1952 Topps -- Card Gallery

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"Smokey"

[irv]

Frank Smith and Charley Maxwell.
My Maxwell is my only signed 52 Topps card I own.

[irv]

Bob Swift for today. This card, in decent condition, was rather hard for me to obtain as the story goes, like the Bartirome card, this card was also being hoarded??

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Robert Virgil

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by irv

Bob Swift for today. This card, in decent condition, was rather hard for me to obtain as the story goes, like the Bartirome card, this card was also being hoarded??

My Swift. I don't remember it being hard to find in this condition.

[ALR-bishop]

Bob shows up on the H&S Super list for what is described as a spit PP on the back, the defect in the PPs in Topps. He can also be found with a recurring botched g in the bio

[LincolnVT]

My Swift.

[ALR-bishop]

Bob shows up on the H&S Super list for what is described as a spit PP on the back, a scarce but recurring defect in the PPs in Topps. He can also be found with a recurring botched g in the word batting in the 2nd to last line of the bio

[smellthegum]

My Swifty. I recall it being very difficult to find this card with even decent centering. And, overall, it seems to be in shorter supply than other cards in the series, though I have never heard of anyone hoarding it nor have I checked to see if population reports bear this out. Just basing it on my personal experience since it was one of the last few cards I needed for my 1-310 run and it was a bugger.

[tedzan]

William Hitchcock

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William Clyde

[irv]

Originally Posted by smellthegum

My Swifty. I recall it being very difficult to find this card with even decent centering. And, overall, it seems to be in shorter supply than other cards in the series, though I have never heard of anyone hoarding it nor have I checked to see if population reports bear this out. Just basing it on my personal experience since it was one of the last few cards I needed for my 1-310 run and it was a bugger.

I believe it was someone on here that mentioned someone was hoarding these Swift cards, and, IIRC, it was because of the time when Swift caught/was behind the plate for when Eddie Gaedel came into the game as a pitch hitter? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Gaedel

For me, it was not only a tough card to find centered, it was also a tough card to obtain as I was constantly outbid on numerous copies.
I regret, bigtime, not purchasing a real nice centered graded copied (likely the best I had seen?) from a seller I frequent. I had already purchased my copy shown so it was an unnecessary expense but that still bothers me. I believe the seller had it as a auction/BIN option and it was grabbed up within hours. In hindsight, for a $100 U.S. I believe the buyer got a heck of a deal.

Anyways, here is my Billy Hitchcock for today. Another card that is real tough to find centered, imo.

[irv]

Card #183, Erv Dusak.