1967 High Number Sheets

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Posted By: Rich Klein

Explains to some significance why the 1967 Topps Tim McCarver card was always heavily in demand. This was before he became the voice of baseball for Fox.

That is one part of this new "internet" age, regional scarcities really no longer exist for now we can network fairly easily instead of hoping to find stacks at out of town shows.

I remember that one of the reasons Phil Spector went to Canada every year was to look for 52 Topps Hi #'s.

I'm sure smart dealers in the 80's and early 90's had specific missions when they traveled.

A couple of other examples.

1972 Topps Football 3rd series was definately released in the DFW (Dallas Fort Worth area). I once picked up singles from that series at small local shows for three straight weekends. (No I don't have them any more)

1969 Topps White Letters were released in the Albany NY area. I know several dealers who would go up there just to look for those cards. I also had great success getting those White Letter cards from Jack Smalling sell lists.

Regards
Rich