O/T The concept of a non-sports "rookie card"

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

When one refers to a Rookie Card, is not the adjective rookie linked to the word card itself rather than the subject of the card. If you agree then all "first" cards are equivalent to "rookie" cards. Haven't we got enough to quibble about instead of this?

Frank "still waiting for my rookie card" Burkett

People have really scraped the bottom of the barrel of possible things to complain about when they get triggered over the use of 'rookie card' with regards to non-sports personalities, and h2oya311 put it perfectly when he said (paraphrase alert) it was just a general way to say 'first' card.

Frank, if you send me a pic, I will gladly plug you in to a 1972 Topps 'In Action' card that you can then call your rookie (meaning FIRST) card. The only proviso is you actually have to be doing something active in the photograph (any activity under the sun counts)...which seems to be getting tougher for many of us these days.

[Snapolit1]

Mao’s rookie card?

https://goldin.co/item/mao-zedong-si...t-bookletjglht

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Mao’s rookie card?

https://goldin.co/item/mao-zedong-si...t-bookletjglht

He is in 1951 Bowman Red Menace lol.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

He is in 1951 Bowman Red Menace lol.

Ha. Good one sir.

[G1911]

Not "one of the rarest and most coveted" items nor "an enticing investment opportunity" for Goldin's clientele of elite collectors of genocidal dictators, but the Red Menace card offers striking artwork of what appears to be the Wicked Witch of the far east and a sword wielding executioner ape.

[GasHouseGang]

This should be on the list for the "clientele of elite collectors of genocidal dictators". I'm not sure if it's actually his "rookie" card or not.

[G1911]

I have a few Stalin postcards from the soviet era in a box around here somewhere but I have no idea if the last one of the trio has a 'rookie card'.

Alexander's rookie would be a CDV of a statue probably but this T68 is the nicest old card of another one of history's great villains of violence and mass murder. Would have been cool if his teacher got into the checklist instead.

[GasHouseGang]

I'm only guessing if these are the earliest examples for these two. 1955 James Dean.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

People have really scraped the bottom of the barrel of possible things to complain about when they get triggered over the use of 'rookie card' with regards to non-sports personalities, and h2oya311 put it perfectly when he said (paraphrase alert) it was just a general way to say 'first' card.

Frank, if you send me a pic, I will gladly plug you in to a 1972 Topps 'In Action' card that you can then call your rookie (meaning FIRST) card. The only proviso is you actually have to be doing something active in the photograph (any activity under the sun counts)...which seems to be getting tougher for many of us these days.

Frank "still waiting for my rookie card" Burkett


Bowling in Chiang Rai, Thailand

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[Fred]

How about Alfred E. Neuman, 8 years prior to the first release of Mad magazine. This post card has a cancellation date of 1944.

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[h2oya311]

That Alfred E Newman is fantastic!!

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

That Alfred E Newman is fantastic!!

+1

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Frank "still waiting for my rookie card" Burkett


Bowling in Chiang Rai, Thailand

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Frank, did you make the split?