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

And my Mr. Upton.

My Uptons

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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

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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.

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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.

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My Wes.

Westrum

:)

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Nice card Dale. Here is my Eddie.

Stanky

Stanky

Eddie!

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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.

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And Billy burst ahead at the first turn :)

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There is always that one guy who can't seem to follow along properly. :D

My Ellis Kinder for the last day of March 2021.

Deleted my pic. Didn’t realize there was structure to this thread...


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My Kinder.

Rob— only as much structure as a bunch of nerdy, OCD card collectors can muster. :) You have a very nice Hitchcock

Here's my late entry for yesterday. I'm afraid I don't have a scan of my Kinder for today.

Haha - I hear ya. Thank you!


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My Kinders

My 24-hour rule Kennedy. This is a low grade card but I am proud of it because I won it recently on the Net54 auction forum.

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I agree, very nice card! I can't wait until July 13th rolls around so I can look at it again. ;)









(and four hours and 35 minutes pass)

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Card of the day.

Gerry

I'm not sure how I ended up with the red back Staley. It looks much nicer than the rest of my set. I may have to downgrade it. :)

It's all good, Rob. :)

My bb Gerald Staley.

Card #80, the last card in series 1 and the last of the black backs.

I think my card, with the tilt, diamond cut and the upper right corner pull, was likely the first Herman Wehmeier that came down the assembly line. :D

My Herm

My Wehmeiers and the last of the black backs as Dale said. I'm looking forward to seeing how many gray backs people have in another few months. I have none.

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#80

Here is my Wehmeier:

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There are 3 versions of the Wehmeier, the black back and two distinct versions of the red back. These are both reds

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Zero gray backs for me as well. Sniff. :o

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I just saw that the new REA auction has a number of gray backs so now's our chance.

I see they are still referred to as "Canadian Grey Backs" even though that has pretty much been debunked.
I guess, at this point, why bother changing the name to what most people are use to?

Wasn't there an auction, maybe this one, Al, where it was proven after the fact, or maybe during the auction, that the Reiser wasn't a true grey back?

Unfortunately, I don't own any either.

It was the REA compete master with full gray run, but the Reiser labeled gray back, wasnt.

I think at one point, I had 70 or so grays. I've had one of every player, including 2 yellow tiger gray backs. That's the real anomaly if anyone cares! I talk more about it when we get to #146 if I'm around.




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Thanks, Ted.

Yes, from what I have read and heard, the Yellow Tiger grey backs are the toughest but most desired one sought.

Looking forward to reading more so I hope you're around.

REA has a Reiser gray back in this auction, and it does say that seems to be the rarest of the gray backs. Maybe the yellow tiger one is even harder to find then.

The issue with the House is that grey backs are scarce but finding a grey back that is also a yellow tiger makes it rare. The fascinating thing about the House is that the yellow anomaly appears on both the regular and grey back versions. Surely Ted will explain how this came to be when we get there :)

Right after I wrote what I wrote above I questioned/doubted myself as I immediately thought; "or is it the Reiser that is the toughest/rarest to find"?
People like, Al, Ted, Toppcat (Dave) and others, however, know a lot more than I likely ever will so I will listen to them and hear what they have to say first before I conclusively say anything more.

We talked about this back in 2017 but it was all Reiser talk, not House.
Tedz mentioned he found finding a Martin gray back was rather tough but I am unsure if he owns a gray back Reiser or a Yellow Tiger gray back House?
https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...952+gray+backs

Vern Law, card #81 to start off Saturday.

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Vern.

Law

My Mr. Law. Since Breakfast Club came out, nobody wants to name their kids Vern anymore.

Nobody has the infamous "thumb print" printing flaw to post?

I don't know what you are referring to. Can you please elaborate?

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There are also versions of the Law card with a blue line or yellow mark in the right front border. A seller has both for sale on eBay now but they are recurring and can be found for a lot less than he is asking. They are not on the H&S super checklist, nor Ted’s finger print

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Pillette
 

Now that we are past the low-numbered series, I assume that there will be several people like me who'll be able to contribute more to this thread.

Anyway, here's my #82 to start for today:

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24-hour rule. So sorry. :o

You can pretend that Vern Law is being chased by Duane Pillette (he looks so scared).


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My # 82.