Deans sport cards

[ALR-bishop]

His book on the Topps and Bowman competition for the card market is a good read

[g_vezina_c55]

Yep i has fun to read the book

[swarmee]

Dean's is pretty strange, but I have bought some cards from him over the years. Each of his vintage autographed cards I have purchased have been authenticated by PSA, so that's good.
He also has his stock on COMC, so it gives me more options for purchasing with COMC store credit instead of taking a cashout fee.

However, his 1952 Topps Mantle nice PSA 2 was $16,600 last week and is now listed for $27,500. I figure that's because he was trying to shop it at the National and didn't want it to sell too cheap.

[swarmee]

Post National, Dean's has changed the price of the 1952 Mantle PSA 2 on COMC to $18,400.

[Jim65]

Not to beat a dead horse, but Deans has this torn in half and taped back together Seaver rookie listed on eBay for $395

[ALR-bishop]

He should hire Battlefield to do his scans

[ALR-bishop]

Maybe he should hire Battlefield to do his scans

[Mountaineer1999]

The Twice the Price Store! Why pay retail when you can buy at twice the price?

[Bigdaddy]

Nice...two for the price of one.

Originally Posted by Jim65

Not to beat a dead horse, but Deans has this torn in half and taped back together Seaver rookie listed on eBay for $395

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

His book on the Topps and Bowman competition for the card market is a good read

What was the name of the book?

Z

[ALR-bishop]

The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman And Topps Sets From 1948 To 1955... 2012.

There are a couple on eBay now

[kailes2872]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman And Topps Sets From 1948 To 1955... 2012.

There are a couple on eBay now

Ordered yesterday based upon your reco - it will be here Wednesday. Can't Wait!

[OsFan]

Reading it now, fun read. Just finished Mint Condition by Dave Jamieson, also great.

[kailes2872]

Originally Posted by OsFan

Reading it now, fun read. Just finished Mint Condition by Dave Jamieson, also great.

Got it in the mail this afternoon. Just finished reading it. While it did not feel like there was a ton of new information that I did not know, I did not really think about just how big of an underdog Topps was coming out of the 324 card 1951 set. On top of that, Bowman had the majority of the stars and guys that we celebrate now in the '54 & '55 sets (especially '55 as Clemente, Killebrew, and Koufax did not appear in an ASG until '59) were not highly thought of at the time.

It took the beautiful mind of Sy Berger and the beautiful cards of '52-'55 Topps to somehow win the hearts, minds, and nickels of young boys across America. What is even more amazing is that the '53 Bowman set was made during this time and it is largely considered the most beautiful post war set of all time - yet Bowman still couldn't win (with the star advantage). I think that the '55 TV set is underrated - as Color TV was such a novel concept at the time. It would be like having an Iphone set in 2005 when folks were still figuring it out at the time.

Quick, inexpensive read and well worth the time and small investment. My only criticism is the lack of pictures as they describe the cards. I had to pull some out to compare as he was describing in print. It could have been a copyright issue - so no worries - just felt that was the only thing missing.

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by kailes2872

Got it in the mail this afternoon. Just finished reading it. While it did not feel like there was a ton of new information that I did not know, I did not really think about just how big of an underdog Topps was coming out of the 324 card 1951 set. On top of that, Bowman had the majority of the stars and guys that we celebrate now in the '54 & '55 sets (especially '55 as Clemente, Killebrew, and Koufax did not appear in an ASG until '59) were not highly thought of at the time.

It took the beautiful mind of Sy Berger and the beautiful cards of '52-'55 Topps to somehow win the hearts, minds, and nickels of young boys across America. What is even more amazing is that the '53 Bowman set was made during this time and it is largely considered the most beautiful post war set of all time - yet Bowman still couldn't win (with the star advantage). I think that the '55 TV set is underrated - as Color TV was such a novel concept at the time. It would be like having an Iphone set in 2005 when folks were still figuring it out at the time.

Quick, inexpensive read and well worth the time and small investment. My only criticism is the lack of pictures as they describe the cards. I had to pull some out to compare as he was describing in print. It could have been a copyright issue - so no worries - just felt that was the only thing missing.

Agreed. I bought both Dean's book and the Jamieson book. I did not realize how much an underdog Topps was going into the '52 season. Bowman obviously underestimated the effort Topps would put into that set as well.

Interesting reads.