Finally, I get a vintage "find"

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Posted By: warshawlaw

My father kept a scrap book as a kid and he was recently going through it when he came across an envelope he'd not opened since 1946 when he was 15. Inside was a letter from his brother's father-in-law, a doctor in NYC, explaining that he'd been to the Columbia University Club in NYC the night before and had met a famous athlete, who had written my father a note. The letter also promised to have my dad to the club some time to meet the athlete in person, but that never happened. Inside the letter is a perfect 10 handwritten note on Columbia University Club letterhead to my dad from Chicago Bears legend Sid Luckman.

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Posted By: Anonymous

That is very cool, thanks for sharing.

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Posted By: Josh A.

That's awesome!! As I am a native Chicagoan, I find that very cool. The last good QB the Bears had. And my brother goes to Columbia Graduate school. Thanks for sharing.

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Posted By: hankron

That's a nice deal, dated while he was still a NFL player. Luckman was a Colombia grad.

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Posted By: Rich Klein

As a Columbia Grad, I collect all sorts of stuff related to Columbia and that is an awesome find.

And as an aside, I have a couple of Luckman autos (including one signed about a year before he passed) and the changes over time are astounding

Rich

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Posted By: warshawlaw

Lots of players changed their sigs once they started signing for a living. Look at Mays and Mantle: both developed stylized signatures. Below is a later Luckman.

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Posted By: Bob Lemke

who can't find good Columbia memorabilia have to make our own.

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

these cards have been FANTASTIC in SCD.......why don't you guys print and produce them? Are there huge considerations of licensing?

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Posted By: Bob Lemke

For the limited demand, the hassles of licensing would not be worth the time and money. Creating these cards is my hobby now that I am oursuing very few "real" cards. My "Series 2" 1955-style All-Americans completed list stands at about 32. I hope someday to fill out a set of 100. Lately I've been working on some baseball card projects for a change of pace.

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Posted By: qualitycards.com

BOB - I remember when Krause produced Baseball Cards magazine they had a cardboard insert page of real looking cards in most of the issues, be it 1959 Topps style cards w/ stars of the day like Gregg Jefferies, Eric Davis & Ryne Sandberg, or other spoof cards of Mantle & Ted Williams,
Since they were issued in the magazine and weren't intended for resale, the licensing factor wasn't an issue. If this is still the case, can't you add the '55 All American cards in some issues of SCD or Tuff Stuff. The Gehrig is cool, but I liked the Brett Favre and I think you even had a Burt Reynolds too! Neat Stuff!

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Posted By: Bob Lemke

We inserted "repli-card" sheets into various issues of Baseball Cards magazine and some of our other sports titles between 1984-1993. By the time we ended the practice, the cards seemed to have lost their appear as a newsstand sales incentive, plus we were getting heat from the MLBPA about their status as editorial content. It would have cost a lot of money to defend our position and since the cards were no longer driving magazine sales, we dropped them. I have not yet done a Brett Favre card (I'm still looking for a good college photo). I did get a good response from Burt Reynolds about his Florida State card; he had me work up a dozen extra cards for him to give out to family and colleagues.

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Posted By: Bob Lemke

Here's one of the baseball cards I've been working on.