1933 Sport Kings

Davalillo · October 31, 2002 9:15AM

Congratulations to Andy Kaplan for surpassing the "big three" of vintage sportscard collecting once again to take the title of greatest set for 1933 Goudey Sports Kings, in my opinion one of the greatest sets in existence. I am happy to have contributed the winning card to Andy's set.

Andy also has the #1 set for another of the greatest sets of all time--1953 Bowman Color.

What's next Andy-- 52 Topps? Come on--lets get that Mastronet set together.

Davalillo

murcerfan · October 31, 2002 10:14AM

Now that's worth a post. Amazing set. WOW WOW WoW!
Good stuff. Murcerfan caved in on them last year, I especially love those skier cards.
Vic.........I launched a package your way at noon. hope those cert numbers helped you land the #3 spot. I never got the last 3 sorry. Good luck jumping Charlie or Earhart.
Watch out, I got Marshall all wound up on an all psa10 '69 super set last night.
He has been a very busy guy from what I gather, but you are way in front on those for now.
You guys all deserve awards..........or stronger prescriptions.

burrite · October 31, 2002 11:34PM

thanks davalillo, and thanks for the contribution of the eddie burke.

the guy who deserves most of the credit for putting both the '53's and sport kings sets together is jp cohen, who until recently ran memory lane. jp has unfortunately left the business, which is a huge loss to the hobby. where he was able to come up with so many low pop 9's i'll never know...he claimed it was his side occupation as a cat burglar.

on the 52's, i'd be happy to jump right in there with you on the mastro set if you'd be kind enough to take over my mortgage payments for the next several years.

andy

mikeschmidt · October 31, 2002 11:44PM

Andy -- Welcome to the boards and congratulations on so many amazing sets! You're an asset to the hobby -- and please just let me invite you to stay away from the 1955 Bowman baseball set -- I'd be afraid you be able to blow me away with your seemingly easy access to high-grade vintage gems!

Davalillo · November 1, 2002 12:43AM

Andy,

Ha! I know the feeling. Good to see you that you have posted--we need more people who collect the true vintage sets to post--I suspect that 1953 Bowman Black & White may be next for you--good luck, its very tough and you get to go head to head against John Branca for the difficult cards.

Davalillo

zardoz51 · November 1, 2002 12:49AM

Welcome to the boards and please do not be a stranger here.

burrite · November 1, 2002 5:55AM

thank u all for the warm welcome. yep, i am working on the 53 b&w's at the moment...not the most glamorous set, but not a wallet-buster either. i'd love to hear from anyone who's working on the set or has any to sell.

andy

weinhold · June 10, 2010 1:28PM

I recently picked up the card below. I don't collect 1933 Goudey Sport Kings cards. However, the cards do look great. As an Alaskan, I felt I should get one of the Leonhard Seppala Sport Kings cards. The famous and ongoing annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race commemorates Seppala and others' famous serum run to Nome, Alaska.

Griffins · June 10, 2010 11:37PM

<< <i>the guy who deserves most of the credit for putting both the '53's and sport kings sets together is jp cohen, who until recently ran memory lane. jp has unfortunately left the business, which is a huge loss to the hobby. where he was able to come up with so many low pop 9's i'll never know...he claimed it was his side occupation as a cat burglar. >>

In retrospect, that's funny stuff right there.

Publius · June 11, 2010 5:17AM

I wonder why JP had to "leave" the hobby back in 2002?

What a loss that would have been to the hobby, luckily he found his way back to us.....

Great card Keith, they eyes on it are a brilliant blue! Love the Sports king set, its a pipe dream of mine to complete it someday

MBMiller25 · June 11, 2010 9:12PM

Keith, Thats a great card. I have never seen that one, so I appreciate your sharing. 33 Goudey Sport Kings is such a killer looking set that I would one day love to own, but not sure I will ever have the budget for.

Davalillo · June 12, 2010 2:06AM

Andy was a trader/desk analyst at Lehman for a couple of years and although he had stopped collecting I filled him in on hobby developments. i will never forget how surprised he was when i told him what had happened to his favorite dealer.

divecchia · June 13, 2010 4:54AM

Great looking Sport Kings card from a great looking set...

Donato

weinhold · June 13, 2010 3:14PM

Yes, it's funny how I wanted to piggyback the Seppala scan onto some existing thread - and that the most germane one in the forum is eight years old. Maybe I should have originated "The Official Vintage Dog Mushing Thread". Now there's a sustainable theme!

For the beginner minority reading this, the 48-card 1933 Goudey Sport Kings card set is one of the hobby's most special. It is nearly unique for a vintage set in that its card subjects span numerous well-known sports, and many non-mainsteam ones. The set's first six cards are stars from more celebrated sports like baseball, football, and basketball -Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Nat Holman, Red Grange, Ed Wachter, and Jim Thorpe respectively. There are also cards featuring notable players in hockey, billiards, surfing, tennis, bicycling, golf, wrestling, boxing, jockeying, skiing, more. The aforementioned #48 Seppala dog mushing card is the last card in the set.

It looks like there are 30+ PSA Set Registrants actively pursuing the set with fifteen of those sets complete. It would be a pleasure to see some scans posted here as there are very few scans uploaded on the Registry. Thanks to "Threeputts" for having Registry scans of all 48. That's a treat.

Well, I must be in the minority of Alaskans that desired a Leonhard Seppala card and even know what one is. I mean really, I think most Alaskans desire something else...

1933 Sport Kings

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