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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Shown here is the Satchel Paige card (one of the key cards) from this seldom seen Topps test issue. It is reported that only 300 sets |
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Posted By: dennis
what was the purpose of these 8 cards? does anyone know? |
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Posted By: Anthony
As the story goes, they were table favors for a Topps Banquet. Woody Gelman rushed them a bit and a few of the players aren't who they should be. |
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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
DENNIS |
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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
The 8 cards in this set...... |
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Posted By: Rich Klein
Both during and after his playing career. I believe he drove a cab in the 1970's. |
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Posted By: Bob Pomilla
Billy also had a taste for betting on horses (mostly slow ones). A regular at the NY tracks in the years before he died. |
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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Billy Loes started his career showing great promise. His 1st year. he was 13-8 with a low ERA (2.69) with the Dodgers (1952). |
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Posted By: John H.
I'm one of those guys that went out and bought an original '53 Loes card. Couldn't have that hole in the set. Did the same thing with the Dom DiMaggio, Saul Rogovin, Solly Hemus and Tommy Holmes cards that weren't in the '52 reprint. Loes wasn't in the '52 reprint either but I never got around to purchasing the original. Both Loes cards later appeared in the 1995 Archives Brooklyn Dodgers set and the DiMaggio showed up in the 2001 Archives "First and Last Card" set. |
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Posted By: Anthony
Ted- |
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Posted By: Bob
The Furillo card pictures Bill Antonello. |
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Posted By: Al
I have this set as well. I do not think you can get 3 of 8 wrong by accident. I believe it was a gag...or a test |
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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
BOB |
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Posted By: Dave Hornish
Ted, you may be right. If it was a set produced quickly with a deadline, they may have used whatever was at hand artwise. |
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Posted By: JimCrandell
I don't see these as that rare and have seen these frequently at shows. However pops are all between 20-30 so maybe they are rarer than I think. Here is a HOFer from the set. |
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Posted By: Dave Hornish
Jim I agree, they pop up fairly often and you see them much more than some other Topps toughies like the 74 stamp albums or the 73 comics/pinups. I have seen raw mid grade commons go in the $10 - $30 range on Ebay and mid grade slabs (commons and Mize) for $60-70. All the ones I sold were in those ranges. |
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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
The Standard Catalog has the set valued at $600. It also says that only 300 sets were printed....that's not many. |
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Posted By: Al
Someone mentioned these might have been given out at one of the banquets. I have 3 or 4 programs for those from the 60s, and the 64 boxed program "set", but does anyone know what year such banquests began and ended ? |
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