1975 sspc

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by obxhouses4rent

Back In the day, late 70's or so my brother and I were working on getting the entire SSPC set signed. A number of the players would not sign them as they stated they were not paid to appear on the cards. I remember Kent Tekulve being one of them. We thought they would look great signed as the front have nothing but the photo on it. Still like the set.

I also remember the sets being sold at Cooperstown by the store that had lots of TCMA material back then too.

That store is Baseball Nostalgia, in the Doubleday Field parking lot . Believe it or not it is still co-owned by my father and they still have a treasure trove of original TCMA items. I'm in Cooperstown every year for Induction Weekend and often speak to people who tell me BN is their favorite store in town. Many fond memories for me there

[obxhouses4rent]

Yeah, That was it. Haven't been there in decades but remember it well.
At the time I thought it was cool that you could buy get stuff to get signed. I need to get back there. Man, the autograph memories we made were just great.

[GasHouseGang]

Reading this thread makes me think of a lot of questions regarding this set. One question I have is, is it true that the set wasn't licensed? Or, perhaps it was not licensed by MLBB but only by the Baseball Players Union? Another question that came to mind, if the set was illegal, how do you illegally reproduce an illegal set? Does someone still own the rights to the set? Maybe TCMA knows some of these answers.

[bigfanNY]

I have a couple of sets I put away in 75-76 They came in a white box with a brown green packing tape sealing the box. I can spot one of theses sets at a show from two aisles away . Always liked this set as I felt someone needed to stand up to Topps because the quality of their cards was falling rapidly through the 70's. Topps bullied SSPC in court, but from the court rulings came the "gumless" baseball card sets from Donruss and Fleer in 1981.
I had a autograph experience similar to the previous post I was trying to get a 1975 SSPC Yankee set autographed and got a couple at my local mall Catfish etc. but at a card show( I think in 76 or 77) a player said he would not sign SSPC cards so I put the project down.
I may go out on ebay and buy one of the so called second printing sets and put together a list of variations. Anybody else interested? let me know we can compare notes.

J

[FireGardy]

I looked up Rod Carew on comc and got the these four results. I was able to find other copies of each on ebay. The first one has a break in the border below the groin. The second has a break but it is to the right of Carew. There were two cards with a full border. The full bordered cards seem to have better coloring. They are also the most readily available graded on ebay. You'll notice that the shades of green print on the backs are also inconsistent. One seller on ebay with several of the Noland error had Carews that looked most like the 3rd one or full borders and a lighter green text.

[Econteachert205]

It's an awesome set. To be honest I prefer it to my 1976 topps set (but not my 75 or 77). It is a great value IMO and a must have for any 1970s baseball collector

[laughlinfan]

Found this article from Bob Laughlin's newsletter in 1976 - I imagine it would have been pretty disconcerting to get notice that you were being sued for a couple of million!

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

I have a couple of sets I put away in 75-76 They came in a white box with a brown green packing tape sealing the box. I can spot one of theses sets at a show from two aisles away .

Curious, is there an address label on those sets? If so, what does it say?

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by TCMA

Curious, is there an address label on those sets? If so, what does it say?

My brown box has on it:

TCMA
PO Box #2
Amawalk, MY 10501



I am guessing this contained one of the original 10K sets.

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

My brown box has on it:

TCMA
PO Box #2
Amawalk, MY 10501

I am guessing this contained one of the original 10K sets.

Yup, that label certainly was our mailing address.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by TCMA

That store is Baseball Nostalgia, in the Doubleday Field parking lot . Believe it or not it is still co-owned by my father and they still have a treasure trove of original TCMA items. I'm in Cooperstown every year for Induction Weekend and often speak to people who tell me BN is their favorite store in town. Many fond memories for me there

Is there a sales list or website anywhere for the store?

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by toppcat

Is there a sales list or website anywhere for the store?

Unfortunately, there is not. I would give them a call: (607) 547-6051 .