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My new type set goal - an it's a bit bizarre
I'm not much of a type set collector..I usually work on complete sets. But I've decided to take on a new goal that's a bit out of the ordinary.
I want to get a copy of every card featured in the 1973 book "The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubblegum" book. For those of you who aren't old enough to remember it was pretty much the very first book to casually feature baseball cards. Flipping through the book I'm well on my way already, having every set back to 1957. The book features a lot of cards from the 1952 set. Luckily the book is primarily made up of common players. There are some stars to be sure, that I have to get. The Koufax rookie is in there, a 1955 Ted Williams, 1953 Satchell Page. A few others might cost a bit. Wish me luck. |
Sounds like a fun challenge.
I've had to scale back on my 52 topps buying lately (I'm a filmmaker and I'm starting a new documentary), so to take its place I've been going on a hunt to find a copy of every photograph upon which a 52 Topps artwork was derived..so far I've got 20...it's gonna be a long slog for sure! |
Flippin Book
I have the book, and think that is a great idea. You should report back on progress and maybe post some of the notable examples
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I thought about doing that maybe twenty years ago but never pursued it beyond buying a Sibby Sisti card. Totally do-able and I for one believe you should post 'em as you get 'em!
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Great book
Great idea Question: "Why do they call you Choo Choo, Choo Choo?" Answer: "I don't know" |
Best ending to a book ever..."Goodnight, Sibby Sisti, wherever you are."
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What are you going to do about the cards on the cover? Gonna collect those, too? I know there's Herb Score, Bobby Thompson and you can see Elroy Face in the background...then it gets tricky, as you can tell who some of the cards are, but maybe not all of them.
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My hope is to confirm that, despite evidence to the contrary, there never was, nor will there ever be a ballplayer by the name of Clyde Kluttz
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To start me off, here is a listing of every card profiled in the book. They are Topps cards unless noted.
1940 Play Ball Van Mungo 1951 Bowman Alfonso Carrasquel 1951 Bowman Andy Seminick 1951 Bowman Bubba Church 1951 Bowman Cal Abrams 1951 Bowman Early Wynn 1951 Bowman Ed Stanky 1951 Bowman Ewell Blackwell 1951 Bowman Granny Hamner 1951 Bowman John Berrdino 1951 Bowman Ned Garver 1951 Bowman Sal Maglie 1951 Bowman Sibby Sisti 1951 Bowman Vic Wertz 1952 Al Zarilla 1952 Bill Nicholson 1952 Bill Pierce 1952 Bob Kuzava 1952 Bobby Thompson 1952 Bowman Harry Lowrey 1952 Bowman Roy Campanella 1952 Bowman Sam Jethro 1952 Clint Hartung 1952 Clyde Kluttz 1952 Curt Simmons 1952 Eddie Miksis 1952 Eddie Waitkus 1952 Eddie Yost 1952 Enos Slaughter 1952 ferris Fain 1952 Frank Crosetti 1952 Gus Niarhos 1952 Gus Zernial 1952 Hoot Evers 1952 John Antonelli 1952 Johnny Lipton 1952 Johnny Sain 1952 Larry Doby 1952 Les Moss 1952 Maurice McDermott 1952 Pete Reiser 1952 Ralph Branca 1952 Sherm Lollar 1952 Stan Rojek 1952 Ted Beard 1952 Topps Richie Ashburn 1952 Vern Law 1952 Vern Stephens 1952 Willie Jones 1953 Bob Del Greco 1953 Bowman Bobby Avila 1953 Bowman Joe Garagiola 1953 Satchell Paige 1954 Bowman Billy Cox 1954 Bowman Billy Loes 1954 Bowman Bob Friend 1954 Bowman Earl Torgeson 1954 Bowman Gus Bell 1954 Bowman Joe Nuxhall 1954 Bowman Nellie Fox 1954 Bowman Solly Hemus 1954 Charlie Silvera 1954 Cot Deal 1954 Frank Leja 1954 Jim Delsing 1954 Joe Black 1954 Mike Fornieles 1954 O'Brien Twins 1954 Ted Kazanski 1955 Ted Williams 1955 Bill Consolo 1955 Bowman Barlick 1955 Bowman Boggess 1955 Bowman Chylak 1955 Bowman Dascoli 1955 Bowman Hubbard 1955 Bowman Secory 1955 Bowman W. Schantz 1955 Camilo Pascual 1955 Gene Conley 1955 Harry Agganis 1955 Jim Gilliam 1955 Lauren Pepper 1955 Rip Repulski 1955 Sandy Koufax 1955 Spook Jacobs 1955 Wayne Terwilliger 1956 Al Silvera 1956 Carlos Paula 1956 Dale Mitchell 1956 Dave Philley 1956 Dick Brodowski 1956 Ernie Oravetz 1956 Fred Hatfield 1956 Hank Bauer 1956 Harry Simpson 1956 Herb Score 1956 Jackie Robinson 1956 Jim Busby 1956 Minnie Minoso 1956 Russ Meyer 1956 Toby Atwell 1956 Topps Whitey Lockman 1956 Wilmer Mizell 1957 Clint Courtney 1957 Dave Sisler 1957 Del Ennis 1957 Dusty Rhodes 1957 Ed Bouchee 1957 Elmer Valo 1957 Hank Aguirre 1957 Harridge/Giles 1957 Jack Meyer 1957 Moe Drabowski 1957 Paul Smith 1957 Robin Roberts 1957 Ruben Gomez 1957 Ted Kluszewski 1958 Bob Cerv 1958 Bob Shaw 1958 Carl Furillo 1958 Carlton Willey 1958 Dale Long 1958 Dick Hyde 1958 Don Larsen 1958 Foster Castleman 1958 Gail Harris 1958 Gino Cimoli 1958 Hal Griggs 1958 Harvey Kuenn 1958 Herb Plew 1958 Jim Brosnan 1958 Marv Throneberry 1958 Ray Narleski 1958 Rival Fence Busters 1958 Rocky Colavito 1958 Sam Espositio 1958 Sam Jones 1958 Sandy Amoros 1958 Series Hurlers 1958 Stan Musial AS 1958 Topps Steve Bilko 1958 Vic Power 1958 Whammy Douglas 1958 Yogi Berra 1959 Casey Wise 1959 Coot Veal 1959 Gene Stephens 1959 Hector Lopez 1959 Joe Jay 1959 Neil Chrisley 1959 Reno Bertoia 1959 Solly Drake 1959 Stan Lopata 1959 Walt Dropo 1959 White Sox Coach 1960 Chuck Estrada 1960 Dick Hall 1960 Don Drysdale 1960 Duke Carmel 1960 Johnny Unitas 1960 Leon Wagner 1961 26-Inning Tie 1961 Billy Muffett 1961 Dick Farrell 1961 Eli Grba 1961 Ernie Banks AS 1961 Harvey Haddix 1961 Jackie Jensen MVP 1961 Jim Piersall 1961 Johnny Logan 1961 Ruth Homer 1961 Stu Miller 1962 Charlie Smith 1962 Chris Cannizzaro 1962 Cino Barragon 1962 Don Buddin 1962 Harry Chiti 1962 Jesus McFarlane 1962 Mike De La Hoz 1962 Paul Fotack 1962 Pumpsie Green 1962 Roger Craig 1962 Sammy Drake 1963 Albie Pearson 1963 Bill Skowron 1963 Billy Klaus 1963 Bob Tuttle 1963 Cal McLish 1963 Carroll Hardy 1963 Charley Maxwell 1963 Choo Choo Coleman 1963 Dick Stuart 1963 Felix Mantilla 1963 Galen Cisco 1963 George Brunet 1963 Harry Craft 1963 Jay Hook 1963 John Roseboro 1963 Ken Hubbs 1963 Lou Klimchock 1963 Mets Team 1963 Moorhead Rookie 1963 Rich Rollins 1963 Roberto Clemente 1963 Rocky Bridges 1963 Rod Kanehl 1963 Ryne Duren 1963 Tex Clevenger 1963 Tom Tresh 1963 Tommie Aaron 1963 Tracy Stallard 1963 Walt Bond 1963 Whitey Herzog 1963 Yanks Celebrate 1964 Bubba Phillips 1964 Caey Teaches 1964 Charlie Lau 1964 Don Mossi 1964 Doug Camilli 1964 Earl Battey 1964 Eddie Bressoud 1964 Jim Bouton 1964 Jim Gentile 1964 Joe Koppe 1964 Phil Linz 1964 Smoky Burgess 1965 Bo Belinski 1965 Casey Stengel 1965 Dave De Busschere 1965 Dave Nicholson 1965 Frank Baumann 1965 Masandri Murakami 1965 Woody Held 1966 Bob Purkey 1966 George Scott 1967 Bubba Morton 1967 Ozzie Chavarria 1968 Jim Gosger 1968 Ken Harrelson 1969 Aurelio Rodriquez 1969 Roy Face 1969 Walt Williams |
Great idea! ...add an extra challenge... how about getting them in order of appearence... ha! :D
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There's at least a T card missing from that list I think.
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There are no T cards in the profiles section. That's where all the commentaries are. There are two T cards, a couple of Bazooka All Time Greats and a 1940 Playball shown earlier with the caption "They don't make them like this any more" but there's no humorous commentary on those so they're excluded.
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