1948 Topps backs

[ALR-bishop]

[Cardboard Junkie]

Aloha, Cool little cards. I have the 19 baseball subjects. Interesting because they are topps first entry into "cards". Neat unopened pack too. The great Frank Nagy, of Detroit, had a "stack" of undeveloped, uncut sheets of these. If memory serves, he had them "professionally" developed. I don't know how he acquired them, but I seem to remember they were produced by topps in a "garage" . Anyone ever hear anything about that? dave.

[novakjr]

As far as these go. I have 13 Wrestlers, and 14 boxers, plus another 4 of the baseball and 1 football. Out of those, only 4 have the numbers on the bottom(3 Boxing and 1 wrestling)..PSA made no designation on the slabs, if that means anything.

[toppcat]

I think one version (without "See Directions Inside Wrap") came in or with, citing three possibilities:

1) With Greeting Cards (Barker Greeting Card Co.);

2) Possibly through mail order from Topps as they sold off surplus cards in ads in comic books in 1949;

3) They were in first series (of 126) nickel packs, which had the insert with directions. If I am not mistaken, only the first series of 126 came this way.

[BradH]

Thanks for the feedback. Some folks have asked for the list of “side numbers” I picked up in my lot…I kind of assumed all 252 cards came in both versions (?), but maybe not. The cards I have are:

#17A (Boxing) – Tony Zale
#21A (Boxing) – Rinty Monaghan

#6C (Football) – Johnny Lujack
#13C (Football) – Army-Navy

#2D (Wrestling) – Hackenschmidt
#5D (Wrestling) – Jim Landos
#15D (Wrestling) – Frank Sexton
#18D (Wrestling) – Flying Dropkick
#20D (Wrestling) – Gino Garibaldi

#12E (Track & Field) – Charley Fonville

#2F (Stars of Stage & Screen) – Barbara Stanwych
#10F (Stars of Stage & Screen) – Dorothy Lamour
#17F (Stars of Stage & Screen) – Lyn Bari

#2G (American Dogs) – Chow
#6G (American Dogs) – Boston Bull
#11G (American Dogs) – English Bull
#14G (American Dogs) – Boxer
#15G (American Dogs) – Russian Wolfhound

#1H (General Sports) – Mr. & Mrs. George Remington