1959 Bazooka Complete Box

[toppcat]

That's a sweet piece for sure.

SO what are the two non-Bazooka Mays cards you need?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by toppcat

That's a sweet piece for sure.

SO what are the two non-Bazooka Mays cards you need?

I guess this is proof that no one bothers to read the footers in our posts…

It’s right there!!

1) M118 Mays. PSA labels it as “1963 Baseball Magazine”, even though it was from Baseball Monthly. Since it’s a jumbo piece, PSA has only been grading them for a few years. At present, the pop count is only 1. Although given the relative abundance of most M118s, I expected this one would be a lot easier to find.

2) 1968 American Oil left side. This was the money card if you pulled it, so I suspect almost all of them were turned in for the $10 cold hard cash. PSA pop reports just 2 ever graded. Of the major Master Mays collectors in the last 20 years, none of us have actually ever found one, which probably further hints at the difficulty in finding them. I’ve never even seen a picture of one, but I have it on good authority that they exist.

[ALBB]

impossibly rare Mays item, incredible find by Howard !

[Peter_Spaeth]

Chased down by Chasser, was that intended?

[Baseballcrazy62]

That’s an incredible piece!!

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Chased down by Chasser, was that intended?

Maybe a new tagline for his services going forward!

[sfmays24]

Spectacular!

[Harliduck]

Cool item...would be cool to see your collection one day. Congrats on the find! I can only imagine how satisfying that had to be...

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by raulus

I guess this is proof that no one bothers to read the footers in our posts…

It’s right there!!

1) M118 Mays. PSA labels it as “1963 Baseball Magazine”, even though it was from Baseball Monthly. Since it’s a jumbo piece, PSA has only been grading them for a few years. At present, the pop count is only 1. Although given the relative abundance of most M118s, I expected this one would be a lot easier to find.

2) 1968 American Oil left side. This was the money card if you pulled it, so I suspect almost all of them were turned in for the $10 cold hard cash. PSA pop reports just 2 ever graded. Of the major Master Mays collectors in the last 20 years, none of us have actually ever found one, which probably further hints at the difficulty in finding them. I’ve never even seen a picture of one, but I have it on good authority that they exist.

LOL, so it is-I blew right past it!

I'm also curious how the 20/25 cent divide on the 59 Bazooka boxes that were originally issued with only 9 subjects might affect things.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by toppcat

LOL, so it is-I blew right past it!

I'm also curious how the 20/25 cent divide on the 59 Bazooka boxes that were originally issued with only 9 subjects might affect things.

If you do know anyone who has any of the pieces that I’m missing and would be willing to let them go, I promise they will go to a good home!

I also have some trade bait, although it’s probably nothing all that exciting, for anyone who prefers to trade rather than sell.

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by toppcat

LOL, so it is-I blew right past it!

I'm also curious how the 20/25 cent divide on the 59 Bazooka boxes that were originally issued with only 9 subjects might affect things.

Dave:

Since Howard said he has seen a Mays in both the 20 and 25 count boxes and Mays was part of the "common" originally issued 9 59 Bazooka's it appears they ( the 9) came in both boxes.

Looking at this uncut sheet of the 14 rare 59 Bazooka's it shows the 20 count box. So now the question becomes were these 14 rare ones issued on 25 count boxes?

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=22318

Anyone have a photo of another uncut sheet or any full boxes of any of the cards on this sheet in a 25 count (white front) box?

Howard thinks they all come in both boxes. And he may be correct. But until we find a sheet or a full box with one of 14 rare cards in a 25 count box we won't know for sure. Time to get digging!

Or, if we could find (though insanely rare) one of the 14 cards with the tab at the bottom still attached with different language than that on one of the boxes on the sheet shown from REA. A L O N G shot i admit, and I doubt such a thing was printed. But if something like this would show up it would certainly point to a 25 count box for the 14 rare cards as well

[toppcat]

FWIW, here's an article from SCD dated May 6 2005 that discusses the 59 Bazooka's. It doesn't seem like Ellingboe was aware of the 20 count boxes.

[rjackson44]

Howard has answered questions about these issues ,,hes the best ,hes got great stuff

[toppcat]

Old 2005 SCD article on 59 Bazooka set now uploaded in my previous post above. Fun read, albeit not 100% current.

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by raulus

I guess this is proof that no one bothers to read the footers in our posts…

It’s right there!!

1) M118 Mays. PSA labels it as “1963 Baseball Magazine”, even though it was from Baseball Monthly. Since it’s a jumbo piece, PSA has only been grading them for a few years. At present, the pop count is only 1. Although given the relative abundance of most M118s, I expected this one would be a lot easier to find.

2) 1968 American Oil left side. This was the money card if you pulled it, so I suspect almost all of them were turned in for the $10 cold hard cash. PSA pop reports just 2 ever graded. Of the major Master Mays collectors in the last 20 years, none of us have actually ever found one, which probably further hints at the difficulty in finding them. I’ve never even seen a picture of one, but I have it on good authority that they exist.

A bit off-topic to the original post but if you were to find the Mays American Oil card in panel form it would likely be both halves showing Mays. I am not sure how many exist but I own a "winner" panel of Ruth ($1 winner) and have not ever seen another.

I attached scans of my Ruth $1 winner panel with my other Ruth and Mays pages in my album.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

A bit off-topic to the original post but if you were to find the Mays American Oil card in panel form it would likely be both halves showing Mays. I am not sure how many exist but I own a "winner" panel of Ruth ($1 winner) and have not ever seen another.

I attached scans of my Ruth $1 winner panel with my other Ruth and Mays pages in my album.

Interesting!

Obviously since I’ve never even seen a picture of even the Mays left side on its lonesome, I’ve also never seen it attached to its sister right side card. But definitely cool to see your Ruth left side piece attached to the corresponding Ruth right side.

[JollyElm]

This is the kind of stuff on the site that really puts the asses in the seats! As I've never been a part of the box-cutting crowd, I find that Mays and other cards from the set fascinating, because they pop up so infrequently that you'll never tire of seeing them, unlike the overabundance of each player's regular Topps offerings.

Cool stuff!!!

[ValKehl]

Nicolo, I just had a very enjoyable look at your spectacular Mays collection. Being an aficionado of scarce/rare, oddball/unusual cards, my favorites are your 1953 Briggs (nicest I've ever seen), 1958 Hires Test w/tab, 1959 HR Derby, 1961 Topps Dice, and 1961 7-11. Hope you are able to find the very few item you are missing.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Nicolo, I just had a very enjoyable look at your spectacular Mays collection. Being an aficionado of scarce/rare, oddball/unusual cards, my favorites are your 1953 Briggs (nicest I've ever seen), 1958 Hires Test w/tab, 1959 HR Derby, 1961 Topps Dice, and 1961 7-11. Hope you are able to find the very few item you are missing.

Thanks Val! Those are definitely some of my favorite pieces too. If I’m being honest, when I first started collecting again, the oddball items drove me nuts. I didn’t understand or appreciate them. Now that I’ve spent so much time questing for them, I’ve grown to appreciate and value them much more, even if they still drive me a little nuts sometimes.

It’s definitely a marathon and not a sprint. If history is any guide, it might take another decade (or more) to track down the last 4 down. And in the meantime, I’m sure new items will be added to the checklist. Hopefully they won’t be as hard to find as these last 4.