Display items to compliment your baseball card collection?

MK · #1 12-20-2021, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by BobC

Hey Mike,

Love the bubble gum machine. I'm assuming that also dispenses cards with the gumballs? And are those real '56 Topps cards in the display windows that were to be given out? I've got a late '50s Baby Grand penny gumball machine myself, made of wood and metal, that originally dispensed '58 Topps cards with gum. Mine came with three actual '58 Topps cards in the display on the front of the section that held the cards for dispensing. Your machine looks to be be all metal though. Do you know it's actual year of manufacture, and who made it? Really cool item!

Bob, yes the machine does dispense both a gumball and a card for a penny. Those are real 1956 cards I display. I�m not sure what year the machine was manufactured but it is an Oak and is all metal.

71buc · #2 12-20-2021, 09:24 PM

There are some incredible displays in this thread. Here's my attempt at 1971 Topps Clemente and a bit of related Pirate memorabilia in my collection.

todeen · #3 12-20-2021, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 71buc

There are some incredible displays in this thread. Here's my attempt at 1971 Topps Clemente and a bit of related Pirate memorabilia in my collection.

I love it when you post your "attempts," always great stuff.

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71buc · #4 12-20-2021, 10:23 PM

Thanks Todd I appreciate the kind words. My wife doesn�t complain when I buy �my toys� but she draws the line at allowing me to display them. My collection is largely relegated to a couple of walk-in closets. No one in my immediate social circle understands my fascination with this stuff. This is one of the few places I get to share my collection with others who share my illness.

LEHR · #5 12-22-2021, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by 71buc

Thanks Todd I appreciate the kind words. My wife doesn�t complain when I buy �my toys� but she draws the line at allowing me to display them. My collection is largely relegated to a couple of walk-in closets. No one in my immediate social circle understands my fascination with this stuff. This is one of the few places I get to share my collection with others who share my illness.

Sounds like you need a new circle.

Joking aside, I didn't have a place to display my stuff either until my wife wanted to build a house. My demands were a room of my own and an extra bay three car garage so I have a place for my toys/collection.

jeff8877 · #6 12-22-2021, 02:32 PM

Beautiful stuff guys. I'm looking for empty baseball boxes to compliment some of my stuff if you have any laying around 1950-1970. Thanks all.

Jeff

sayhey24 · #7 12-28-2021, 09:31 AM

So many cool items here -- I'm partial to the Hal Chase glove, Reds posters, the Hank Aaron poster and of course the Oak's card machine. I use a lot of card machines to complement the collection -- here's a sampling --

Greg

BobC · #8 12-21-2021, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by MK

Bob, yes the machine does dispense both a gumball and a card for a penny. Those are real 1956 cards I display. I�m not sure what year the machine was manufactured but it is an Oak and is all metal.

Mike,

That is a great piece. As I noted in my post above, mine is a Victor Baby Grand gumball machine, with a card dispenser made for 1957, and later, size cards. So if your machine can hold and dispense the larger 1956 Topps cards, it's probably at least a year or two older than mine. Still, fantastic items you don't see everyday. Thanks for sharing.

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