Favorite odd ball set?

ralstonpurina

Wondering what odd ball stuff some of you guys are into? I've always liked smaller sets. Of course, I'm partial to 1984 Ralston Purina's, but have developed a kindness towards 1992 McDonalds Baseball's Best. Nice checklist, black bolders, and gold leaf name plates and upper trim. With the new special, I may send off some to go after the set

tennesseebanker

73 Kelloggs Baseball

ToppsCo1lector

I'm partial to older(86-88) Sportflics. Just unique.

poppie

1933 Goudy Indian Gum !

lostdart58

I started collecting the oddball 1949 Eureka sportstamps about 4 months ago in raw form. There is no more then one or two items per month on Ebay.
I did just pick up but have not received a COMPLETE SET, but this set is stamped in the book.

I have about 60% of the set in unstamped condition, including a couple of uncut sheets.

Eventually I will put together a graded set as i have many NM-MINT examples.

Check out what should be considered the ultimate set. John Woody's 49 Eureka Set. Kudos to John Woody for putting in pictures and descriptions.

Set contains only National League players, including early cards (stamps) of Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and Stan Musial.

xbaggypants

1968 Topps Football Test Teams

MajorDanby

I like regional issues....spic and span, kahns, johnston cookies...

QUITCRAB

I like the 1968 topps action sticker panels-the 1964 topps giants are great too.........Scott

Brian48

I really like the regional food issues. The 1990 Score McDonalds is obviously a white whale, but I've only got the Clemens card (albeit three of them).

Lately, I've sort of developed a passion for the 1991 Topps design. There by, my current favorite is the 1991 Cracker Jack Dealer's promo. It's small, relatively affordable, and legitimately scarce.



Click here for a blow-up of the Clemens/Molitor/Santiago/Viola one.

pandrews

for a newer set, i like the Helmar cards..

rose14com

For affordable sets, I really like the 69 topps decals, 71 greatest moments, and the 63 peel offs.
For off the radar, let me hire a divorce attorney if I try to buy one set, I love the 67 Topps Stand Ups.

GlynRParson

1967 Topps Standups
1973 Topps Comics
1969 Topps Supers
1951 Topps Connie Mack All Stars

I also love the 1961 Topps Dice Game but mainly 'cause you never see them they arent the most attractive cards but are TOUGH

fiveniner

All the early Fleer sets from 59 to 63 which I once owned and sold.What a mistake that was.I am going to buy them back some day I hope.

alnavman

1961 Golden Press.

bobsbbcards

<< <i>1967 Topps Standups
1973 Topps Comics
1969 Topps Supers
1951 Topps Connie Mack All Stars

I also love the 1961 Topps Dice Game but mainly 'cause you never see them they arent the most attractive cards but are TOUGH >>



Nice list! Here are my current favorites:

1980 Topps Pepsi
1970 Topps Cloth Stickers
1990 Donruss Aqueous Test
1961 Topps Dice Game
1975 Topps Photographers

Allen

isn't 1980 Topps Pepsi limted to like 2-3 cards produced of each? I know Toppsvault sold a few proofs for crazy money and there is a thread about it but I am too lazy to look.

eyebone

Not sure they can be considered cards, but I really like 1973-74 Mac's Milk discs and 1971-72 Kellogg's Iron On Transfers. 1970-71 OPC stickers are neat too with their colourful backgrounds.

Eyebone

baseballfanatic

1951 Connie Mack All Stars
1959 Home Run Derby
1958 Hires Rootbeer (w/tabs)
1973 Topps Pin-ups
any Spic and Span
any Johnston Cookies

rose14com

Hey Bob, could you enlighten me on the 1975 Topps Photographers? It's not on the obc.com site. I've never heard of it. You know I'm a sucker for a picture.

bobsbbcards

<< <i>isn't 1980 Topps Pepsi limited to like 2-3 cards produced of each? I know Toppsvault sold a few proofs for crazy money and there is a thread about it but I am too lazy to look. >>


Yes. Supposedly, there were three of each player produced (not proofs but finished cards) except for Guidry where there's only one. The other two Guidry's were destroyed. Topps Vault has sold lots of the proofs in various stages of completion (single color, two color, and all colors except black). They've also sold a few of the finished cards for crazy money as you say.

Kev,

The 1975 Topps Photographers set is extremely odd. It's not baseball players who are pictured. Topps turned the cameras around on the folks who actually take the baseball player pictures. The set was listed in the annual gigantic Beckett a few years back with an incomplete checklist. I was able to pick up a checklist card, so I know that the set is complete at 134 cards (+ the checklist). Here are a few samples:



Backs show card number, height, weight, biographical information on the photographer, and a quote by the subject. Cards were produced for Topps by Mike Mandel.

Griffins

I think photographers are greatly underappreciated, and more sets should be issued of them. Especially advertising photographers.

My favorite oddball sets are:
'16 Tango Eggs
'39-41 Team issued sets of the Reds, Cards, and Browns
'58 Bell Brand
'58 Hires Test cards
'67 Test disks
'71 Greatest Moments
'73 '53 Reprints

bobsbbcards

<< <i>I think photographers are greatly underappreciated, and more sets should be issued of them. Especially advertising photographers. >>


Anthony,
Would advertising photographers look more athletic than Gramma does in the middle picture?
Bob

Griffins

Absolutely! At least the west coast guys- a lot of Chicago photographers look just like The Bears guys on SNL.
Imogene Cunningham was a big pot smoker til the day she died, she was really funny.

TFC

Baseball Test issues

1974 Deckle Edge
1969 Supers
1964 Standup

TheCARDKid

1968 Topps Test basketball.

rose14com

Thanks for the pics on the 75 photographers Bob. I'd never even heard of that.

bishop

Bob

Can you please give a recap of the rules associated with the 61 Dice Game ?

bobsbbcards

<< <i>Can you please give a recap of the rules associated with the 61 Dice Game ? >>


No.

mikeschmidt

Bob - You always have the kookiest and coolest things. A Topps photographer set? How awesome is that?


My favorite oddball set is Felin's Franks. Don't have any [yet] - but looking to add!

gregm13

Personally, I love the football card sets that were issued in the UK including 1987 Topps UK, 1988 Monty Gum, 1989 Topps UK, 1989 Panini UK, 1990 Panini UK, Question of Sport, 1989 TV-4NFL. I have at least one of each for my Dan Marino master set.

Regards,

Greg M.

fsjeter

I'm partial to some of the recent and more obscure Post Cereal issues.

Scott

digicat

I've always liked the 1990 Post set. Seeing those cards takes me back to when I was a kid, trading with the other baseball card geeks during the lunch break.

Solar77

I love the late 80s Mother's Cookies issues for the As and Giants. Nice photography and a clean design on quality glossy stock.

GeneralJim

Wow some great sets listed . Some of my favorites are 1988 Fournier Estrellas basketball stickers (when and if you can find any ) , 1985 Prism Jewel stickers , 68-69 Jack in the box San diego Rockets , any pro set test issues , and most any rare and obscure sets that can`t be found easily. Part of the thrill for me is just trying to find these issues . I am always on the look out for any of them . Jim

tkd7

1960s Post Cereal Cards

bishop

Either Scream Queens I or Scream Queens II...not sure

FYS

1978 Burger King Tigers.

MooseDog

Wow I had no idea Imogene Cunningham worked for Topps. Can anyone verify if this is true, and if so, any examples of her work on cards? She's one of my favorite "art" photographers.