Quick question about 1950's issues

[HRBAKER]

I think it would tough to call any other sets "popular" in the same sense as Topps and Bowman. I personally like the Red Man sets and the regionally issued Kahn's Weiner sets. Wilson Weiners are widely collected to the extent they can be. In my mind many of these sets are limited in popularity by their original distribution and the fact that many collectors never collected them as a kid.

[David W]

Red Man's and Exhibits are certainly available, affordable, and collectible from the 50's

[Cardboard Junkie]

Fleer did the 59 teddy ballgame set, also can't forget one of my favorites 59 Bazooka. aloha, dave.

[tonyo]

I also like the Red Man cards. Hadn't seen the 59 Bazooka but I searched a few and like their look as well.



By my original question, what I meant is: back in the 50's, what were the kids collecting? After topps and bowman issues, what were the most popular sets for kids to collect in the 50's ?

Tony

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by tonyo

I also like the Red Man cards. Hadn't seen the 59 Bazooka but I searched a few and like their look as well.



By my original question, what I meant is: back in the 50's, what were the kids collecting? After topps and bowman issues, what were the most popular sets for kids to collect in the 50's ?

Tony

Probably the hot Topps and Bowman Non Sports sets such as World On Wheels, Wings, Red Menace. There weren't any real R card national baseball sets until Fleer came along in '59 and that was just one player in the set. Maybe those little strip cards that were sold in gumball machines had some popularity?

[HRBAKER]

By far my favorite post war set..............but a bear to finish. Been working on it over ten years. A slow burn.

[tonyo]

That's two votes for 59 Bazooka. Those are 59 Bazooka's right?



What about Berk Ross ? What's their story?

[mintacular]

Red Hearts are cool, as are Dan Dee

[Volod]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

By far my favorite post war set..............but a bear to finish. Been working on it over ten years. A slow burn.

I've been studying that 1959 Bazooka card of Rocky Colavito - great looking set, by the way, the photography almost rivals the '53 Bowmans. But, it puzzles me that the photo was apparently taken in Yankee Stadium. A piece of the famous facade is visible in the upper right corner. But, Colavito is wearing his home white Indians uni, so it wouldn't have been prior to a road game, right? I thought about an All-Star game photo op, but the only such game played in NY was 1960, after Rocky had been traded to Detroit. I'm certain the background could not be old Cleveland Muni stadium, as there was no such facade there, so why was the Rock posing in his home uni in Yankee Stadium in the 1950's? Maybe I'm missing a simple explanation.

[almostdone]

Steve,
Good observation abaout the home uni of Colovito in NY. I have two possible explainations (niether of which I am certain are correct).

1. There is a possibility that the photo was taken before an exebition game. At the end of spring training sometimes teams would play a game or two in the big parks right before the season started. Is it possible that Cleavland played some other team in Yankee stadium before the season started? Not sure but worth looking into.

3. My second, and more likely possibility, is that it's not Yankee stadium. While I see what you are talking about with the facade it is out of focus and cound just be the corner of a grandstand. I was at old Yankee stadium a few times years ago and I don't remember the upper deck hanging so close over the lower seats as was appears in this photo. I seem to remember it sweeping back much farther than was apears to be in this picture.

Like I said I'm not sure which, if either, of my statements explains it but a good observation none the less on your part.

Drew

[Volod]

Originally Posted by tonyo

I also like the Red Man cards. Hadn't seen the 59 Bazooka but I searched a few and like their look as well.



By my original question, what I meant is: back in the 50's, what were the kids collecting? After topps and bowman issues, what were the most popular sets for kids to collect in the 50's ?

Tony

So excluding all Topps and Bowman issues, and limiting it to sets kids were actually collecting in the 50's makes the question a little more dicey. Since my family apparently didn't much go for pre-packaged meat, the only regional issue I ever saw in the I-like-Ike years was Johnston Cookie cards, which is strange in itself because they are supposed to be regional to Wisconsin, but I was in upstate NY. So, I guess my vote goes to the cards from Redman Tobacco that my old man used to chew to annoy the stuff out of my mom.

[Exhibitman]

I'd go with exhibits; nationally available, not associated with a product that wasn't supposed to be sold to minors, hundreds of cards issued, readily available on the current market.

[ValKehl]

I'm partial to the "meat" cards, especially Briggs. Growing up in the Wash., DC, area, we ate hot dogs frequently when I was a kid in the 1950s. But, I didn't care to save the Briggs cards - they were sorta greasy, but worse, they didn't have any player bios/stats on them like the Bowman & Topps cards did! Oh, how I have regretted not saving a few Briggs panels!
Val

[alanu]

I've always liked the 1952 Berk Ross issue, but I don't think they were all that readily available to everyone.... I always wonder how popular the Fleer 3 Stooges cards were back in the day too.