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judgejules1

01-28-2015 07:30 PM

Willie Mays Card Identification

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Can anyone help identify this Mays card?

1963Topps Set

01-28-2015 09:24 PM

What does the back look like?

judgejules1

01-28-2015 09:32 PM

Yes, that would help. It's a blank back.

mrmopar

01-28-2015 09:34 PM

Looks like something cut out of a book or periodical, like a Who's Who's or similar.

judgejules1

01-28-2015 09:36 PM

It's made of a solid card stock.

1963Topps Set

01-28-2015 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmopar (Post 1373024)

Looks like something cut out of a book or periodical, like a Who's Who's or similar.

I was thinking the same thing or a 1957 yearbook...

Bob Lemke

01-29-2015 03:43 PM

These have been mentioned on this forum in earlier years.

They are definitely cobbled-together pieces made by gluing part of a magazine page to cardboard backing. If you don't believe it, toss them into a pan of water.

Years ago, at a Pittsburgh show, if I recall correctly, Alan Rosen bought several hundred of the concoctions.

judgejules1

01-29-2015 06:32 PM

Thanks again for the information.
This doesn't surprise me. The card is very sturdy and shows little wear to it. Still a newbie to this board, so didn't see any of the earlier posts and wouldn't have know what to search under.

David W

01-30-2015 07:11 AM

I agree with the above responders.

Years ago, when I was in High School, I used to make my own "cards" like that just for fun, cutting up Baseball Registers, or Baseball Guides, or pictures from Sports Illustrated.

I've still got a bunch somewhere.

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