Black / Red
 

Jay -- Your posts make me want to complete the early black / red back run. I currently have s mixture of backs. Nice work.

And my Mr. Chambers.

That's what happens when you finish a set. You have to find something else to collect. The good news is there are only a few stars in 1-80 so it shouldn't be too expensive to do. If you start on all of the other variations (House, Campos, etc), or if you start buying cards in as nice a condition as Bob has, then costs will quickly add up.

Boy the Cardinals were sure bad in the 50s. They were great in the 40s and again in the 60s before sucking in the 70s. Good again in the 80s, bad in the 90s and decent since 2000... that is all.

My Chambers- I have 3 of these, but all red backs.

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1952 Topps
 

Cool card.

And my copy.

Here's my Stallcup

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1952 Topps
 

Card of the day. Who couldn't but love the color schemes in this beautiful set?

When I took the pictures of my Zarillas, I realized that the black back was significantly smaller than the red back so apparently it was trimmed when I bought it years ago. Looks like card doctoring is not a new phenomenon.

No, it certainly isn't.
I forget the poster but they posted an article from a dealer in the 70's, I believe, and in the writing the seller clearly wrote his card was perfect for trimming/cleaning up as the borders were wide/big. I have no idea, but doctoring cards back then, when they weren't worth much, might have been a normal thing?

My black back Al Zarilla.

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1952 Topps
 

Card of the day...# 70, Upton.

And my Mr. Upton.

My Uptons

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#72
 

Card of the day...Olson.

Tough card to get, in my experience, without the dreaded top corner pulls.
I've tried to upgrade mine now for a while but have pretty much given up.

Dale, you have mentioned the issue with the top corners for a lot of your cards, but I don't think I have seen that with any of mine, unless I am misunderstanding what the problem is. What causes the issue?

Also, my Olsons.

Cause = being flipped against a wall multiple times. Haha.

Like you can also see in Ethan's, Olson's, some cards have the top corner pulls and it seems those cards can be named/identified that have them.

I believe they are a direct result of what happened in the factory rather than just owner abuse but others with more experience/knowledge will have to chime in about it.

Dom DiMaggio and Al Rosen, are other ones that comes to mind but there are others as well that are more prone to having them compared to other cards.

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William Werle

1952 Topps
 

My Werle.

My Werle. Good to be back in the game after watching from the sidelines for a week.

Nice copy, Dave.

Here's mine.

Circling back briefly to # 32 Eddie Robinson. From yesterday's WSJ


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Wow. Turned 100 back on Dec 15th!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_(baseball)

Thanks for sharing, Al. :)

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Andy Hansen for Saturday.

1952 Topps
 

Hansen.

Another Phillies player so some of the earlier cards I got in the set.

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(imagine seven hours passing)



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Wes Westrum.

1952 Topps
 

My Wes.

Westrum

:)

1952 Topps
 

Nice card Dale. Here is my Eddie.

Stanky

Stanky

Eddie!

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1952 Topps
 

Some beautiful cards you all have! Here is my Kennedy.

Most of mine fall somewhat short of beautiful, but I'm still happy to have them. :)

Same here. :)

My Mr. Kennedy.

1952 Topps -- Card Gallery
 

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And Billy burst ahead at the first turn :)

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