How about your best pick-ups for 2010 on the Post-War side?

[Kawika]

Best post-war pickup would have to be the '53 Topps artwork for Vinegar Bend Mizell from REA. That was a great selection they had but it kind of made you wonder where the primo ones were - the Mantle, Mays etc.
Other pickups were a Stahl-Meyer Bobby Thomson as a type card for the set - a good representative, no?, a decent '54 Topps Ernie Banks - a sort-of tribute card to my ancient young self in that it was the very first baseball card I ever owned back around 1955 or so, a raft of Dormands including Stengel and Ellie Howard, and a couple of photos I liked from Mears - Yogi and Joe Adcock taking their cuts.

[Robextend]

Great pickups David, love that crisp looking Banks RC!!

[slidekellyslide]

Hey Adam, what issue are the Fox and Ashburn cards??? I'd love to get my hands on one of those Nellie Fox cards.

[docpatlv]

Definitely this Clemente item...after a 15 year search, was able to finally pick this up (2 extra HOF'ers to boot).

Mike

[cwazzy]

Here are my best, although they aren't really in the same league as the stuff on here already. Nice cards, guys!

[slidekellyslide]

Thanks for the info phil...I looked them up in my big book and apparently there were instructions to paste them onto cardboard.

[ghostmarcelle]

cool card

[ALR-bishop]

[QUOTE=docpatlv;860301]Definitely this Clemente item...after a 15 year search, was able to finally pick this up (2 extra HOF'ers to boot).

Mike


Mike---congratulations on this pick up. I think I have a set of these, assuming the final checklist is revised to excise a couple that seem not to exist. I think there should be vote/contest on which figure looks least and most like the person alleged to be depicted.

[docpatlv]

Thanks Al,

Is your set in singles form, panels or a combo of both. I only have the panel and another single, but to be honest, I don't think this is a set I am going to try to complete. My interests are definitely more in the pre-1920 era. But as a Clemente collector, I had wanted this for a long time.

As far as your question about likeness goes. I know they are a little crude, but I think in most cases they resemble who they are supposed to. I think, for example Clemente is spot on and also Kaline, Rose, etc.

A very tough set even with Drent's find in Scranton. Even now with higher (relatively speaking) availability, it will still take a small fortune to complete the set. Congrats on completing it, a very notable achievement in the world of Topps Test collecting. I don't think many people realize how scarce these truly are.

Also, a while ago you had mailed me photocopies of some of the Plaks in your collection, and I just wanted to thank you again.

Mike

[BlueDevil89]

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Robextend

Great pickups David, love that crisp looking Banks RC!!

Ditto! And pretty nice t/b centering considering the issue with those.

Tough choice because I have trouble remembering what I bought last month, let alone all year. This is not my best pick up, but it was my last pick up of the year and a card that I have always wanted, so I will show it:

[bcbgcbrcb]

I believe that the Fox and Ashburn are Philadelphia Bulletin issues from c1949-50. Newspaper cut-outs but a catalogued issue.