and foster rhyming.

Brian

[BioCRN]

Originally Posted by bnorth

More of a corner ding than a chunk missing but I am very fond of this Hank Aaron card.

Very rare Dock Ellis short print variation of the 1967 Hank Aaron. Nice.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by bnorth

More of a corner ding than a chunk missing but I am very fond of this Hank Aaron card.

I will not ding the king of dingers, even if I am seeing double now.

Brian

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Matty was able to miss background damage much like batters missed his fadeaway pitch...nice card.

Brian

The missing parts are "Juuuuust a bit outside".

[Vintagedeputy]

Here’s my entry.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Here’s my entry.

This is a certain appeal to a card missing the player's name like your T206, and the W516 Nehf...well, 'Nehf Ced'.

Brian

[Rad_Hazard]

Here is my contribution to the thread. Shoeless Joe team card missing a chunk.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Rad_Hazard

Here is my contribution to the thread. Shoeless Joe team card missing a chunk.

Nice...fortunately the chunk missing does not involve the Jackson fellow, or any of the other players.


Brian

[ValKehl]

I'm glad to have this T222 WaJo missing a chunk because it's a tough SP card:

[chadeast]

another Big Train

[brianp-beme]

Nice 'chunk-chunk' Big Trains coming down the tracks. Keep these type of (in my mind quite often surprisingly desirable) cards rolling down the line.

Brian

[chadeast]

OK, a few more, let's do Turkeys. The Matty may not count, since the chunk is separated from the card but not actually missing, thanks to someone's quick thinking with the tape

[pete zouras]

nibbled one at a Chantilly show back in the day.

[Georj]

I think these should count. Found in the wall of a house during remodeling. You can see the sawzall cuts in two of them. A really neat find. These are the worst of the 28 that were found in the wall.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

This is a certain appeal to a card missing the player's name like your T206, and the W516 Nehf...well, 'Nehf Ced'.

Brian

Exactly, Brian. Thank you. They’re ugly as hell, but they appealed to me. Probably not worth $10 together to anyone else, but value isn’t important to me. I just like the look.

[fkm_bky]

My only contribution:

Bill

[frankbmd]

inspired by the hanging chads of 2000, I am proud to offer this hangable triangular missing chunk.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by chadeast

OK, a few more, let's do Turkeys. The Matty may not count, since the chunk is separated from the card but not actually missing, thanks to someone's quick thinking with the tape

Matty is allowed in the building as an honorary guest, but some of the chunksters are saying the tape indicates he is trying to hide his chunk-missing status, as if he were embarrassed by it.

Remember, if you are a card, there is no shame in gaping gaps.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by fkm_bky

My only contribution:

Bill

Looks like a card-sucking leech got to that Leach.

Brian

[nineunder71]

My first Hindu, many years ago

And a Bert G Bricken Tolstoi

Yes, Both Near Mint cards

[brianp-beme]

Cracker Jacks are notoriously well suited for a thread like this. Here are some more examples.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

inspired by the hanging chads of 2000, I am proud to offer this hangable triangular missing chunk.

That's one well-hung chunk-missing T3 Frank.

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by nineunder71

My first Hindu, many years ago

And a Bert G Bricken Tolstoi

Yes, Both Near Mint cards

Evidently when Bert got hungry, he reached for the nearest self-stamped T206 Tolstoi.

Brian

[Casey2296]

Some great cards shown, my contribution.
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[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Some great cards shown, my contribution.
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Nice Cobb Phil. I like when a missing chunk is missing the player's image...if it were on the other upper corner, some of Ty's glove would not be there.

Brian

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Nice Cobb Phil. I like when a missing chunk is missing the player's image...if it were on the other upper corner, some of Ty's glove would not be there.

Brian

Are you seeing a professional about your affliction?

[jggames]

My favorite chunk missing…

[todeen]

Originally Posted by pete zouras

nibbled one at a Chantilly show back in the day.

Wow! I actually really like the first one, even though there is less card than the second one.

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[todeen]

A slight sliver made this one affordable.

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[nineunder71]

Smoked the cigs and ate the cardboard, now that’s maximizing your value

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Evidently when Bert got hungry, he reached for the nearest self-stamped T206 Tolstoi.

Brian

[GeoPoto]

John A. "Jack" Farrell. "Moose". Second baseman with the Washington Nationals in 1886-1887. 877 hits and 23 home runs in 11 MLB seasons. He debuted with the Syracuse Stars in 1879. His best season was 1883 with the Providence Grays as he posted a .329 OBP with 92 runs scored in 435 plate appearances. He was the second baseman for the Providence Gray's in 1879-1885, a consistently good team that won the pennant in 1879 and 1884. He last played for the Baltimore Orioles in 1888-1889. In 1881, he managed the Providence Grays.

Rob Bauer in Book 1 in the Outside the Lines of Gilded Age Baseball Series makes the case that Farrell was often unfit to play, which suggests his odd stance in the card below may depict a pre-game sobriety check: Jack Farrell's saga also shows how, if a player behaved poorly and drank, too, his career might become a rollercoaster. After his falling out with Providence in 1885, Farrell got a fresh start for 1886, catching on with the Philadelphia Quakers, but it was not long before he wore out his welcome in the City of Brotherly Love, for the same reasons Providence had tired of him. The team decided to release him after only seventeen games after he "grossly insulted his late manager, Mr. Wright," to the extent that "the latter felt greatly annoyed at Farrell's conduct, and seriously contemplated bringing his case to the attention of the league," but Wright eventually relented after Farrell signed on with Washington, perhaps simply wishing to wash his hands of the troublesome infielder altogether and let the Nationals deal with him.

Surprisingly, the Nationals appointed Farrell field captain for 1887, and for a few months, he held onto this position, but by September, the team demoted him in favor of third baseman Jim Donnelly. The reason was not poor judgment on the field but poor judgment off it. While in New York, Farrell and one teammate, reserve catcher Barney Gilligan, "engaged in a slugging match with John L. Redeye when they were booked to play." While recovering from this bender, Farrell took French leave, not reappearing for about a week, and the loss of the team's captaincy was the predictable result. The team also suspended him for the season but later changed its mind and reinstated him. At the end of the 1887 campaign, Washington parted ways with Farrell, who despite all his capers, still claimed that the Nationals' management had it out for him. The Sporting Life reported: "Farrell has been released and will leave for his home in a few days. I understand that he claims that he was downed. He did it himself, and if he could have curbed his vicious habits he would be today as popular as ever, for he can play ball when he will." (Book 1 in the Outside the Lines of Gilded Baseball Series by Rob Bauer.

Card featuring a cornered and possibly tipsy Moose Farrell at second base.

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1666457158

[sb1]

Might not have enough missing to meet Brian's parameter's. Wish it were all there but has a great image.

[Luke]

Few of my favorites

[CobbSpikedMe]

Another one from my E98s. Cornelius must have been nailed to a wall at some point in life. Likely in a bathroom?



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[brianp-beme]

I love seeing these less than complete chunksters. As Scott alluded to in his post, I do have certain parameters. So far only a handful do not meet my rigid guidelines. These cards have been escorted to the exit.

One (wo)man's chunk is another mortal's death blow is another's mere flesh wound.

They will all be judged by their demerits, and sent to new homes if too prim and proper.

Here is one that qualifies for Hall of Fame status.

Brian

[CobbSpikedMe]

Here's another Brian. This one is a chunk missing from a strip of cards.


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[Exhibitman]

Not ratty; well loved.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Here's another Brian. This one is a chunk missing from a strip of cards.

Best thing about a strip of cards is that quite often you can have the best of both worlds (chunked and non-chunked).

Brian