New addition to Ted Williams collection- 1947 Japanese card!

MaineMule · Mar 8, 2009

Posted on the vintage Board as well but wanted this card to have a thread of its own........

[center:3dpxlpdu]1947 Menko #2 Ted Williams back- Japanese issue

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Here is information about the 1947 Menko set....

http://www.oldcardboard.com/foreign/*** ... setID=1326

Would love to go after all the others from this issue. This card was the 1st I have seen on EBAY in a couple of years. Amazing that it arrived from Japan in a week.

George_Calfas · Mar 8, 2009

Very Nice!

Craig - 21hawk · Mar 8, 2009

Very sweet card!

I often wish the Twins were around for that era so I could add some sweet vintage to my collection. I know the original Senators were before they moved to Minnesota, but that seems like cheating.

Craig

MaineMule · Mar 8, 2009

George- thanks, I like it a lot...

Craig- I hear ya, what about old Minneapolis Millers stuff? I know you know Ted played for them. It's getting harder for me to find items that I need for this player collection. A few biggies still out there that are big bucks.

wideright · Mar 8, 2009

Scott- that's an awesome looking card!! Sick, man. Your Teddy Ballgame collection is exquisite.

MaineMule · Mar 9, 2009

wideright said:
Scott- that's an awesome looking card!! Sick, man. Your Teddy Ballgame collection is exquisite.

Thanks Dave!!! I love adding truly odd and vintage stuff to my Williams collection. He clearly was a an American icon.

The biggie for me is the '54 Wilson Franks card. May be a while before I can pony up. PSA 1's are listed at $1,000.00. I am slowly but surely picking away at the obscure lesser known issued cards of Ted.

Enjoy the week!!

Scott

MojoDan · Mar 9, 2009

AWESOME CARD - VERY JEALOUS

Craig - 21hawk · Mar 9, 2009

MaineMule said:
George- thanks, I like it a lot...

Craig- I hear ya, what about old Minneapolis Millers stuff? I know you know Ted played for them. It's getting harder for me to find items that I need for this player collection. A few biggies still out there that are big bucks.

There's an idea! The St. Paul Saints also had guys like Duke Snider come through, and I'm almost positive Willie Mays spent time with the Millers.

I may need to look into that.

Craig

MaineMule · Mar 9, 2009

Craig - 21hawk said:
MaineMule said:

George- thanks, I like it a lot...

Craig- I hear ya, what about old Minneapolis Millers stuff? I know you know Ted played for them. It's getting harder for me to find items that I need for this player collection. A few biggies still out there that are big bucks.

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There's an idea! The St. Paul Saints also had guys like Duke Snider come through, and I'm almost positive Willie Mays spent time with the Millers.
I may need to look into that.

Craig

...quick Wiki look-up

Ted Williams, Willie Mays and Carl Yastrzemski were among some future major leaguers who played for the Millers.

edit- here's a better list...

Felipe Alou (1957)
Nick Altrock (1909-1911)
Moe Berg (1924)
Ossie Bluege (1922)
Zeke Bonura (1941)
Orlando Cepeda (1957)
Roger Bresnahan (1898-1899)
Jimmy Collins (1909)
Gavvy Cravath (1909-1911)
Hughie Critz (1923-1924)
Ray Dandridge (1949-1952)
Jim Davenport (1957)
Red Faber (1911-12)
Hobe Ferris (1910-1912)
Buck Freeman (1907-1908)
Mike González (1930)
Billy Herman (1948)
Long Tom Hughes (1909-10, 1918)
Monte Irvin (1955)
George Kelly (1930-1931)
Bill McKechnie (1921)
Gene Mauch (1958-1959)
Willie Mays (1951)
Bill Monbouquette (1958)
Bob Meusel (1931)
Deacon Phillippe (1897-1898)
Dick Radatz (1960)
Paul Richards (1932)
Don Schwall (1960)
Chuck Tanner (1959)
Rube Waddell (1911-1913)
Wes Westrum (1941-1942, 1947)
Zack Wheat (1928)
Hoyt Wilhelm (1950-1951)
Ted Williams (1938)
Earl Wilson (1959-1960)
Al Worthington (1960)
Carl Yastrzemski (1960)

Have fun......

Bornagaincollector · Mar 9, 2009

Nice card! Are you going to have it graded?

MaineMule · Mar 9, 2009

Bornagaincollector said:
Nice card! Are you going to have it graded?

Many thanks........if I slabbed all my vinatge cards it would cost a fortune. As it is, I am working towards authenticating and slabbing my autographed HOF index card collection and that has proven to be quite an endeavor.

nevermore · Mar 9, 2009

Very cool card, thanks for sharing!

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