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Old 09-03-2020, 11:09 AM
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Default I just bought my first Ted Williams, and I’m as giddy as a little kid.

It’s funny the things a grown man will get excited about. They’re really not all that different from the things we got excited about as kids, are they?

For the last year, or so, I have satiated my collecting needs with my McFarlane Sportspicks collection. I began buying them in earnest about two and a half years ago, and I got super serious this time last year. I’m up to nearly 130 of them covering baseball and hockey, football and basketball. They’ll go great with the collection I’ll continue building at the beginning of next year. For the rest of 2020, my primary focus will still be my film library.

The silly thing is, it’s not an expensive card. It’s one of the cards from the 1959 Fleer set about the Splendid Splinter. It’s card #12, right before the Sox called him up for good. It’s only in excellent shape, and with shipping, it only cost my about $12.50. I’m going to build the set, so this will be used as my control card. When I do buy a more expensive example, that will be the one I compare it to under the loupe.

But it’s still a Ted Williams card, produced while one of my all-time favorite players was still active. And I’m just as happy as I can be.




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Old 09-03-2020, 11:22 AM
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What took you so long?
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Old 09-03-2020, 12:01 PM
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I just had other things I had to focus on. I’ll hit 1,500 films and documentaries on blu-Ray by the end of October. Before that I had medical bills to pay off.

Life threw me a massive curve ball, and I had to make some pretty big adjustments. Now I’m almost at the point where I can enjoy my hobby again.


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Old 09-03-2020, 12:47 PM
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Really nice card. Enjoy!!
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If you can put together an EX set centered that well it will be a helluva set!
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Couple of articles on set and speculation why Ted Signs card is scarce ( although I have heard it is not as scarce as once thought). I did buy one of the counterfeits to include in my set with the real one.


https://sportscollectorsdigest.com/page/classiccard5

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Old 09-03-2020, 05:37 PM
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Nice card from a awesome set. Good luck on completing it. I am one card away from a ungraded set.
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What a beautiful card, both in composition and color, but most of all in the subject. 1939, Ted Williams playing in the minor leagues. In that card I see the enthusiasm of a young ballplayer; one who will become arguably the greatest hitter ever; a fighter pilot; a fisherman; a man who would be revered, but maybe not always loved, in his soon to be hometown. I see .406, two MVPs, two triple crowns, 19 All-Star selections, but no World Series rings.

But in 1939, he didn't know any of that. None of us did. All we could see is potential. The same potential we saw in Bobby Murcer, Bobby Bonds and Mark Fidrych. And now in Mike Trout and Fernando Tatis, Jr. Some will fulfill their potential, some will fall short. But we always have hope. And fate.
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Those are under-appreciated cards. i got my first one earlier this year. You might also try the 1960, his last active playing card that can be had in PSA 8 for around $200.
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