Do You Pre-War Guys Like '61 Fleer?

[ls7plus]

Nice card, Bosox Blair! It looks especially good in that SGC holder.

Larry

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by ls7plus

Nice card, Bosox Blair! It looks especially good in that SGC holder.

Larry

Thanks, Larry!

Cheers,
Blair

[David W]

I put both sets together in the late 70's and early 80's while in High School and college from flea markets and card shops. My mother had helped an older woman clean her attic 5 years or so earlier, and there were about 20 61 Fleer cards in that attic. A friend and me split them up and I took Frank Chance with my first pick, he took the Ted Williams.... oh welll.....

I like the sets and still have it in binders.

[Rich Klein]

I was never a big fan of the design of those cards -- but in my 80's dealing days' the cards of the players that were living were strong sellers as many collectors got them autographed.

In addition, the higher series of 61 Fleers (Believed to actually have been issued in 1962) are difficult enough that they were also good sellers for me.

Plus, for kids at that time, those cards were great introduction to baseball history and did feature more than just superstars. Thus overall, there are a lot of positives to that set and to look fown on that set from a 50 year oerspective many not be fair to that set

Regards
Rich

[mintacular]

Thanks for sharing Brian, I think its's a pretty nice set

[Wihawk]

Not a great set but I really like them anyways.
I remember fondly a friend and I going to our little league games in the late 60's, My friend always with a 60 Ruth in his pocket and me with a 61 Cobb. Those poor cards looked like hell after a couple years but made great props in our many arguments over who was the greatest of all time.
I proudly have some cards from those two Fleer sets in my PC.