Writing on Cards

[mintacular]

Every once in a while I stumble upon writing on cards and it reminds me that at one time vintage baseball cards were nothing more than mementos and there was no monetary value attached to these cards....Certaintly kids during the 50s 60s were not considering what their cards would "pop" if submitted to a TPG...Here is one that I just saw...Anyone else come across writing on a card that shows how the hobby once was? What kinds of writing were kids doing on cards during this time? I've seen facial hair and as below usually a note about a player being traded...Anything else? Thanks for sharing as a collector starting in the 80s writing on cards was not part of my experience.

[k-dog]

I can't remember what card it was...but I did see where someone had taken either pencil or a dark crayon and made a baseball diamond around the player, including the pitcher's mound and home plate. It was actually very very cool looking!

[ALR-bishop]

I started collecting in the 50s. Before I got into collecting sets I did teams. When there was not a card for a player I needed on a team I would rub out the name on a card and write in the name of the guy I needed

[steve B]

Pretty much anything that would amuse a kid could get added. Beards, glasses, fangs, devil horns, stoner pinwheel eyes.....

I bought a collection years ago from someone my mother worked with. When they asked a few days later what I thought of it I told them they had 2 boys, the younger one who was tidy and neat and prefered football, and another about 2 years older who was a bit sloppy, had an odd sense of humor and prefered baseball. Also guessed the ages within a year.

It was like looking at two totally different collections.

My own efforts were with the exacto knife, and ended up with a couple 78 Topps standups. I also rebacked them with typewritten "Todds gum company" backs. I still have one of them somewhere.

Steve B

[hangman62]

Being a lesser condition collector,Over the years Ive had many cards with wrtting in my collection, from the minor ( a kids intials on the back,a slight adjustment to the players stats,etc..) to the very creative and painful ( the beards,and glasses,the changing of the players team,etc)
I once had a huge group of 1963T cards in great shape with the exception of a rubber stamped " WILLIAM WHITE" on the front and back of every card., They were tough to look at.

[mrmantlecollector]

Heres one of mine. Not only did they write red sox on the card it also was pinned up.