The Way We Were ......

[frankbmd]

and the way we are.

A while ago with the help of board members and a few purchases I put together my mutilated 1955 Topps set. I have finally gotten around to displaying this set and it looks great, despite the rounded or even absent corners, a few absent borders, a few tears, rubber band marks, evidence of tape and every other defect you can imagine. It worth a look, particularly if you were a card collector in the 50s.

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A Preston Ward border is added to a previously trimmed Williams

Kaline folded into quadrants to fit in a smaller pocket.

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Pendleton may have professionally rounded corners.

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Carey has a bad case of road rash.

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Ernie Banks has visited Jenny Craig.

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Kiely and Cunningham both have authentic period tape.

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Hank is trying to divide into two cards and has nearly succeeded.

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Jackie looks too good here, but there is a surface wrinkle.

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Just the usual wear and tear.

This set will take several posts to complete, but already the message is evident. The set represents our youth. The chase for all the cards in the set, just as rewarding then and now. Greed is absent. No goal for resale here for profit. 0% Buyer's Premium would be offered gladly. Fraud ??? I dare say the entire set is authentic, but none of the cards warrant a TPG evaluation or letter of authenticity. No card doctors here, only butchers, and not very good butchers at that.

Talk about the ultimate trade up. This, my friend, is the ultimate starting point.

Stay tuned.