60s Original Update Cards

jraytay

Just found these in Mom's closet. As a kid collecting in the early 60s I kept my cards up to date when players were traded to another team or there was a change in their status. I could be a bit upset about this now but they actually made me laugh. Did anybody else ever update their cards before the big companies started to do it for us?

nam812

Frank Robinson's first year in Baltimore was 1966, so are you saying you went back and updated all the Frank Robinson cards you may have had at the time of the team change? Sounds like a full time job if you were doing it league wide.

stevek

You should have done that on the checklists. 😉

In the "played with" condition of those cards, I think the sentimental value is worth a lot more anyway. 😊

mrmopar

I didn't update them, but they were not treated like they were made of porcelain either. Creases, rounded corners, tack holes, tape, cut off borders. I did just about anything I could to destroy then aside from writing on them.

BaltimoreYankee

I like the 'airbrushing' of the hats.
Ken Hubbs was actually killed in a 1964 plane crash so that's a vintage error card as well as an update.

jraytay

@nam812 said:
Frank Robinson's first year in Baltimore was 1966, so are you saying you went back and updated all the Frank Robinson cards you may have had at the time of the team change? Sounds like a full time job if you were doing it league wide.

I was 9 years old and time was on my side back then.

jraytay

@stevek said:
You should have done that on the checklists. 😉

In the "played with" condition of those cards, I think the sentimental value is worth a lot more anyway. 😊

Here's an authentic checklist that was updated regularly.

jraytay

@mrmopar said:
I didn't update them, but they were not treated like they were made of porcelain either. Creases, rounded corners, tack holes, tape, cut off borders. I did just about anything I could to destroy then aside from writing on them.

This is a hard to find example of one of the first players to get a tattoo being shown on a card.

countdouglas

My uncle still has a bunch of his old baseball cards. He was 8 years old in 1960 and a big St. Louis Cardinals fan. He couldn't understand how Topps could have spelled Cardinals catcher Carl Sawatski's last name Yastrzemski. So he scratched out Topps' poor attempt and corrected Carl's card with the proper spelling of Sawatski. If I ever get a chance to take a pic of the beauty, I'll share it, but you can imagine that it looks very similar to the other cards in this thread. Lol

stevek

@jraytay said:

@stevek said:
You should have done that on the checklists. 😉

In the "played with" condition of those cards, I think the sentimental value is worth a lot more anyway. 😊

Here's an authentic checklist that was updated regularly.

Two nice cards on that checklist. Hope ya didn't write on those two. 😉

Also hope you've got the Mickey Mantle little white box filled in on your 3rd series checklist. 😊

Sidepocket1

Those are awesome, that was a simple time in card collecting! I did write the answers to the scratch off questions on the backs of 64 Topps cards. Then in a moment of brilliance I created my own card...

jraytay

@Sidepocket1 said:
Those are awesome, that was a simple time in card collecting! I did write the answers to the scratch off questions on the backs of 64 Topps cards. Then in a moment of brilliance I created my own card...

Ha Ha. That would definitely be the first one to grade AA (Authentic & Altered). Elroy would love it!

Estil

@stevek said:
You should have done that on the checklists. 😉

That's why I like getting the checklists in PSA 7 for these era of sets too! After all, how many would be left that would be unmarked?

threeofsix

Love seeing them….

Thanks for sharing!!!

craig44

thank you for sharing those. While the "technical" condition may be poor, I would say those are priceless pieces of your childhood. I think you should get one graded authentic for posterity!