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Originally Posted by Spike
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.)
By looking for low-grade Goudey lots, I've reassembled about 30% of Bucky's 1933 set and these are my biggest hits so far. Not sure what'll ultimately come of it, but the whole project's an interesting way to look through the eyes of another era's collector.
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This is very cool. This is what I would call
pure collecting, and one of many examples found on this forum.
Good luck with the quest. If you add more down the road, or eventually get the inclination, this set might be worthy of its own thread.
Killer thread, all!