The Ballcard Collector - March '73 w/Lionel Carter..and "52 Topps in late June "

[barrysloate]

Imagine buying a box of 1952 Topps high numbers when they were issued and finding all those mint cards. Zowee!

And I do recall the first big purchase I ever made, back in 1982, was a 1949 Bowman set from Stan Martucci. Although the cards were terribly overgraded, I had never seen a complete set before and was nevertheless in awe. That's a name I won't forget.

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Imagine buying a box of 1952 Topps high numbers when they were issued and finding all those mint cards. Zowee!

And I do recall the first big purchase I ever made, back in 1982, was a 1949 Bowman set from Stan Martucci. Although the cards were terribly overgraded, I had never seen a complete set before and was nevertheless in awe. That's a name I won't forget.

Imagine splitting the 168 cards in the box with a friend and giving him all the Yankees so you can have all the Dodgers. That means he gave his friend all the Mantles! I wonder how many there were, since the card was double printed? Then his friend's mother got rid of them all a few years later when she got rid of his "junk". At the time he wrote this article the 1952 Mantle hadn't reached the icon status it is today.