Enough With The Damn Money Talk; Show A Card That Makes You Happy

[Exhibitman]

That's a heckuva Mantle.



Some day I gotta bust this out and get The Big Hurt to cosign it. Sure looked good in a Yankees uni...how many WS would the Bombers have won with Thomas on the team in the 1990s?

[ALR-bishop]

Who Am I 2

[benge610]

Happy, Hobby, Feel Feel.
Paddy Livingston's evolution; different ideas he had; of signing autograph pieces; mail order or at shows; up until he passed in 1977. He was the last survivor of the "T206" era (1910's), still signing autographs.



Ben

"I love baseball history backstory; especially when it involves cards."

[ValKehl]

I've derived much enjoyment from this thread, so I figured that I owe it a card. Does anyone know what sort of candy Oppie Dildocks was? I Googled it and came up empty.

[GeoPoto]

It doesn't address candy type, but perhaps the name was adapted from a contemporaneous comic strip:

W.L. Wells made the newspaper strip 'Old Opie Dilldock's Stories' in the Chicago Tribune between October 1908 and 1914. The strip was created by F. M. Howarth, who died shortly afterwards. On 24 February 1915, he created 'Old Nicodemus Nimble'. source:www.lambiek.net.

This card, particularly the background, makes me happy:

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1675021703

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by GeoPoto

This card, particularly the background, makes me happy: ]

Gorgeous!

[bnorth]

This is one of my all time favorite cards. Not because of the grading company or the counterfeit card they slabbed. Before a recent huge find this was a fairly rare card. A very long time card friend of mine bought it years ago. I tried buying/trading for it many many times over the years.

Then about a year ago because of age and the fact none of his family wanted anything to do with his collection he decided to sell it all. Even though we have made hundreds of trades/sales to each other over they many years. I finally got this one from him and will cherish it as long as I have a collection.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

I've derived much enjoyment from this thread, so I figured that I owe it a card. Does anyone know what sort of candy Oppie Dildocks was? I Googled it and came up empty.

Try searching for it by using blatantly misspelled words, like they did with "Your" on the back of that card.

[benge610]

Originally Posted by benge610

Happy, Hobby, Feel Feel.
Paddy Livingston's evolution; different ideas he had; of signing autograph pieces; mail order or at shows; up until he passed in 1977. He was the last survivor of the "T206" era (1910's), still signing autographs.




Ben

"I love baseball history backstory; especially when it involves cards."

Found another one! Fun in the hobby.

[benge610]

Originally Posted by benge610

Found another one! Fun in the hobby.

It really does make me happy.
They find me.
3 more finds in the evolution of Paddy Livingston's signings.

1952, 1966 and
1970 (signed on reverse of his first "pic" efforts.)



Ben
"I love baseball history backstory; especially when it involves cards."

[B O'Brien]

The Iron Horse is my sidekick when I work from the house. Ruth is his sidekick on the other side of the wall. Joe D, Lazzeri and Dickey also in the lineup on the wall.

Love the guys being there when I take a break!
Thanks,
Bob

[JimC]

Local Legend. To me a grail card!

[Seven]

I find myself coming back to this thread.

This card will forever hold a special place in my collecting memories. I've told parts of this story before. Many years ago, up in Cooperstown NY I wandered into a small show a the Cooperstown Veterans Club, right across the street from the Hall of Fame. I was 10 years old. I spoke about cards to two very kind Gentlemen, one of them was Dealer George Mollyn, who is still somewhat active in local shows (last I checked) around the PA area. I chewed his ear off about the 1933 and 1934 Goudey sets. The other was our resident expert, and fantastic person, Ted Zanidakis.

After joining here many years later, I reconnected with Ted. We exchanged many emails, however looking back on it, I wish we exchanged more. Constantly having conversations centered around baseball. Especially players from Ted's youth. Phil Rizzuto always managed to come up in our conversations as well. When I finally had the opportunity to meet Ted in person, I went to the first Philly Show after Covid, over to Ted and Dan McKee's booths. We again talked cards and baseball for quite sometime. It's an experience that I will forever remember.

Ted in his showcase had this Phil Rizzuto card. It may have been a coincidence but I'd chalk it up to fate. I knew I had to purchase it. It will stay in this holder and be part of my collection until the end of my days. Ted touched many lives, and I thoroughly enjoyed being able to talk to him. I would like to think he is looking over us, but knowing Ted, he's arguing with Burdick over some obscure issue involving Tobacco cards.

[Exhibitman]

1972 Wendell Scott PC. He was the Jackie Robinson of NASCAR:



Took even more crap than Robinson, if that is possible, right down to being poisoned.

1972 Richard Petty signed PC. Long live the King: