| Title: | Sports Memorabilia |
| Notice: | Wanted: 3.*; For_sale: 4.*; Traded: 5.* |
| Moderator: | SCHOOL::KOPACKO |
| Created: | Wed Aug 27 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu May 08 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 730 |
| Total number of notes: | 8547 |
At the GBSCC show last week I was able to find the last card I needed to complete the 1969 set that I started when I was 10 years old. I've gone through the set a few times now, and my wife looks at me oddly whenever I grab the book, and I've found a few interesting things about the set. All of the teams are listed by name, not city, except for Houston. There are the Red Sox, Dodgers, Yankees, Reds, Pilots, and HOUSTON! Why not the Astros? I've got three of the white letter cards. How many of them are there all together? Of course I don't have the WL Mantle. Some of the cards are listed in Becketts as DP, or Double Print. What does this mean? In my search, one of the numbers I was looking for was a Lou Johnson card. When I finally found it I turned it over and looked at the picture and could have sworn that I already had that card. Trusting my "want list" I paid the 40 cents for the card and got home to find that I indeed did not have this card. Then I was looking back at my partial 1968 set and sure enough, there was that same picture of Lou Johnson. Different team, but same picture! I haven't noticed any others like this but I'm sure there are some. Does anyone else have any other tid-bits from 1969? Dan
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| 352.1 | CERBUS::KARLSON | Only 41 shopping days until Xmas! | Thu Nov 14 1991 14:47 | 25 | |
There was some kind of confusion around the Houston team that year.
Topps was unsure of the team nickname, so they used Houston. However,
it's also been reported that Topps licensing agreement at the time
didn't include the Astros (maybe the Colt .45's?), or somesuch, so
they used the city name. BCM did an article on the '69 set 2 or 3
years ago.
Double-printing has something to do with the size of the sheet they
are printing the cards on, and the corresponding size of the set/
series.
Suppose a sheet is 12 cards by 11 -- 132 cards. Suppose the set
was only going to be 100 cards. Each sheet could have one set,
plus some. The other 32 cards would be players who were double
printed, or triple-printed.
Also, as the year wore on, dealers were less likely to order as
many cards, as baseball season was coming to a close. So 500,000
series I cards might've been printed, 400,000 series 2, 350,000
series 3, .... down to the 6th or 6th series only having 100,000
cards or so. So the early series, where there were many more
printed, would/could be considered "double-prints".
-rjk
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| 352.2 | MSBCS::YANNEKIS | Thu Nov 14 1991 15:20 | 11 | ||
Lots of cards from the 65-70 time frame have identical pictures
including some of the big boys. Off the top of my head I believe these
are the same.
68 & 69 Mantle
67 & 68 Yaz (or is it 68 & 69)
68 & 69 Namath (and maybe 70 also)
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| 352.3 | Carew too | TOLKIN::CHOY | Thu Nov 14 1991 16:22 | 5 | |
I think the Carew for 68, 69 and 69 Deckle Edge cards have the same
photo.
As for DPs, I don't think if was due to the higher print run in the
early series so much as the repeated rows that you mentioned, Roy.
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| 352.4 | <1969 Tigers> | GLDOA::OLIVER | Fri Dec 27 1991 18:41 | 15 | |
I have been trying to complete a Tiger team set from 1969. I still
need to find a McLain and an Oyler in good condition, but I found a shop
that has most of them. My question concerns the World Series cards. I
was told that a set, including the 7 World Series cards, goes for $135.00
(locally, of course), and that was because the WS cards are worth $50.00
alone!! Do you remember shelling out a lot for these cards, or did you
already have them from your childhood?
Just Curious
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| 352.5 | Got 'em | DRAGN::BOURQUARD | This is not here | Mon Dec 30 1991 15:23 | 8 |
All of my WS cards were originals. The majority of the cards that I was missing were from the 4th series. My guess is that my family went on vacation when that series came out and I never caught up. I'll see if I've got any doubles of those. I'll also look for the other two. Mail me their numbers if you know them. That'll make it easier. Dan | |||||
| 352.6 | <<oops!!>> | GLDOA::OLIVER | Wed Jan 08 1992 18:59 | 11 | |
re:352.5
I found out that the Oyler card is not a Tigers card, but a Seattle
Pilots card! So, forget that one. I found one shop that has the
World Series set (Topps numbers 162 - 168), and he wants $25 for
them. How does that sound?? However, I still cannot find a McLain
(NO. 150), so I would appreciate any help I can get with that one.
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| 352.7 | Lots of WL | WONDER::HALLER | Thu Jan 09 1992 13:53 | 20 | |
I Like the 1969 Topps set alot (second only to the 1967 Topps).
I have almost completed the set but need a few more cards including
a Reggie rookie. I started my set back when wax was 5 cents a pack.
I have recently gone through and upgraded the poor condition cards
(mostly red sox) and have been filled in alot of the 'holes'.
If anyone would like to do some 1969 trading I am INTERESTED ! I have
hundreds of doubles. I will post a list of what I need in the TRADING
(note 5.*)
There are a LOT of white letter cards (I have quite a few myself).
One of the yearly beckets paperback books lisdt them all..
I found an 1969 RED SOX year book , it has some real neat tid-bits in
it.
bob
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