Congrats Rob. That is a heck of a find from an antiques store. All I ever find is 1990s cards and they are overpriced!

jeff

Thanks, Jeff. I just ducked in a booth and turned to walk away and somehow the spine of the Sunoco album caught my eye standing between other big books. I was quite proud of myself for a moment haha. The game was literally sitting in a rocking chair in a booth with no other sports stuff. Literally fell in my lap.

I'm right there with you though, the misses far outweigh the hits.

I’ll go with my 1970 Dayton Daily News example of Bart Starr! Love this set. Living in Dayton, i’m always buying these.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...6d17e47e01.jpg


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Love those newspaper issues. There is so much to document about them.

2 Bullets and a Roosevelt:)

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Thanks, i love the set as well. I live in Dayton and have been searching for these M137 cutouts from the 1979-71 Dayton Daily News for over 10 years. Very tough set, 324 ‘cards’ in base set, multiple sports, a lot of variations.


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Speaking of newspaper subjects, here's one for fun, Wes

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I picked up this matchbook cover describing the 1934 game between Holy Cross and Boston College for a buck and a quarter.
Larry
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Glad to pick up these two. I regretted getting rid of my Namath RC so got this colorful copy.
Also I never had a Stabauch RC, so why not a miscut one
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Miscut Staubach looks very cool, unique. I’ve never seen one that exaggerated


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How about a little modern flair? just arrived this week. On the lower end of the rookie card cost spectrum, but really nice cards for the collection .

Steve Young!!
 

Took me a bit, but finally got my Steve Young card!!

Troy

I got a raw young over the summer... that 9 is perfect!

86 is a great set.

1973 Topps #187 George Atkinson:

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Is it a coincidence that Dr. Death's card # is the California Penal Code section # for homicide? I think not...

1975 Wonder Bread Disney Crazy College Pennant Stickers. These are "football cards" correct? Anyway I like them!
Larry
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hmmmmm.......

Larry

1971 Kellogg’s
 

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Can't seem to upload pics!!

Still trying to upload pics. I went to an old thread and followed the instructions, but it's still not working. Mayday, anybody!!

Well, I finally figured out how to do it, I guess! But the pics are a little big. I'd like to post more than one a post and make them just a little smaller. If anyone has any quick advice on this, I'd appreciate it!

I loved watching George Blanda in the early 70's, kicking those long field goals, defying age. One of the greats. Just picked up a couple of his 1956 cards. This is one. Gonna give the other to my son for Christmas!

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I don't know that it's the only way to do it but what I have done in the past is edit the information produced after you select the 'Insert Image' icon enter your URL for the image. If you look in the information produced within the [IMG] tags you will see a width and a height near the end. The width is a number with a 'w' preceding it. The height is a number with a 'h' preceding it. If you change those numbers your image size will change. I inserted the same card image in three times and changed the size so you can see it below.

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Hi Jeff - Thanks for your reply. I'm still not sure how to do what it is you're suggesting. I go to the paper clip, choose a file, and "edit with photos" cropping the photo and straightening it out. But I still don't see anything about changing the size of the photo.

I don't use the paperclip. I use the 'Insert Image' ... it's the square yellow and black icon under and to the right of the paperclip. You have to have your image hosted somewhere to do this (I use Goggle Pictures) but it has a lot more options and no limit on sizes

Not a fan of the paperclip functionality. It restricts your images to a very small size and I like higher resolution scans that are much larger than these limits.

jeff

Hey Jeff -

Yeah, if I use square, black and yellow icon, it doesn't seem like I can upload from my files. If I take a picture from my phone, how can I use the icon you're talking about? Thanks again.

Jeff-
Starting in June Google is changing their policy on storage. All new high res photos, gmail, etc will go against your account storage total.


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Yeah, I saw that. Going to look into exactly what that means.

jeff

How about these grotesque misprints?

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Backs are completely normal.

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Finally got a Sammy Baugh card!

First vintage football set (and basically vintage football cards period) acquired today, and it's the one I've wanted: '71

Was a huge Steelers fan growing up. Even though that was during the '80s, the lore of the '70s dynasty was a big part of my sports childhood. Bradshaw and Greene's rookie cards together is just amazing. Plus all the other stars of the era that I don't have (OJ, Unitas, Namath, etc). And I love the design.

Yeah I know it doesn't have most of the rest of their '70s team, but I'm a big RC guy, so I'll sacrifice that. Franco, Lambert, Ham, and the rest are all in my '81 childhood cards :)

Great deal and nice eye appeal set too. The Bradshaw is a raw ex+ and Greene PSA 6. Those two alone are worth almost what the set cost w/ today's crazy values.

Looking forward to getting this one in hand

Congrats! '71 is a great looking vintage set for sure.

jeff

Congrats! That connection to childhood memories is the heart of the hobby (even as it has moved on to these crazy times). '71 Topps football was the very first set I bought packs of and seriously collected as a kid, I was seven. I was a '70s kid as such, six through sixteen, and those were my collecting years. But, despite being my first, I never loved the '71 set until a few years ago. I was rebuilding all of the '70s and had gotten back to the '71s and picked up a large lot that was in amazing shape. As I tried to maintain the quality of the set, the chase and such, I fell in love with it. She was my first, and I finally came back to her haha. The Jake Scott and Dick Anderson are personal favorites, but Sayers, Starr, Dawson, Unitas etc., tons of great stars.

Hope it arrives soon for ya.

Our situation and timeline are about identical, except mine is a decade later :p

Mentioned the '81 childhood FB cards above, and those were my first ones. When I started high school and got back into collecting at the end of the '80s, the best card I found in my old stash was a Montana rookie. I still have it and remember how cool it felt to uncover again.

Child of the Seventies, that's me

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Football thread is really quiet lately. Here is a new pick-up that I was happy with. Nice looking card in a SGC 30 holder. I'm digging the oversized card and overall pop of this design. Really looks nice in hand. One of several nice football cards pick ups the past few months.

What a difference 8 years in the NFL makes...

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Great stuff, guys!

I'm loading up on Brady Rookies...in particular, I see great potential for his UD Graded card in the future. Limited to 1325, and good looking design.

When did they have a blue flip.

I believe the blue flips were used special for these UD Graded cards, which some of them were graded in conjunction with UD and put into boxes already slabbed. This was short lived to my knowledge.

1932 Bears World Champions
 

I just could not resist picking up this Charles Denby Premium of the Chicago Bears, including Red Grange, Bronco Nagurski and George Halas.

That's a great piece.

I haven't picked up anything Football related in quite awhile, but couldn't pass this one up. I started collecting the Goal Line Art cards when they first came out in 1989 until 1998 (not sure why I stopped but I suspect it didn't seem as important once they stopped numbering the sets. Anyway, got the chance to pick up a partially autograph 1999 set, so i pulled the trigger. Love these cards and they look great autographed.

Thrilled to add this.

First football purchases in a while. These scans aren't great. I don't have these in hand quite yet.

An autograph card and a couple of photos....

In the last month, I decided to go for a more complete post-war vintage football collection (to go with the '71 set I mentioned above)

Got a mid-grade '60 set b/c I like the footballs on the front and I still needed a Jim Brown, Sam Huff, and a few others from that era. And the cost is reasonable.

Then my favorite football set from a little further back: a '50 Bowman. It's low grade but presentable, and I love the backgrounds (especially the Tittle rookie).

Those three sets, along with the '81, '84, '86, and '89 (score) that I still need to find some commons/minors for, are gonna make a great complement to my baseball and basketball stuff, and covers everything pigskin that I ever hoped to have :)

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A small pickup, $2.17 shipped, but it finishes my 1970 set. Still looking for a Calvin Hill Name in Black variation, but the basic is complete. Love the 70's football sets

1975 Topps Cello with OJ on top
 

Beautiful pack, love the '70s cellos.

Ones I traded some cards for. I like em... big thank you to my brother Dave for the Swann... I love it!!!

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19th century football program
 

Not a football card but pretty cool all the same 1893 program
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That's a blast from the past for me. I'd be sooo tempted to crack it for my birthday.

I added a few more for my 1968 collection:

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And a 1955:

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Plus this one, which I think is a great image

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Beautiful '68s. I sooooo want to find me a nice starter lot to go with the thirty or so I have and start that set in earnest.

That Krause is one of my favorites, really respected him as a player, and a great card.

You guys pull out some great stuff.

I cannot believe it took almost 20 years for Krause to make the HOF. The all-time leader in interceptions, still.

Thank you for this card Sidepocket on net54. Merlin Olsen is was not only a fabulous football player but starred in one of my favorites "little house" which I watched avidly as a kid. Love this card and so glad to have it. Will pass down to my grandson for sure as I always try to catalog cards and express the meaning of them. Does anyone else do this? Cards are meant to be enjoyed and shared and I am so proud to have had a opportunity to get this card. I seen it and thought ………..hey this is Jonathan Garvey on Little house....


Ok sorry to ramble.


Gunny

Went to the LCS to make some progress on upgrading my '74 set a bit, and this guy was new to the case since the last time I was in. So, got my upgrades and added this, one of my most wanted cards. So nice to be able to buy in person, see exactly what you're getting, be able to measure it, and just support the local shop. Pretty excited about this one.
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Beautiful Card!!!
 

Great Card!

Jim Brown
 

I am really happy to have picked up Jim Brown!!!!

Troy

Beautiful! Congrats.

Troy that is a beautiful card!

Congrats Troy!!! A great card.

jeff

Thanks guys
 

Thanks guys, If I could now only have that luck finding my 1925 Exhibits Gehrig and my 1966 Bobby Orr.

The hunt continues for those, lol

Troy

Troy don't know much about hockey but I know the 66 Topps and OPC Bobby Orr is probably the flagship card kinda like a 52 Mantle per se

Not a lot of '80s here, so here are a couple pics from the '82 set I just picked up. It sold like a lower end '82, but these cards are razor sharp.

Always loved the helmet on the front design, and somehow I didn't have a Taylor rookie in my childhood collection. That needed remedied :)

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I knew nothing about 1972 OPC CFL stickers, but learned they were inserted in packs of 1972 OPC football cards. Ebay win near set (19 of 24 panels) for $25.81 which included shipping or $1.35 each shipped. I guess the tough card is Joe Theismann and he was included.

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This card finishes my 1954 Bowman set. I thought I had it finished after the 2019 National. But when I went to put the set in new sheets I found a handful of cards missing. Took awhile but finally found one on eBay to finish it up for real

I've always liked this card, and finally decided to pick one up. After his rookie, I think it's my favorite Johnny U. I was just looking for a raw, but this was a nice example for the price, cheaper than most of the comparable raws I came across actually. Anyway, I think the black SGC case looks sharp with the black bordered 62s.

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Very nice. I agree, such a great card from a super tough set to find in decent shape. And I'm with you on the SGC case as well. I did my entire run of Johnny U. in SGC, the old stuff just looks so good in those cases. Congrats on your great addition.

Picked up another Namath for my collection...a nice raw 72.

I love that card. Aside from the flowing sideburns, flip it over for one of the best Topps cartoons ever. They bust his chops about the womanizing. It's a classic.

Last card I needed for the 1955 Packers team issue set
 

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I also scanned the rest of the set and uploaded them to my website (linked in my signature).

Whoa. Congrats! This set is extremely hard to complete if I'm not mistaken.

jeff

Another set finished. Paid a bit more than I wanted but seems the price kept creeping up

Making an effort to finish off a handful of football sets where I don’t need to spend stupid money.

This is the third set I’ve completed since the start of the National. 1964 and 1965 Topps next. 1963 Fleer will be harder since I need Len Dawson there along with a few others

Congrats, Dave! That's a nice looking Lilly. Good luck on your other sets.

jeff

I have a couple of Browns team issue cards from that era. I rarely see them, but then again I'm never really looking for them.

Congratulations on completing the set.

Picked this up over the weekend.

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