Why is there no talk or card posting of Joe DiMaggio?

[G1911]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

A couple of interesting and affordable Joe D cards I always liked.

I had never seen or heard of these before, great looking items

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by G1911

I had never seen or heard of these before, great looking items

Go to COMC and sort by oldest. You will find a lot of cool 70's and 80's odd ball DiMaggio cards.

[Leon]

1940s F272-Unc Wheaties Premium Card Set.

[mr2686]

Not a card, but since you said "or anything"...

[Volod]

Maybe a lot of sports fans became disillusioned when Kramer revealed that the Clipper dunks.

[Exhibitman]

He was not a nice man and there doesn't seem to be a lot of collector warm fuzzies about him, which is a shame since he is a first tier HOFer.

[JoeDfan]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

He was not a nice man and there doesn't seem to be a lot of collector warm fuzzies about him, which is a shame since he is a first tier HOFer.

I think it wasn't as much about him being not a nice person as it was that he was very quiet by nature. Then you add in all the people chasing him around all the time, and then he gets viewed more negatively if he doesn't respond.
I love Joe D., and it definitely (and unfortunately) helps me pick up stuff for my collection because you guys are right; he just doesn't get the love.
Last month, I picked up a game used bat, so that is my DiMaggio pinnacle right now.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

He was not a nice man and there doesn't seem to be a lot of collector warm fuzzies about him, which is a shame since he is a first tier HOFer.

I have never heard this before. Joe was nothing but polite the times I saw him at card shows. This was a contrast to other big stars of the period who were often not. My wife was so impressed by Joe that she went out and bought me a 1938 Goudey DiMaggio.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Leon

1940s F272-Unc Wheaties Premium Card Set.

What a beauty! I love some of the wheaties.


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[pokerplyr80]

He definitely comes up from time to time, but perhaps not as often as he should. My personal favorite card of his is the 41 play ball. But I wouldn't mind adding a 36 goudey or his zeenut to my collection. I haven't gotten around to adding any of them, but do own a signed baseball. I believe I posted a picture in the auto pickup thread at the time.

[avalanche2006]

Thanks for all of the pictures and info. It is nice to see such a forgotten about player getting our attention for a bit.