Auto info help - Verion (Rube) Walker

[mr2686]

Thanks Matt. Yeah, I figured that out just a little while ago. I had gone out to the web to determine all the Cubs coaches from 1969 and it had
Verlon spelled wrong. Funny thing is, I couldn't find Charley Smith either (that's how it's spelled on Baseball-Reference.com) but then found a few autos and topps cards under the Charlie spelling. What's a poor collector to do? I'm actually getting pretty lucky with this project since I'm trying to find as many players on Cubs baseball cards as possible and there are quite a few, and was happy to find that coach Joe Amalfitano, although not having a 69 coaches card, did play for the Cubs a few years prior so I just picked up a nice signed 1964...so at least one thing went right today.

[mschwade]

Nice! Congrats on the pickup! What's the project?

[mr2686]

I'm calling it The Great Collapse...the 1969 Cubs. It originally was going to be all of the starting players on Topps cards and I was going to mat them around my Ron Santo signed 8x10 of the black cat walking past him and the dugout, but I just couldn't leave it at that and now will do something similiar only with all the players on the roster, and I'm also including about 4 baseballs as well. Thought this would be a fairly cheap project, but between Walker and Randy Bobb, the price got jacked up a little. Still not a bad project and one of the few where you can still have several cards signed through the mail if needed.

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by mr2686

I'm calling it The Great Collapse...the 1969 Cubs. It originally was going to be all of the starting players on Topps cards and I was going to mat them around my Ron Santo signed 8x10 of the black cat walking past him and the dugout, but I just couldn't leave it at that and now will do something similiar only with all the players on the roster, and I'm also including about 4 baseballs as well. Thought this would be a fairly cheap project, but between Walker and Randy Bobb, the price got jacked up a little. Still not a bad project and one of the few where you can still have several cards signed through the mail if needed.

I need to come up with catchy names for my projects!