I'm Balticfox and here's my story!

[bmattioli]

Welcome true collector.. What a journey and story. You will like it here..

[Leon]

Great (belated) intro and welcome to the forum!
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[samosa4u]

Nice intro and nice cards !!

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by bmattioli

Welcome true collector.. What a journey and story.

To be very specific, I'm a pure card collector. I'm not a sport memorabilia collector meaning I don't go after autographs, game worn jerseys, signed or milestone baseballs, etc. But as an unapologetic pure card collector, I derive at least as much delight from scoring Checklist cards and wrappers as I do from scoring almost any star card.

These are the Baseball card sets at which I'm pecking away:

1954 Topps
1955 Topps
1957 Topps
1958 Topps
1959 Topps
1960 Topps
1961 Topps
1962 Topps
1962 Post Cereal
1962 Canadian Post Cereal
1963 Topps
1965 Topps

Admittedly I've barely gotten a start on the 1954, 1955, 1965 Topps and 1962 U.S. Post Cereal but as for the other sets I bought large lots of EX/MT cards from Kit Young around the turn of the century. Here are some shots that I have handy:

1957 Topps



1958 Topps





1959 Topps





1960 Topps





1962 Topps





1962 Canadian Post



I ate box after box of Sugar Crisp in the spring and summer of 1962 not realizing that a set couldn't be completed from eating only one kind of cereal!

1963 Topps





1965 Topps



In addition this ad which ran on the last page of the DC comic mags which hit newsstands in April 1962 (typically with June cover dates) left me salivating and even more eager to buy bags of Shirriff Potato Chips:



(Not mine.)

I acquired a Canadian Shirriff 200 coin set in the late 1980's:



But I'd still be interested in adding one of those American Salada-Junket 180 coin or 200 coin presentation sets to my collection:



The holder isn't important to me but I want uniformly coloured plastic backs for each team. Such uniformity is very difficult to get collecting the Salada-Junket coins piecemeal since there were evidently several production runs.

[Stampsfan]

Nice story, and I can so relate. I also have similar stories of grabbing nickel packs in the 1960's (and early 70's). I still have that passion for CFL and hockey, and O-Pee-Chee non sport sets. It adds to the challenge going after Planet of the Apes and 1966 Batman cards, but trying to ensure there is "Printed in Canada" on the back.

BTW Great Russ Jackson rookie. Beautiful card.

Bob

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Stampsfan

Nice story, and I can so relate. I also have similar stories of grabbing nickel packs in the 1960's (and early 70's). I still have that passion for CFL and hockey, and O-Pee-Chee non sport sets. It adds to the challenge going after Planet of the Apes and 1966 Batman cards, but trying to ensure there is "Printed in Canada" on the back.

I have a trading buddy in Ottawa who's closing in on his goal of acquiring every Canadian non-sport wrapper (O-Pee-Chee, Parkhurst, Fleer Canada, etc.) issued since WW2! I believe he currently needs less than a half dozen.

Originally Posted by Stampsfan

BTW Great Russ Jackson rookie. Beautiful card.

I love that 1959 Topps CFL set which contains Jackson's rookie card:







And I still have a very clear memory of walking along the north side of Askin Street in London and pulling a Russ Jackson card from a 1960 Topps CFL pack I'd just bought at a green grocer's on the east side of Wharncliffe Road!



Do you collect the 1954 Blue Ribbon CFL cards? The 1963 CFL coins?

[Stampsfan]

I'm missing one coin on my 1963 set. An SP obviously.

Not started the Blue Ribbon yet, but it (and the 1956 Shreddies) is one that I intend to start at some point. Focusing on completing some of my pre-war hockey sets more at the moment.