D322 Info request

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Posted By: robert a

Hi fellow tip top collectors.

I'm starting to research this set a bit and would appreciate any information you could provide about the set in this thread that deals with the following or otherwise:

Your holdings: I'm trying to get a feel for which cards are the scarcest. Of course, we have some good ideas on this already.
Which cards were the toughest for you to find? What do you have right now?
If you don't feel comfortable posting this, please email if you're willing to disclose.

Advertisement: Has anyone seen a "period" ad that refers to the Ward Mackey Co. or Tip Top Bread AND the Pirates? Anyone have knowledge of how this set was packaged, marketed, etc.? We know what the back says, but any further info.?


Has there been anything written on the set in the past?

Please add any comments/observations/questions you have concerning this interesting set.

Thanks for your help!

Rob

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Posted By: Andrew

Tip Top Bread is a great set. Conventional wisdom in the past has been that the Tip Top Boy, Forbes Field, and Dreyfuss are the toughest cards in the set. In my opinion, these three cards are definitely more difficult to locate. I am not sure if this is due to a true short supply of these cards, or because they are hoarded away in collections. I have been looking for Tip Top Boy and Forbes Field for a few years, and only recently was able to pick up a Forbes Field.

One thing that has always intrigued me about the set is how often you find cards with paper loss on the reverse, usually on the corners. This seems to indicate they were pasted into some sort of album. However, I have never seen or heard of a Tip Top album.

My holdings:

Wagner
Abaticchio
Flynn
Miller
Webb
Forbes Field

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Posted By: robert a

Andrew,

Since the cards were offered to collectors as a complete set, do you think it's possible they were presented to the collector/consumer in or with a book of some sort which might explain the back damage?

Also since the set was offered in complete sets to consumers why would any card be tougher to find than others.

Perhaps the Forbes field, Mascot, and Administrator(s) are tough to find because nobody gave a hoot about them?

Thanks for keeping the discussion going.

Rob

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Posted By: Patrick McMenemy

I can speak from personal experience that George Gibson is one of the tougher Tip Top Bread D322 cards to find... especially in nice condition. I had one with a 4-way window pane crease, and it took me 5 years to find this upgrade. I have also noticed that he comes up on many want lists of people looking to complete the set.



Patrick

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Posted By: robert a

Patrick,

I still need Gibson as well.
Thanks for the information.

Rob

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Posted By: leon

I think I have seen a Ward-Mackey advertisement but don't remember where....and I think it was a little later than "period" for the cards. I have had, and sold, a few sets of these. For the HOF'ers Clarke seems to be much tougher than Wagner...especially in nicer grade.....Cool set....

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

I have the complete set viewable here:

http://imageevent.com/uffda51/tiptopbreadpirates

I found Dreyfuss, Forbes Field and the mascot the toughest, in that order. Dreyfuss was far tougher than the other two. Finding cards above vg is tough. Of the other cards, Webb was the toughest.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Rob,

Here are my holdings...I find all cards to be tough, esp. in better condition. I heard that the mascot, Forbes and team exec are tougher -
it maybe that most kids tossed them; due to lack of interest(non-baseball player).

Personally, I like the Leever - he is the only player with a cap.

Hope the info helps in some way,

Mark

Miller (2)
Camnitz
Adams
Leifield
Maddox
Campbell (2)
Wilson
Leever
Simon
O’Conner
Forbes Field

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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

Hi Rob--

Good to see you doing this. It's a great set-- pretty tough for me.

I have

Camnitz
Leifield
Maddox
Campbell
Byrne

Cheers,

Tim

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Posted By: Brian McQueen

Hmmm...I have a Forbes Field as well. Like others that have already responded, I always assumed that the field, Mascot, Dreyfuss and perhaps the Gibson were the tough ones. Seems that several people in this thread alone have already mentioned having the Forbes Field though which is sort of interesting....

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Posted By: Andrew

Rob,

Another strange thing is that we assume some collectors returned the "labels" and received a complete set in the mail. However, there are few high grade cards known from this set. It seems there should be some high grade holdings out there somewhere. . . But where are they?

Andrew