Let's build the 2001 SP Legendary Cuts set in pictures

[Topnotchsy]

Let's see if we can build the set. Working in order:

Bill Dickey:

Burleigh Grimes:

Buckey Harris:
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Billy Herman:
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Bob Lemon:

Bob Meusel:
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Branch Rickey:


Babe Ruth:


Bob Shawkey:


Bill Terry:


Bucky Walters:


Cap Anson:

Carl Hubbell:


Charlie Keller:

Casey Stengel:

Dizzy Dean:


Don Drysdale:

Earl Averill:

Ed Barrow:

Elmer Flick:

Eddie Lopat:
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Edd Roush:


Ford Frick:
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Frankie Frisch:

Freddy Lindstrom:

Grover Alexander:


Gabby Harnett:

Gil Hodges:

George Kelly:

George Selkirk:

George Sisler:

Harvey Haddix:

Harry Hooper:

Heinie Manush:

Honus Wagner:

Hack Wilson:


Jocko Conlan:

Joe Cronin:

Joe DiMaggio:


Joe DiMaggio(2):


Joe DiMaggio(3):

Joe DiMaggio(4):

Jimmie Foxx:


Judy Johnson:

Joe Medwick:

Joe McCarthy:

Johnny Mize:


Jackie Robinson:

Joe Sewell:

Joe Wood:


Kiki Cuyler:

Ken Keltner:

Kenesaw Landis:

Luke Appling:


Leo Durocher:


Lefty Grove:

Lou Gehrig:

Lefty Gomez:


Lloyd Waner:

Max Carey:


Mark Koenig:

Mickey Mantle:

Mel Ott:


Nellie Foxx:
Paul Waner:
Roberto Clemente:

Rick Ferrell:
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Rogers Hornsby:

Roger Maris:

Roger Peckinpaugh:

Red Ruffing:

Rip Sewell:


Rube Marquard:
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Stanley Coveleski:

Sal Maglie:

Satchel Paige:

Ty Cobb:
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Travis Jackson:

Ted Lyons:


Ted Lyons (2):


Johnny Vander Meer:

Vic Raschi:
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Walt Alston:
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Warren Giles:

Waite Hoyt:


Walter Johnson:

 

[Austin]

 

[michaelstepper]

I have nothing to add to this thread... Other than I think I pee'd a little and the realization unless I become a millionaire, my collection will never compare to the first two posts.... Amazing

 

[Topnotchsy]

I have nothing to add to this thread... Other than I think I pee'd a little and the realization unless I become a millionaire, my collection will never compare to the first two posts.... Amazing

The beauty of a picture set is it costs nothing lol.

Austin - there's some huge ones there.
Any reason the Gehrig and Ruth don't have a number? And that Anson is insane!

 

[exigussrex]

 

[Austin]

Oh, those aren't my cards. That's why the images are different sizes.
I pulled pics from a Google Image search. I was just helping out Topnotchsy build a complete database of all the cards in the set.

 

[michaelstepper]

You guys do realize those aren't my cards, right? That's why the images are different sizes.
I just pulled pics from a Google Image search. I was just helping out Topnotchsy build a complete database of all the cards in the set.

That would be a NO... Hahaha
You really had me going. Thumbs up on the help

 

[RStadlerASU22]

Austin , just claim em and move on next time

Nice set for sure and I'm w MS , it's gonna take a bigger budget than mine to put something like that together


Ryan

 

[bobthewondercat77]

217 Lloyd waner cuts? 113 big train? 147 Jackie?? Dear god!

Where are there unopened cases of this?

 

[Austin]

217 Lloyd waner cuts? 113 big train? 147 Jackie?? Dear god!

The very high numbered cuts like these are signatures from cancelled checks. Upper Deck bought boxes of the players' old cancelled checks from their families' estates, so they were set with signatures for years without having to buy cuts from documents or old signed 3x5 cards.

 

[gracecollector]

Too bad this was another example where the Cap Anson card uses the Corbis image misidentified as Anson, but is really teammate Fred Pfeffer.

Explanation: http://www.capanson.com/photo_archive.html

 

[pujolsthomefan33]

Ok, I will add my 2 back in again...

 

[swish54_99]

O.......M.....G.....

 

[MaineMule]

Very impressive for those of you who have one of the rare autographs from this set. I love the Wagner with the Pirates inscription and that it is not from a check. Interesting that some are numbered 107/113 (Johnson) while others just say /7 (Ruth).

 

[jbhofmann]

Sorry for the cell phone pic...rarely take this out of the safe deposit box.

Armed guard almost didn't let me take it home. Thought it was too risky to leave the vault. Glad I could get it scanned.

 

[RStadlerASU22]

Sorry for the cell phone pic...rarely take this out of the safe deposit box.
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Must have cost you a nice chunk


Ryan

 

[MansGame]

Very cool thread. It's amazing how many copies there were of some guys like Jackie with nearly 150 and did Cobb have like 25?! Nuts. I mean Ruth even had 7?! Lok

 

[michaelstepper]

When you do it first why not go a little crazy? Thank you upper deck for the innovation and the opportunity

 

[cgilmo]

Sorry for the cell phone pic...rarely take this out of the safe deposit box.
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Armed guard almost didn't let me take it home. Thought it was too risky to leave the vault. Glad I could get it scanned.

new facebook profile pic

 

[Topnotchsy]

Very cool thread. It's amazing how many copies there were of some guys like Jackie with nearly 150 and did Cobb have like 25?! Nuts. I mean Ruth even had 7?! Lok

It was an unbelievable set, and many of the "lesser" names were great players from way back in the early days. I think that Upper Deck overestimated their ability to pick up cuts and put more in that set than they could ever match, but it makes for an amazing set, and in many cases the signatures were really nice looking.

I believe the checklist is 87 cards (plus the never-before-seen Gilmo) so I think if people get involved we should be able to get the whole thing in pictures.