Fun and Cool Cards I Have on Displayby Vvvergeer - 46 cards (Last updated on Mar 12, 2024) |
And now you can read the old description of this list that's been here forever.
Here's a list of the cards that are out of the binders, in cases, and on display on a shelf in our office (I also have my four display cases of Last Topps Card of Hall of Famers, The Merkle's Boner Collection, the T207 Cubs Team Set (partial), and the First Black Player on Every Team -- I don't include those here.
This display used to be only Hall of Famers (and an autographed 1970 Pete Rose) until sometime in 2016, when I opened it up to cards and players I just liked, and I expanded more fully into non-Topps. Now I label each card carefully, explaining why it's on display and/or some history of the player. Making it more personal to me and finding players with interesting histories really made it fun for me. I love these cards. Hope you enjoy it.
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21. 1933 Goudey (R319) #67 Guy Bush
176 game winner who actually walked more than he struck out. Gave up Babe Ruth's last home run. Continuing my desire for vintage and expansion beyond Topps and players associated with quirky trivia. 4/24/16. Ungraded.
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22. 1933 Goudey (R319) #139 Ben Cantwell
Heard his name mentioned on a Cubs broadcast. Verified the information and sought and found the card. He is the last player to lose 25 games in a season and has the all-time worst record in Wrigley Field history at 0-16.
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23. 1934 Goudey (R320) #71 Lyle Tinning
Got some birthday, baseball-card buying money from Mom, and had been hunting for any 1934 Goudey Cub. This one was good looking and fairly priced. Can't say I love the fake, hokey, "Lou Gehrig says," but this is a nice card. It's actually my highest graded card.
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24. 1935 Goudey 4-in-1 (R321) #NNO Burleigh Grimes / Chuck Klein / Kiki Cuyler / Woody English
Three Hall of Famers on the Cubs all on the same card? Helps me get one Goudey card from all the years they produced cards and my first card from 1935. This was a good buy. Stalked this card for quite awhile, but the versions I found were always just a bit nice, and I wasn't as committed to it as I was to some others. Then a lesser version came up at auction (rather than buy it now) and it worked out nicely. Kind of love it.
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25. 1936 World Wide Gum (V355) #106 Augie Galan
Stalked this and others like it for a while in my quest to get a card from as many different years as possible. The French on the back is nice. There are other good Cubs from this set, but I couldn't negotiate adequately for a Billy Jurges and was quite content with this one. First NLer to hit HR from both sides of the plate in a game. Broke his elbow as a kid, so he became a switch hitter. Nice card.
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26. 1937 Diamond Matchbooks (U3-2) #NNO William Herman
Kind of surprised I got this. But I decided to go back to my quest to get a card from every year possible. And 1937 was missing. And Billy Herman is a Cub Hall of Famer. And I, and TCDB, thinks it counts as a card. So, welcome, Mr. Herman, who knocked himself out in his first major league at bat.
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27. 1938 Goudey Heads-Up (R323) #268 Frank Demaree
I hunted this for almost two years. It's sooooo goofy and the cartoons are just awesome. This is the only Cub in the set. And he was a heckuva player, too.
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28. 1939 Play Ball #6 Leo Durocher
Read "Nice Guys Finish Last" and knew I needed a Durocher from his playing days. Stalked this on eBay for months, realizing that I didn't care enough to invest in a 1933 or 1934 Goudey. Was close to pulling the trigger for $40, when I found a perfectly decent one for $25 at my local shop.
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29. 1939-46 Exhibits Salutation (W462) #NNO Phil Cavarretta
Well, I'd love to have a card from every year since 1909 or so. But getting cards from the WWII era is really difficult. This might be as close as I can come, since there's no telling when it was issued, but it was SOMEtime between '39 and '46.
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30. 1940 Play Ball #30 Moe Berg
I never knew this story! A friend sent me an article from the Washington Post in Fall 2017. I was fascinated. So I started hunting for an old Moe Berg card. This looks so good and is from a set I had no cards of. So I stalked it for awhile, then spent about the right amount of Mom's birthday money on this one. Look him up, but short story is that he was a spy for the U.S. (possibly during his career, then more "officially"), toured Japan with Babe Ruth and other all-stars (he was NOT an all-star), won (and declined) the Medal of Freedom, and sort of lost it toward the end of his life. I need to read "The Catcher was a Spy."
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Comments
Nice list Vvvergeer. The tobacco cards are pretty cool. Those cards put into perspective just how long the game of baseball has been around, as well as how much the card industry has evolved. For better or worse. I also have to get some Mays, Banks, and Aaron cards. I like the '73 Aaron for starters.
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I love the language on the back of the tobacco cards. Read the descriptions.
I'm spoiled, it's true, but I'm a bit annoyed that my oldest Aaron is 1972. He was a star of the 50s and 60s. Must remedy....So many cards, so little budget.
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Very nice collection. Brought back a lot of memories. Love the Berra. I own only one tobacco card, bought it just to have one. You think about the years they went through and still survive. Amazing
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That was my original thinking on the tobacco cards. I just wanted one, any one. Then I thought it should be a Cub. Then I thought I needed Tinker and Evers and Chance. That took me awhile. Now I want a Fred Merkle. And I'd say that would be the end, but maybe it won't be.
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Great list. Your love of cards is similar to mine - the 70s and older are so much more interesting because they were about the player. I only have 5 of these cards in your list but I could make one of similar vintage cards that I treasure the most in my collection. By the way, my display case is mostly Nolan Ryan cards and things.
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Very nice collection you have there, love the vintage and your write ups on the cards.
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Thanks. Looks like you've got some nice vintage Bowman baseball. I really need a card or two from the 40s.
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Frank Sullivan, huh? Good thing you don't have a best friend named Mickey Mantle! | ||
Keep us up to date on your T207 progress. Ten Cubs, two are HOFers. I hope you get King Cole next, just because I enjoyed his write-up on the back in the site scan. | ||
Really like the T cards and the Gum cards from the 30s and 40s. I'm going to try and acquire a few of those myself. Great list and excellent display choices. | ||
Some very special ones in there. Many are from an era when baseball was still just a "sport" meant merely to be played, watched, and enjoyed. How times have changed over the past several decades and not just in sports. Great writeups also. p.s. My sincerest apologies for generating the Forum topic of Baseball Humour. ..nah..not really , just trying to keep it light. | ||
Nice new addition with Warhop. Although he doesn't look all that happy about it. | ||
Congrats on the Cracker Jack! If I recall correctly you mentioned previously that it was a goal to get one of them? | ||
Thanks for sharing. I just traded for my first Obak T212 recently - https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/61741/cid/3757259/1909-11-Obak-(T212)-NNO-Ivan-Howard It's the oldest card in my collection. Yeah, I gave up a Mantle for it but have no regrets whatsoever. My favorite is my '36 Goudey Gehringer https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/9736/cid/408747/1936-Goudey-Wide-Pen-Premiums-(R314-Type-1)--NNO-Charlie-Gehringer with my '49 Bowman Berra a close 2nd - https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/18/cid/26061/1949-Bowman-60-Larry- Thanks again and enjoy your endeavors! | ||
Museum quality. I would be awestruck walking into a room full of this stuff. | ||
This is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing. |