[QUOTE=Spike;1216715]Traded for these two low-grade 33 Goudeys this week. Not much to see from the grading perspective, but check out the backs.
A 1930s collector named Bucky Jackson took it upon himself to modify and update every card he owned. Here's what he did.
1. Trimmed off any "BIG LEAGUE GUM" label from the front
2. Punched out Goudey's © notice
3. Scraped off the Goudey tag line
4. Signed his name with quotes on "Bucky"
5. Updated teams as years went by (Ruth has Yankees scratched out, replaced with "Brooklyn Dodgers" in pencil, so was updated in 1938)
6. Renumbered everything by a system I don't understand yet. (Ruth is now 189 & Gehrig now 297.)
Matt-
This is a great story! I love stuff like this. Any idea where Bucky was from?
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