The Modern Hobby Guide To Topps Chewing Gum: 1938-1956 (Now Updated, See Post #14)

[toppcat]

This is more of a postwar themed project but not all of you check in on that part of the forum so I figured I would post this here as well-thanks to Leon for letting me announce this here.

My long term project has been completed and The Modern Hobby Guide To Topps Chewing Gum: 1938-1956 is now available for a free color download or online viewing at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/126643197/...m-1938-to-1956 This is a comprehensive history, homage and price guide of all things Topps.

There is also a companion blog for the Guide: http://themodernhobbyguide.blogspot.com/ This will be where updates, corrections, news etc will be archived. I am encouraging readers to send me such corrections and updates as they encounter them. You will see versions 1.0 and 1.1 have already been issued-these were trial runs and version 1.2 as hosted there is the current one. Many more images will be added there for the sets and ephemera covered in the guide. That part of the project will take some time.

A print on demand version in B&W will follow at some point, probably on lulu.com. I have to fix some issues with the checklists before I am comfortable with a print version.

This Topps Archives blog will still be active as well but I am going to reduce my posting frequency to about once per week. Topps Archives will focus more and more on post 1956 issues as I start to contemplate my next project.

Unfortunately Blogger is not letting me add elements to my pages right now but there will be prominent links to the Guide on both blogs once they get over their technical issues.

Enjoy!

[queencitysportscards]

Awesome work...I am checking it out now.

[oaks1912]

Congratulations on a wonderful contribution to the hobby's history. I haven't read the entire manuscript, but it will be a great addition to many collections, including my own

[Wite3]

Wow...David...that is incredible! Cant wait to really get into the details but the intro and history are wonderful!

Thanks so much

Joshua

[Cardboard Junkie]

Aloha Dave, Much mahalos for such a detailed and scholarly work. I appreciate all this wonderful info you have assembled for the advancement of the hobby. Put me on the top of the list for an autographed hard copy when it comes to print. Thanks VERy Very much again. Dave Pierson. ps regarding the pic of woolworths 52 topps display, I believe Levi at 707 owns the original photo.

[FirstYearCards]

Just wonderful work!

[ethicsprof]

congratulations on your much needed and expert research on this period of Topps cards. I'm eager to take a thorough look at your work!
You certainly were the fellow to provide this to the community of vintage
baseball scholars.
all the best,
barry

[tedzan]

Hey guys,

This is absolutely one of the best researched and well-written books on any BB card company that I have seen. Dave has excellently provides us with the history
and insight into the early years of the TOPPS company. Dave's work here is a reflection of the great stuff that makes this forum the best.

I was away on a 10 day trip, and just got around to reading this thread today. It brought back many of memories from my youth. Especially, collecting the 1952
Topps cards and the BOWMAN cards.

Thanks Dave for the "flashbacks" to my younger days.


P. S. regarding distribution of the 1952 Hi # cards,I can attest to the fact that our local pharmacy/soda fountain store in Hillside (NJ) had many of them. Friends
in Philadelphia had them. Also, a long-time friend of mine acquired them at Ben Franklin 5 & 10-cent stores in the Smokey Mountain region of North Carolina.


Best regards,


TED Z

[tcdyess]

Wow, can't wait to get home tonight and dive in!!! What an impressive accomplishment and thanks for sharing all your work with everyone.

Tim

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hey guys,

This is absolutely one of the best researched and well-written books on any BB card company that I have seen. Dave has excellently provides us with the history
and insight into the early years of the TOPPS company. Dave's work here is a reflection of the great stuff that makes this forum the best.

I was away on a 10 day trip, and just got around to reading this thread today. It brought back many of memories from my youth. Especially, collecting the 1952
Topps cards and the BOWMAN cards.

Thanks Dave for the "flashbacks" to my younger days.


P. S. regarding distribution of the 1952 Hi # cards,I can attest to the fact that our local pharmacy/soda fountain store in Hillside (NJ) had many of them. Friends
in Philadelphia had them. Also, a long-time friend of mine acquired them at Ben Franklin 5 & 10-cent stores in the Smokey Mountain region of North Carolina.


Best regards,


TED Z

Hi Ted-glad you like my guide so far-some of your 52 hi # info made it into the book. Things were so much more regionalized back then with distribution, it's like a big puzzle trying to piece it together.

[oaks1912]

Dave...Still reading and enjoying the project. Regarding '52 High numbers. Two more regions that can be added. A few collections have turned up in Western Canada (Vancouver area) and one area that Teddy Z forgot. About 20 years ago, Ted was visiting me and went with me on a call where I purchased a full set of '52 Topps from the original collector. He collected the set while living near Chicago in 1952. I've never found an original collector that bought '52 High numbers (out of packs) in the SF Bay Area....Mark