The two coolest stories I know.
Steve Bilko- It took almost a year to get them back. Maybe cool is the wrong word here, but my Dad had given up in getting it back. The day that Mr. Bilko died, the cards were in the mail.
Roger Maris- sent him a letter, to his business address, asking him if...
Let me do some research. I pretty sure there is a book that was issued for them to be pasted in. I have a 64 Mantle that is so nice, except for the paper loss. I've heard a theory that they were produced, in South America, by an ex Topps employee( in the 60's) hence the inferior paper quality...
So I've heard that the '64 Venz's have so much paper loss b/c they were supposed to be pasted in a book put out by the company. Notice how I said company. I've always thought something was foul with those things...
Yeah they do. Congrats on the Duke. Of all the players I ever met he was the most genuine. We took him out to eat after a show and he picked up the tab. Class act all the way.
Sorry y'all I've been lazy today. I have a job interview tomorrow. I'll post the rest of the '62's before I go. I'm going to stop using my crappy camera phone and break out the camera.
Topps would sell cases to candy vendors to put in the machines that dispensed cards. They called them cut cases b/c they were cards that were cut from printing sheets, just like the cards that they packed, but these were never packed and sold in case form packed in randomly collated 800 count...
I know for a fact that Ray Culp will sign anything you send him. Grew up down the street. He loves to hear from fans. I'm not going to post his address, but he lives in Austin Tx and his address is listed.
He was a $100,000 Bonus Baby in 1960.
He played for the Phillies, Cubs, and Red Sox.
I...
Does anyone remember Encyclopedia Brown? They did a how episode that was set at a card show. They had a made up player with a made up card that was a bastardization of a 1988 Donruss.
Rf Teddy Ballgame
Cf Mays
Lf Aaron
1st McCovey
2nd Morgan
SS Banks
3rd Torre (MVP season '71)
P Koufax
C Pudge
This isn't mine. It's my friends who is sitting next to me. He would know, his dad pitched against most of them.