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mrmopar

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I just shared this in another thread, but I think it deserves its own. A fellow Garvey collector obtained this album when he bought it for the Concepcion and was "pleasantly surprised" to find a Garvey that was unknown to either of us. I am guessing these date to 1979 or 1980, based on images seen. The Garvey is almost a dead ringer for his Studio One poster, which I'll share in the 2nd post. Here they are in their glory!

I hope he keeps the album intact, but would love to see some player collectors have a shot at these too, if he decides to break it up. I know I am SOL in this case, so I have no incentive to fight for a break up.
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smapdi

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I think the 100 catcher is Bo Diaz, but I don't know what the "A Grif--" name is supposed to indicate. No players with a name like that played catcher in that era, far as I can tell.

Barry Foote is also a strong contender. Can you imagine the Phillies had Foote and Diaz consecutively as their backups for Bob Boone? Were they mandated to have a beefy mustache guy?

I also had never heard of Harry Ghappas, so I thought it was a made up or horribly spelled name. Turns out he was a real guy named Harry Chappas on the cover of SI, from which the image was lifted.
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Wonderful find. Maybe post on Net54, they have some guys with knowledge of really obscure issues.
 

stevegarveyfan

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Fast forward a few months, and these are just back from SGC. With great care I was able to clumsily remove several of the "stickers" from the album, albeit with an excess of 40-year-old hardened--and probably petrified--glue clinging firmly to each. I knew that if they were graded, each would receive a grade of 1. I was not wrong. But I think they look very nice.

1980s El Mundo del Beisbol 137 Linea (Steve Garvey) SGC 1 pic 1.jpg

1980s El Mundo del Beisbol 119 George Brett SGC 1 pic 1.jpg

1980s El Mundo del Beisbol 103 Dave Concepcion SGC 1 pic 1.jpg

1980s El Mundo del Beisbol 89 Nolan Rayan SGC 1 pic 1.jpg

1980s El Mundo del Beisbol 104 Ron Guidry SGC 1 pic 1.jpg

1980s El Mundo del Beisbol 126 Carl Yastrzemski SGC 1 pic 1.jpg

1980s El Mundo del Beisbol 139 Reggie Jackson De Roling SGC 1 pic 1.jpg

1980s El Mundo del Beisbol 143 Frank Robinson SGC 1 pic 1.jpg

1980s El Mundo del Beisbol 105 Joe Morgan SGC 1 pic 1.jpg
 

stevegarveyfan

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Going with just what was printed on the sticker, rather than the actual player names is amusing. Is that just a policy for items they can't identify?
I think it's interesting too. However, SGC knows what it is, as I showed them the album they all came from originally, with the stickers still attached. The only thing we don't know is the exact year. But yes, I wish they would have labeled these with the correct names.
 

jeffv96masters

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Welch was a rookie in 1978 so that's the earliest.
I'm inclined to guess 1981-1985 Fernandomania range
Reminds me of the Venezulan sticker albums
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mrmopar

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I think it's interesting too. However, SGC knows what it is, as I showed them the album they all came from originally, with the stickers still attached. The only thing we don't know is the exact year. But yes, I wish they would have labeled these with the correct names.
What, you don't like that the Garvey label is using his nickname "Linea"?
 

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