1933 Diamond Matchbooks

[revmoran]

I don't think PSA knows how to grade those - that's a really nice example and in the range of possibilities it's far more than a 3 - the centering is great, the striker is clean, the staple was removed with no damage - that's a beauty!

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by revmoran

I don't think PSA knows how to grade those - that's a really nice example and in the range of possibilities it's far more than a 3 - the centering is great, the striker is clean, the staple was removed with no damage - that's a beauty!

+1

That is a beauty!

jeff

[wrestlingcardking]

Originally Posted by revmoran

I don't think PSA knows how to grade those - that's a really nice example and in the range of possibilities it's far more than a 3 - the centering is great, the striker is clean, the staple was removed with no damage - that's a beauty!

Thanks! I have another matchbook and it is not as nice as the one that I had graded. I want to find the 1933 and if I am really lucky a 1934 one too.

[TanksAndSpartans]

wrestlingcardking,

Are you interested in Nagurski because he wrestled? Another less heralded player from the 30s who wrestled only during the offseason came to mind for me - Father Lumpkin. He doesn't have any football cards, but he does appear in several of these matchbook sets.

Wrestling: http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?b...wrestler=13862

Football: http://www.pro-football-reference.co...L/LumpFa20.htm

[wrestlingcardking]

Originally Posted by DezHood

wrestlingcardking,

Are you interested in Nagurski because he wrestled? Another less heralded player from the 30s who wrestled only during the offseason came to mind for me - Father Lumpkin. He doesn't have any football cards, but he does appear in several of these matchbook sets.

Wrestling: http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?b...wrestler=13862

Football: http://www.pro-football-reference.co...L/LumpFa20.htm

Not too many days where I learn something new and that is why sharing on the forum is a great idea. Yes, I thought it would be fun to slab some Bronko items. I, of course, have Bronko's 1955 Parkhurst wrestling card and his Dixie Lids both large and small because they talk about his wrestling career on them. You are on the right track with me!

[TanksAndSpartans]

Is this way of storing matchbooks a bad idea:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231538817755...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

It looks like the seller folded the matchbooks in order to get them to fit into a card saver.

How do others store them? Are there any cases or album pages for these? I don't have one yet, but I missed on my first auction recently:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-ROY-...p2047675.l2557

so I figure I'm getting closer......I bid low not only because of the condition, but with the stubs of the matches in there - I wasn't sure if I should remove them or what.... Any thoughts? Thanks.

[jefferyepayne]

If you like to put your raw sets in binders, use the 6 pocket ones for matchbooks. They work really well.

jeff

[LuckyLarry]

John I followed your link. The matchbooks haven't been folded to fit into the card saver. They stick out a little at the top
Larry

[QUOTE=DezHood;1450209]Is this way of storing matchbooks a bad idea:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231538817755...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

It looks like the seller folded the matchbooks in order to get them to fit into a card saver.