|
#1
|
||||
|
||||
1948 topps "magic photos"
Can anyone suggest a Gridiron Greats or other article to learn more about this set? I recently added one to my collection although I don't have it in hand yet. I know its a multi-sport set with two football subsets and that collectors were expected to develop these themselves so I'm guessing they didn't know what player they got until the card was developed which is kind of cool. I also believe its the first Topps set of any kind? Thanks.
Last edited by TanksAndSpartans; 03-14-2018 at 11:25 AM. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Issue #9 and #19 of GG both have information about this set according to my database. jeff |
#3
|
||||
|
||||
Thanks Jeff!
|
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
"Dogs" seem to be the toughest. 2nd series football tougher than first. Dilemma higher grade and light picture or better developed picture. I like the better picture. |
#5
|
||||
|
||||
Thanks Carl. I would go for the better developed picture too. I picked up a psa 4 George Connor that I thought had a pretty well developed picture relative to the other ones I'd seen.
I got curious about the history after seeing that great image of a box you posted and found what Topps had to say on their site. They list this set as 1949, but other than that confirm that it was the first set with trading cards and they were issued undeveloped (I had never personally thought about this set before recently.): https://www.topps.com/corporate/history Last edited by TanksAndSpartans; 03-14-2018 at 09:01 PM. |
#6
|
||||
|
||||
Pretty sad they have so many incorrect facts about their own history on the official website.
|
#7
|
||||
|
||||
Quote:
This reminds me, here is an image of the example I picked up. I'm also interested in the Bednarik and Walker at some point. Seems like the odds would have been against 3 HOFers with such a small subset of football players included. Last edited by TanksAndSpartans; 03-21-2018 at 09:17 PM. |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
1948 Topps Magic Photo R714-27 "Polish Wonder" available | Marslife | Everything Else, Football, Non-Sports etc.. B/S/T | 2 | 04-17-2017 02:23 PM |
Fs: 1948 topps magic photos 16 different | ajg | Everything Else, Football, Non-Sports etc.. B/S/T | 2 | 10-27-2016 03:51 PM |
Fs: 1948 topps magic photos | ajg | 1920 to 1949 Baseball cards- B/S/T | 3 | 10-27-2016 03:51 PM |
1948/49 Topps Magic Photos | toppcat | Postwar Baseball Cards Forum (Pre-1980) | 1 | 12-22-2010 07:36 AM |
1948 TOPPS MAGIC PHOTOS BASEBALL #19K | Archive | 1920 to 1949 Baseball cards- B/S/T | 0 | 08-13-2008 08:50 PM |