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Originally Posted by Chstrite
Day 343 – 8 December 2024
I am a huge fan of Baltimore Orioles team issued post cards and photos. A couple years ago I found the 1954 Team Issue base set 6 in X 9 in photos. This set includes 25 players. Later, I realized there was an update set that included 8 players. This set included Cal Abrams, Jim Brideweser, Bob Chakales, Clint Courtney, Jim Fridley, Ray Murray, Billy O’Dell and Eddie Waitkus. I have looked almost daily for these and always do the same at shows. Recently on Ebay, I found an auction with 21 older photos and put a bid in and forgot about it and won. I did not really look to hard until it arrived in the mail. I then realized it was from 1954. I looked at the photos with my check list and slowly realized one by one, I stumbled on the 8 player update set. I was very excited to check each one off. The best part of this discovery is I paid $8.99 plus $8.00 shipping for the 8 player update set and 13 of the 25 players in the base set. Included is a photo of the 8 player update set.
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Charlie,
Great pickup. You got those update photos for a steal. They are extremely hard to find.
FYI - Over the years, I've seen a bunch of the original sets being offered with only 24 photos. At first, I thought they probably lost one of the photos along the way, but then I began to notice that the sets were always missing the Vic Wertz photo. Wertz was traded by the Orioles in June. I have no proof, but have wondered if the Orioles removed the Wertz photo after the trade, making the Wertz a bit harder to find. Would love to know for sure....