1958 Bell Brand Dodger's Set

[Griffins]

Larry, I got them from a guy in Malibu on ebay about 12 years ago. Were these originally yours? Think your brother had a couple too.

[sflayank]

Ok...we got em from the guy in Malibu also
I think zimmer and hodges were my others

[gonefishin]

I never knew the displays even existed. Thanks for sharing. I've learned a lot already from this thread. The regional issue sets interest me. I would think with their size difference with other standard issue versions they would be subject to storage risks. Hence, just like with any cards not 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 they seemed to get damaged more. That would make them harder to find in higher grades for sure. Thoughts?

[Griffins]

I’d agree with you if there weren’t stacks of undistributed ones in the 70’s still around. That put a lot of high grade ones out there. I put together a set of 8’s about 10 years ago fairly quickly and the pops are even higher now.

[gonefishin]

Originally Posted by Griffins

I’d agree with you if there weren’t stacks of undistributed ones in the 70’s still around. That put a lot of high grade ones out there. I put together a set of 8’s about 10 years ago fairly quickly and the pops are even higher now.

I've bought quite a few private collections through the years, one even contained a 52 Mantle #311. However, I have never purchased a collection that contained one these cards. In addition, I have never seen one in a private collection. I would love to find a stack of these untouched somewhere! Maybe I'll start looking.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by sflayank

Ok...we got em from the guy in Malibu also
I think zimmer and hodges were my others

Drysdale
Gilliam
Hodges
Reese

Mine were pretty beat up when I found them on ebay, so I had them professorially linen backed. I didn't want to restore them, just wanted to stop the mold from eating them.

[quitcrab]

Love the posters! Scott

[4reals]

Good stuff, thanks for sharing everyone! As a Dodgers collector I never dreamed I'd own this team set and now I'm only a couple cards away from owning both a mid-grade slabbed team set and a low grade raw team set! I can only dream to own a window poster one day.

Here's my contribution to the thread. I don't own this but a friend of mine does and I envy his ownership!

[4reals]

Oh, I just found these pics I saved from an online auction years and years ago.