1952 Topps

[dealme]

Originally Posted by irv

but considering they are 64 years old and likely enjoyed by my Father, I am still very grateful/thankful to own them.

This is something that has always drawn me to the early Topps issues. My father was born in 1944, was a huge baseball fan growing up, and collected. These early Topps issues would have been right in his wheelhouse. I get a kick out of owning some of the cards that he likely owned as a kid. Two or three times a year, I'll show him some of my recent acquisitions, and it usually leads to me getting to hear him tell stories of his childhood neighborhood (which I thoroughly enjoy ).

[irv]

Originally Posted by dealme

This is something that has always drawn me to the early Topps issues. My father was born in 1944, was a huge baseball fan growing up, and collected. These early Topps issues would have been right in his wheelhouse. I get a kick out of owning some of the cards that he likely owned as a kid. Two or three times a year, I'll show him some of my recent acquisitions, and it usually leads to me getting to hear him tell stories of his childhood neighborhood (which I thoroughly enjoy ).

Me too!

Love owning them now knowing that these cards were once my Fathers!

I am hoping to do the same with my son, pass my collections onto him when the time comes.

[almostdone]

My dad was born in 42 and while he has always been a big baseball fan he said he never really collected cards as a kid out side of a few random packs. The thing is every time he looks at my collection, which is displayed chronological, he always pauses when he sees the 56 Topps cards and says "there is something oddly familiar about these". Makes me hope maybe he will find a few cards tucked away somewhere. I would absolutely love to have a few cards I knew he pulled from a pack.

A few years ago he gave me his high school baseball glove and ball signed by his teammates. I would build a display for it and his cards and it would be the new center piece of my collection.

As a side note, and little plug to a great friend and fellow net54 member, campyfan39 (hi Chris) wrote a book called "Buying Back Dad's Cards" which tells the familiar story a boy, Chris' father, whose cards got thrown out only to be slowly required over decades by him and his son. Great book for a collector who has a family connection to collecting.

Drew

[irv]

Originally Posted by almostdone

My dad was born in 42 and while he has always been a big baseball fan he said he never really collected cards as a kid out side of a few random packs. The thing is every time he looks at my collection, which is displayed chronological, he always pauses when he sees the 56 Topps cards and says "there is something oddly familiar about these". Makes me hope maybe he will find a few cards tucked away somewhere. I would absolutely love to have a few cards I knew he pulled from a pack.

A few years ago he gave me his high school baseball glove and ball signed by his teammates. I would build a display for it and his cards and it would be the new center piece of my collection.

As a side note, and little plug to a great friend and fellow net54 member, campyfan39 (hi Chris) wrote a book called "Buying Back Dad's Cards" which tells the familiar story a boy, Chris' father, whose cards got thrown out only to be slowly required over decades by him and his son. Great book for a collector who has a family connection to collecting.

Drew

My Father was born in 1939 and in all honesty, other than a few cards lighting up the memory train for him, he really doesn't recall purchasing them.

We have talked and talked trying to piece things together (just recently, and quite the memory for a 77 yr old!) but he honestly doesn't know where they came from if he didn't buy them himself?

He remembers receiving his Beehive hockey cards from a employer friend and purchasing his own once he received them, but the 52's escape him.

We/he concluded, there is a good chance he received them from his Uncle Sam, (seen here in this pic of the 58 WS with Mickey Mantle) but even then, I think he is just trying to put an end to the puzzle?

Not that I am trying to replace my Father's lost cards, but rather add to the collection he gave me as a way of dedicating/thanking him for them, I think the book would be a great read as I am sure some similarities exist.

[ALR-bishop]

Irv-- how in the world did you work hockey into this thread ?

Only kidding , great post

[dealme]

Originally Posted by almostdone

As a side note, and little plug to a great friend and fellow net54 member, campyfan39 (hi Chris) wrote a book called "Buying Back Dad's Cards" which tells the familiar story a boy, Chris' father, whose cards got thrown out only to be slowly required over decades by him and his son. Great book for a collector who has a family connection to collecting.

Drew

I just ordered a copy....looking forward to reading it. Thanks for the heads up.

Mark