1953 Glendale Meats (F-151) Prize Album

[insidethewrapper]

Why does there appear to be short prints if you could send in any of the cards ?
Any opinions ??

I always thought maybe that 4 players ( Houtteman, Ginsberg, Friend and Wright) were pulled from the set after the June 15th , 1953 trade. Three others only played briefly ( Carswell from 4/17 to 5/30, Jordan ( 4/16 to 5/10 and Sullivan last game was 5/16.

Wonder who sent in the most cards and how many ???? Somebody out there went to the World Series !

[bigfanNY]

John: Great Album and better story. Look forward to seeing you at National.

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Why does there appear to be short prints if you could send in any of the cards ?
Any opinions ??

I always thought maybe that 4 players ( Houtteman, Ginsberg, Friend and Wright) were pulled from the set after the June 15th , 1953 trade. Three others only played briefly ( Carswell from 4/17 to 5/30, Jordan ( 4/16 to 5/10 and Sullivan last game was 5/16.

Wonder who sent in the most cards and how many ???? Somebody out there went to the World Series !

I always wondered the same. Hoeft is also listed as a scarcity. Houtteman was listed as being disproportionately more rare than the other 3 in the trade for some reason. The original VCBC article (Spring 2003) also speculates on the 3 "winners" watching the World Series and if they ate Stahl-Meyer or Glendale Meat hot dogs. Interesting stuff for an oddball set.

[darkhorse9]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Why does there appear to be short prints if you could send in any of the cards ?
Any opinions ??

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Houtteman was traded by the Tigers in June of 1953. I think it had more to do with that than with intentionally making it rare.

[insidethewrapper]

John: Any estimates of how many complete sets exist ?

[Zach Wheat]

Of the '53 Glendale Meats collector's I have communicated with, only 1 of us had completed the set. He had picked up the rare 4 early on and snagged the rest over the ensuing years in the pre-internet days.

Following is the VCBC article on Glendale Meats, from VCBC #36, Spring 2003.

[Zach Wheat]

Since this thread was created a number of Ginsberg's have popped up. I was able to acquire one, which is the last of the tough 4 (Houtteman, Wight, Ginsberg and Friend) to complete the set. It is incredibly tough to find nicely graded cards