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mrmopar
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The Dodgers don't seem to get enough love here, so I thought I'd start a new thread in the same subject as others, autographs. I have been collecting Dodger signed cards and other flat items for many years now. I prefer cards, but will take photos, 3x5s and just about anything else small and flat. I don't care for larger items, balls, etc, just because they are harder to store. I won't promise weekly updates, but will reuse this thread to share some of my projects and nice finds.
I'll start it off with the 1974 TCMA 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers set that I had been trying to complete. I thought I was done, but that is what happens when you trust your memory and not a list. After pulling and scanning them, I realized that I was still missing two! Out of the 40 cards, 35 are possible. If you count the header card, which features 5 players of which at least one player on it was attainable (but not all 5), 36 different are possible. 4 players died before the set was released and are impossible:
Jackie Robinson
Gil Hodges
Chuck Dressen
Jake Pitler
Roy Campanella was paralyzed prior to the set, so he is possible, but only with the post accident scribble signature that he was able to make. I pretty much count his card is one of the 5 impossible cards.
I don't have the header card signed by anyone, but also don't count it, since all players featured are in the set and a 5x version is impossible otherwise.
That just leaves me 2 cards short: Ray Moore and Billy Loes, both tougher signatures, but not impossible. The search continues...
And somehow i missed this guy, but didn't want to redo the scans...
I'll start it off with the 1974 TCMA 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers set that I had been trying to complete. I thought I was done, but that is what happens when you trust your memory and not a list. After pulling and scanning them, I realized that I was still missing two! Out of the 40 cards, 35 are possible. If you count the header card, which features 5 players of which at least one player on it was attainable (but not all 5), 36 different are possible. 4 players died before the set was released and are impossible:
Jackie Robinson
Gil Hodges
Chuck Dressen
Jake Pitler
Roy Campanella was paralyzed prior to the set, so he is possible, but only with the post accident scribble signature that he was able to make. I pretty much count his card is one of the 5 impossible cards.
I don't have the header card signed by anyone, but also don't count it, since all players featured are in the set and a 5x version is impossible otherwise.
That just leaves me 2 cards short: Ray Moore and Billy Loes, both tougher signatures, but not impossible. The search continues...
And somehow i missed this guy, but didn't want to redo the scans...
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