Post your favorite Post War addition for 2016 - only ONE

Bored5000 · #1 12-28-2016, 05:02 AM

I know it's not baseball, but this post-war card pick-up from this year is the favorite card I own. Here is a "Lorenzen with car" card of Fred Lorenzen from the landmark 1972 STP racing set. Lorenzen with car is a legendary rarity in the 11-card set, and racing cards in general.

If this card is not the holy grail of racing cards, it is in the top three or top five. Racing collector Jon Hardgrove over on the non-sport side of Network54 wrote several years ago that he had only previously seen one "Lorenzen with car" card prior to picking up his example a couple years ago.

A lady in Connecticut who I bought some other STP cards from previously told me it took her 20 years of searching before she finally found a "Lorenzen with car" card -- and that one had a thumbtack hole in it.

KingFisk · #2 12-30-2016, 09:28 AM

This is the year I went headlong into pre-war with only a few notable pickups in post war (including these couple of Topps Transcendents I won in a break that I intended to flip immediately but now have a fascination with and may keep), but this is the highlight of 2016 from a card perspective...the birth of my baby daughter was the true highlight of 2016!

brian1961 · #3 12-30-2016, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Bored5000

I know it's not baseball, but this post-war card pick-up from this year is the favorite card I own. Here is a "Lorenzen with car" card of Fred Lorenzen from the landmark 1972 STP racing set. Lorenzen with car is a legendary rarity in the 11-card set, and racing cards in general.

If this card is not the holy grail of racing cards, it is in the top three or top five. Racing collector Jon Hardgrove over on the non-sport side of Network54 wrote several years ago that he had only previously seen one "Lorenzen with car" card prior to picking up his example a couple years ago.

A lady in Connecticut who I bought some other STP cards from previously told me it took her 20 years of searching before she finally found a "Lorenzen with car" card -- and that one had a thumbtack hole in it.

Happy New Year, Eddie. Thanks for loading up your ultra-rare Fast Freddie Lorenzen. So happy for you. Your evocative story of others taking so many years to find one really adds to the significance of your find.

Do hope you're enjoying NEVER CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN.

Take care, my friend. ---Brian Powell

jb67 · #4 12-30-2016, 01:32 PM

My favorite score for 2016.

David W · #5 12-30-2016, 02:55 PM

This one completed the complete Topps run.

Mark70Z · #6 12-30-2016, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David W

This one completed the complete Topps run.

David,

Congrats on the Topps run. Nice to end it off on a nigh note with the punch out.

Mark70Z · #7 12-30-2016, 05:00 PM

"Both" the Bench Topps and the Kahn's are awesome items. Almost makes me want to be a Bench collector.

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