Checklist Collectors?

[steve B]

The late 50's checklists were inserts along with other offers. so many of them would have been thrown out almost right away. The later checklists were numbered as part of the set, so you needed the checklists to complete the set. So more got saved, either checked or unchecked. Usually checked.

Many of the 60's checklists were double prints across two series, giving kids still more reason to hate them and throw them out. Who wants a card listing cards you can't even buy yet?

By the early 70's the hobby had matured slightly. There were places that actually sold full sets, and sorting by number got a bit more popular. Mid 70's this was a little more common. And by the late 70's there were checklist books. So unmarked checklists were more comon as time went by.

I collect them, but not fanatically.

My favorite checklist story was the first batch of donruss in 1981. The collation was horrid. Dad enough that the dealer I went to sent a bunch back if I recall it right. One guy got 11 Yaz and 4 random other cards which was great. Another got 11 checklists and 4 random cards of which one was another checklist! Not so great.

Steve B