OT: Does anyone collect TCMA cards?

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by DaClyde

Any chance of a Topps-style "TMCA Vault" sale of remaining TCMA production materials?

Actually, some of these materials do still exist and are in our possession. Don't think there's much there we'd part with though. All of the negatives are now owned by Photo File and they continue to offer prints from some of the negs used on TCMA cards. With all the modern technology and improvements in printing the finished products look
MUCH better now than they ever did.

For example, here are some from the TCMA 1950's set:

https://www.pinterest.com/andrewaronstein/tcma-1950s/

[Laxcat]

These have always been my favorite TCMA cards. The 69 SCFC are cool too.

[SteveMitchell]

As an oldtimer who recalls fondly SCFC and the line drawings of Hall of Famers and regular guys who comprise that 1968-69 set (as well as SCFC's well-done postcard size set), I both collect TCMA and sell quite a nice volume on eBay.

My personal favorites are (in no particular order): The 1950's (291 full-color cards plus 2 teams), The 1930's (504+ cards), The 1960s (482 full-color), Photo Classic Baseball postcards (40), 1942 through 1949 Play Ball (45 cards per year), Play Ball postcards (18), Great Players of 1950s & '60s (both series) and.... There were some truly GREAT cards issued by TCMA starting in 1972 and running for well over a decade.

There was actually a time when Topps was virtually the only game in town - except for TCMA. But TCMA was much more: TCMA cards filled a great void left by Fleer following the 1960 and '61 Baseball Greats sets.

If TCMA should ever get back into the game, sign me up!

Steve Mitchell

[Rich Klein]

In my Almanac Days, I always enjoyed adding TCMA sets to our data base as we got information.

It's a shame people would think those commemorative sets, many of which featured, at the time, the only known card of a player, were not cool

Rich

[DaClyde]

I wish there were some financially practical way for TCMA to produce some new sets. I would still love to see "retro" style TCMA sets of minor league cards for players that never had a TCMA minor league card. I think "new" minor league cards of 70s-80s superstars could be a hit.

To that end, Andrew, does TCMA have any minor league photos of players or teams that never actually got cards produced? I've got gaps in my Bernardo Brito collection for 1982, 1984 & 1985 where his teams didn't have any sets produced.

[Eric72]

I recently went on a mini-splurge at my local comic book shop. While thumbing through Daredevil 187, one of the issues purchased, I ran across this ad and thought it would be neat to share.

[TCMA]

Love it! Thanks for sharing that .