O/T - Did You Buy '52 Topps High Numbers As A Kid?

[Josh Wolf]

PCLPADS - Great memories! Can you tell us the cards you pulled?

Josh

[tedzan]

All us kids were fascinated when these card became available in the Spring of '52. They were larger and more colorful
than the 1952 Bowman's. The only 1952 Bowman's that I recovered from my original collection were the 1st series of
72 cards. Therefore, I must have strictly collected 1952 Topps for the remainder of that year. I had over 250 cards.

My fondest memory is of my last 5-cent pack in the Fall of '52. I remember this as if it occurred yesterday. I opened
it to find Chapman, Herman, Jeffcoat, Spencer and Mickey Mantle.


TED Z

[Mikehealer]

That's pretty cool, Ted. A nickel well spent.

[pclpads]

Josh - Thanks for your reply. They were: Blackwell, Sukey, Madison, Benton, Yuhas and #387 Meyer. I know I said five and this is six. So either they came six to a 5 cent pack or I got a second pack. If the latter, no idea what became of the others. As for the Parkies, no stars, just commons.

Dave

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by pclpads

Josh - Thanks for your reply. They were: Blackwell, Sukey, Madison, Benton, Yuhas and #387 Meyer. I know I said five and this is six. So either they came six to a 5 cent pack or I got a second pack. If the latter, no idea what became of the others. As for the Parkies, no stars, just commons.

Dave

6 for a nickel is a real possibility.

[pclpads]

Whatever, dude. As it's been nearly 60 years since I last opened a pack of '52T, you'll kindly excuse me if my memory of whether there were six or five cards to a pack is a little foggy. Just the same, great thanks for your keen insight . . .

[Josh Wolf]

Thanks Dave. It's stories like yours and Ted's that just never get old and is what makes this hobby great!

Josh

[tedzan]

Pictures are worth more than 1000's of words....so, here are the cards from my last 1952 Topps purchase in the Fall of '52.









TED Z

[vintagebaseball]

WOW Ted, that is a neat story and to see the original five is really cool.