Tcma postcards, questions

[mrmopar]

I believe one of the original TCMA owners son is a member here and could probably provide better details. i have read a number of posts where he provides details about cards and sets, even the company itself.

I bought a "set" of them when I was a kid. They were mail order from what was probably a TCMA catalog. I would guess it was somewhere around 1979 when I bought mine. I think a few more were issued later or around that time as well, but I want to say the set was somewhere in the 150-180 card range. I have since bought a number of lots and they are all mixed together, so I am not sure how many I got originally. I really liked them as a kid and still do, but you are right, they don't have tremendous value. I suspect plenty were printed to meet demand.

Several of mine have tape and pin holes from when I displayed them on my walls in my bedroom! I have upgraded most, but it is fun to see the results of a kid who just collected for the fun of it with no thought of future value in mind.

To add, many of mine had backs with stats, many were blank and some just had the postcard type markings on them with no stats. I never did figure out if there was a pattern to how the backs were configured.

[billyb]

Thanks Curt,

None of the cards with the date and player's stats on back, have the year stamped on the front. And the ones missing the date, the printing on the back is upside down when you flip a card over.
The cards with plain backs, On the front, has the date printed, 1973 TCMA Ltd. or C. 1973 TCMA, But the font size differs.
I have to say, these have my curiosity level up. Think I will hold onto them.

Thanks again Curt.

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

I believe one of the original TCMA owners son is a member here and could probably provide better details. i have read a number of posts where he provides details about cards and sets, even the company itself.

That's me . billyb, I will ask my father and see if he can provide any insight. Also, if you are looking for more of these I do know that Baseball Nostalgia in Cooperstown (co-owned by my father since the mid 70's) does have quite a few different and they're cheap.

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by TCMA

That's me . billyb, I will ask my father and see if he can provide any insight. Also, if you are looking for more of these I do know that Baseball Nostalgia in Cooperstown (co-owned by my father since the mid 70's) does have quite a few different and they're cheap.

So, here's a response from my father regarding this:

"I personally typed the backs and stuck the names on the front of these postcards! They were printed a few times in different series. I think 12 or 24 at a time. Blank ones had to have been first and the backs later. Wow! 154 cards in the set, i totally forgot. Somewhere in our archive are the Baseball Advertiser publications we did in the 70's they should have a pretty good chronology."

So, if you can track down some of the older Baseball Advertiser publications those might yield some more info. You can also try getting in touch with the guys at Baseball Nostalgia, as Pete over there has a lot of knowledge regarding the chronology of TCMA sets.

[autograf]

I have a group of 80-100 of them bought as a 'set' a couple years back. I'll have to look through them and take a look. I do remember they were popular for autographs. I think I still have a Greenberg autographed somewhere in all my mess. Great cards...........