January Pickups

[rhettyeakley]

Really tough regional issue. The 1974 Syracuse Chiefs inserted 30 different 4" x 5" cards in their scorecards (1 at a time) making the set very difficult to find. Some of the cards I have seen have staple holes or are trimmed at top (some may have been stapled inside). The player selection was somewhat strange, most players are pictured in Yankee uniforms and it also features some all-time Yankee greats (Ruth, Mantle, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Munson, etc.,etc.). In fact the only player that is pictured as a member of the chiefs is the Ultra-RARE Frazier card.

SIDE NOTE: There was one card in the 1974 Syracuse Chiefs set that they made only 6 or so copies of (Fred Frazier) that entitled the lucky person to a free bicycle (at least that I have read in hobby publications back in the day). I actually own one of these Fred Frazier cards, possibly only a few survived? It is on thicker stock and has his name kinda type written on front and has some initials on back in pen (likely as a form of cancellation).

Anyways, I found some extra Mickey Mantle cards recently that are from this set (in a small grouping of other cards from the set), one with the staple holes I mentioned and another without.

One of the tougher Mickey Mantle regional issues from the 1970-1979 era...

[RCMcKenzie]

Starting to get the post-war bug. Here are a few recent ones. One, I bought for the holder, an SGC 10...

[stlcardsfan]

Are we supposed to guess the 10? I'll go with Orsino. Nice cards!

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Starting to get the post-war bug. Here are a few recent ones. One, I bought for the holder, an SGC 10...

Sharp cards!

[RCMcKenzie]

Thanks, Dan and John....Good eye!

[JollyElm]

Those cards are the very soul of a centering aficionado!!