Collecting Milestone Complete - 1947 Bond Bread Jackie Robinson Set

[LeftHandedDane]

That is an awesome set, and a terrific accomplishment! Congrats.

I look forward to reading your paper about the set - a fantastic piece of Americana, not just baseball.

Thanks for sharing.

[clydepepper]

Shaun- That is a wonderful accomplishment. I admire your dedication to the task. I appreciate you sharing the details.

Jackie is always on my to-buy list as he is one of five Hall-of-Famers that played in the majors and were born in Georgia. I have all his Topps cards except 1952, but would someday love to get some of the earlier cards.

Your collection is a great tribute to this great man...Congratulations!

-Raymond

[bcbgcbrcb]

Shaun:

Great job completing the set!

I once owned the most common card in the set for my BB HOF RC collection, it was one of my favorites.

I assume that you also have the Jackie card from the Regular Bond Bread set from '47?

[Rickyy]

Congrats! Absolutely one of my favorite post war cards too!

Ricky Y

[cdn_collector]

This is awesome. I've always loved (but never owned any of) this set.
I think it's doubly awesome that you've been researching the set and look forward to your article.

Congratulations, and thanks for sharing!

Cheers,

Richard.

[toppcat]

Very, very impressive - one of the toughest postwar regional/specialty sets that there is. Congrats!

[CharleyBrown]

Thanks all! It's been a blast collecting, and further researching this set.

One of my favorite things about the set has been that it has given me the opportunity to get to know other collectors, make some friends, and share information regarding the hobby.

Phil,

I don't actually own that card from the regular Bond Bread set. I've been so focused on this set that I passed on numerous examples. That will likely be a goal for 2016.

The most common card in this set is his true RC IMO - while this set is often said to have only been released in Brooklyn, I strongly believe (and I am in the process of gathering evidence to support that belief) that this set was actually distributed in various major cities with significant African-American populations (Baltimore, Richmond, etc). The remaining 12 were released between 1947 and 1949-1950.