Only one to go for the complete '69 set is great, although I dont own any yet those cards are very appealing.
Myself, I have almost finished downsizing my collection back to where I am enjoying my cards individually and not grinding out commons for the '52 set- it was alot of fun while it lasted but almost 15K later I wasnt even 50% done so I said forget it..
This comes under the Memorabila rather than the cards, but I thought some might be interested in these snapshots of the NY Giants from 1932 - I'm working on adding some to the collection.
The fellow in the center of the bottom row of the sheet above right is my father and he's also in the small shot in the bottom right corner of the sheet below. Hall of Famers Red Badgro, Mel Hein, Ray Flaherty, and Steve Owen are also pictured.
mcolney1 That Brown is a sweet card. The number on the flip means nothing. It's a great looking card at a good price. I would say it ranks right up there with all the football whales. After all, there is only one rookie of the greatest running back of all time. Nice pick up.
Haven't contributed much to this thread lately. I moved some stagnent stock money around and purchased an original oil by R. Atkinson Fox. He painted all the American Presidents of his time and has works hanging in the Library of Congress. My confidence in the stock market is a bit shaky at the moment. I don't believe his works will sky rocket any time soon, but will hold it's value, unlike alot of stocks today. Anyways, after this purchase I will be eating Romane noodles for the next 6 months and drueling over everyone else's football pick ups. No fears though, I still have all my football sets and plan on jumping back in when ihave 2 nickles to rub together. Here's a pic of the painting. He is a very famous artist and my daughter will have a museum quality piece after I am buried with my football cards.
W.C.Fields "I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
And here is one by the same I would absolutely kill to own, but I don't have any more body parts left to sell. Sorry for derailing this thread, but I miss talking to you guys on this thread. Vintage football is my passion, but the stock market has killed me. I think I lost about 40% of my net worth in 6 months. That's ok, it only took me 35 years to save it up. Crap.
W.C.Fields "I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
Great snap shots. I'm a big fan of Hein, we both went to WSU. He was number 7, but I can't pick him out from your shots. Which one is he?
Picked up a few cards this week. Can't quite get the high grades like you guys, but all three present well. Remodel is done so now I have a little cash to continue my project of getting all HOFers from 1935 to 1963. From 1964 on I have complete raw sets.
Starr is so hard to get centered. A bit of a tilt, but the price was right for a 7
Great centering on the Army great!
Karras was a hero of mine as a kids. He was past his playing days, but on every lousy 70's comedy on tv.
Tony
Collecting Topps, Philadelphia and Kellogg's from 1964-1989
Went to a card show yesterday right around the corner from me Most of the dealers had alot of vintage baseball/football, one dealer had a complete 1948 leaf football set, I almost drooled on it when I was going thru that set..lol
Picked up a few mid grade hof rc's
Mr Mint was at the show so before leaving I had to get a autograph.....lol
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Stautner's got the best jaw in football. I think he was a coach with the Vikings in the 60's??? Was watching NFL films and he was one of the coaches in the background and it was unmistakably him. Nice pick up.
Collecting Topps, Philadelphia and Kellogg's from 1964-1989
<< <i>A quick question for the football buffs, how much value would a complete 71 & 72 topps football set have in average condition NM-MT? Thanks >>
Not too much for the 71 set, but the 72 set 1-351 can go for anywhere between $1200 to $2000 as long as the high series is in NM-MT. With the stars graded could go about $2500.
Collecting Topps, Philadelphia and Kellogg's from 1964-1989
Regarding Mel Hein, here is another picture of him front and center with the ball as Captain of the Giants en route to play the Green Bay Packers for the 1939 Championship -
<< <i>Regarding Mel Hein, here is another picture of him front and center with the ball as Captain of the Giants en route to play the Green Bay Packers for the 1939 Championship -
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That's awesome! Charter member of the HOF.
Collecting Topps, Philadelphia and Kellogg's from 1964-1989
Best Thread EVER! A nice mix of classic football cards and vintage oddball stuff I would probably never see otherwise.
mcolney1 - that Brown is phenomenal regardless what the slab says. The black background looks far more vibrant than many I have seen.
BDB - Dig those Kellogg Peps... and that Gallopin' Ghost doesn't exactly suck.
This comes from 1974, so I guess it qualifies as vintage... it is from the WFL, so the "football" part may be questioned by some.
I have been searching for WFL stuff for over 2 years and this was the first time I ever saw these. I picked up a couple sheets in one shot for very little money compared to most offerings on this thread, but for a defunct football buff, this is pretty cool. The sticker sheet measures a little over 8 x 6 and was from the first WFL season. Many of the teams ended the season with different names/logos or didn't finish the season at all.
<< <i>Best Thread EVER! A nice mix of classic football cards and vintage oddball stuff I would probably never see otherwise.
mcolney1 - that Brown is phenomenal regardless what the slab says. The black background looks far more vibrant than many I have seen.
BDB - Dig those Kellogg Peps... and that Gallopin' Ghost doesn't exactly suck.
This comes from 1974, so I guess it qualifies as vintage... it is from the WFL, so the "football" part may be questioned by some.
I have been searching for WFL stuff for over 2 years and this was the first time I ever saw these. I picked up a couple sheets in one shot for very little money compared to most offerings on this thread, but for a defunct football buff, this is pretty cool. The sticker sheet measures a little over 8 x 6 and was from the first WFL season. Many of the teams ended the season with different names/logos or didn't finish the season at all.
Keep them coming guys!
That's awesome. I loved the WFL. When I was a kid my mom was a huge football fan and Csonka fan so we would watch WFL games. I think we had to tune (that is twist the dial to get the station to come in for you young guys) the dial to find the weak signaled local non-network station to get the games. Took me 30 years to finally figure out their first down marker system...very ingenious. I remember seeing a couple of WFL balls in ebay years ago. I wish I would have picked one up. Tony
Snorto~ >>
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I got this off of wikipedia: Got to love the name DICKEROD!
"The "Dickerod." Instead of using a ten-yard chain strung between two sticks for measuring first down yardage, the WFL used a device called the "Dickerod," obstensibly named for its inventor. This was a single stick, roughly ten feet tall, mounted on a base which allowed it to pivot from side to side. The stick was swung down to ground level when a first down was being set, and a marker that slid along the shaft was fixed in place to line up with the nearest gridiron line (the major yard lines spaced every five yards). When that was set, the stick was swung back to the upright position. When a measurement was needed by the officials, the Dickerod was brought out to the ball position, the shaft swung down to ground level, the marker lined up with the nearest gridiron line, and the measurement was taken. (In all other forms of football today, a similar marker is clipped to the standard ten-yard chain, also lining up with a gridiron line.)"
Personally, I think the wikipedia explanation is wrong. I think the rod was only five yards long, not ten yards long. For example, if the ball is on the two yard line and the first down is the 12 yard line all you need to do is put the down marker on the goal line, lay down the Dickerod and slide the marker up the Dickerod two yards to where the ball is (the marker is similar to the marker on current first down chains). Then move the down marker to the 12 yard line, drop the Dickerod and line up the marker with the 10 yard line, now the first down marker is in the correct spot...not the best explanation, but I think that's how it worked.
Collecting Topps, Philadelphia and Kellogg's from 1964-1989
Well I figured it was time to bring back our Football thread by showing off my newest purchase! ( Very Proud of BTW ) As some of you know I have completely changed my focus as far as collecting goes...
This one is a beauty as far as Im concerned and about $575 cheaper than the 7 that I recently unloaded.
<< <i>that is a great 5 Paul..Congrats! Is there a hairline crease or something? Looks NICE! Will look even nicer in a Black holder. >>
Thanks Ryan, I wil let you know once I receive it. Im inclined to say no though, I had a very nice Glen Christian from my 52 set that was a 3 because of a microscopic crease otherwise it would have been a 5 or 6.
Yes it will look nice in a black holder, Im thinking of crossing a few other "Keepers" as well.
<< <i>Tha Tunnell is a great looking card! Much better than his '52
Very Nice as usual Ryan, I look forward to picking up one very soon. >>
Ditto that BDB, great looking card, should cross nicely.
Slowly but surely picking up a few 48's. There has been a great run of solid cards going for great prices lately. Soooo tough to find these centered so every chance I get to pick a nice one up i grab it.
My son and I just started a raw '57 set. It is my first football set and the first forray into card collecting at all for my son. Here are some cards we picked up over the weekend. He chose the set and the cards the only thing I got to do was pay for it, but it was worth every penny to do a project with my son. Some of you may have seen the scans and read the story from a thread I started Sunday but I thought I would share it again for those who may have missed it.
We still have some work to do with the set and alot to learn about the issue and players but I am looking forward to the time we will spend together.
Ive been watching the Bowman large rc's but there is always a bidding frenzy whenever centered hof rc's come up. For now I've been slowly picking up the small's
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Love the Vintage football - On one of the other threads in these forums someone asked the question - which card that you've sold are you most sorry about? In there was a picture of an 1888 Goodwin Champions of Beecher of Yale - which I never paid much attention to before, but reading up I see is considered the first football card. A few months ago I bought two photos of Yale football teams and realize that this same player, Beecher, is sitting front and center in one of them - and along with him in the picture are two members of the first All American football team, AA Stagg and Charles O. Gill. I'm thinking I've hit the far edge of vintage
Picked up a lot of these a while back on a whim. I planned on putting the set together, but some of the big prize game pieces are about impossible to find.
These are 1966 American Oil All Pro Stamps, about the size of a postage stamp, with uber-realistic helmets drawn on headshot photos. These were game pieces handed out at American Oil gas stations... think McDonald's Monopoly... only without hydrogenated fat.
So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
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This came courtesy of Pink Catfish from these boards
Myself, I have almost finished downsizing my collection back to where I am enjoying my cards individually and not grinding out commons for the '52 set- it was alot of fun while it lasted but almost 15K later I wasnt even 50% done so I said forget it..
The fellow in the center of the bottom row of the sheet above right is my father and he's also in the small shot in the bottom right corner of the sheet below.
Hall of Famers Red Badgro, Mel Hein, Ray Flaherty, and Steve Owen are also pictured.
That Brown is a sweet card. The number on the flip means nothing. It's a great looking card at a good price. I would say it ranks right up there with all the football whales. After all, there is only one rookie of the greatest running back of all time. Nice pick up.
Haven't contributed much to this thread lately. I moved some stagnent stock money around and purchased an original oil by R. Atkinson Fox. He painted all the American Presidents of his time and has works hanging in the Library of Congress. My confidence in the stock market is a bit shaky at the moment. I don't believe his works will sky rocket any time soon, but will hold it's value, unlike alot of stocks today. Anyways, after this purchase I will be eating Romane noodles for the next 6 months and drueling over everyone else's football pick ups. No fears though, I still have all my football sets and plan on jumping back in when ihave 2 nickles to rub together. Here's a pic of the painting. He is a very famous artist and my daughter will have a museum quality piece after I am buried with my football cards.
"I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
"I spent 50% of my money on alcohol, women, and gambling. The other half I wasted.
Great snap shots. I'm a big fan of Hein, we both went to WSU. He was number 7, but I can't pick him out from your shots. Which one is he?
Picked up a few cards this week. Can't quite get the high grades like you guys, but all three present well. Remodel is done so now I have a little cash to continue my project of getting all HOFers from 1935 to 1963. From 1964 on I have complete raw sets.
Starr is so hard to get centered. A bit of a tilt, but the price was right for a 7
Great centering on the Army great!
Karras was a hero of mine as a kids. He was past his playing days, but on every lousy 70's comedy on tv.
Tony
Top Left Sheet
Red Badgro, Jim Bowdoin, Dale Burnett
Chris Cagle, Glenn Campbell, Stu Clancy
Pop Fabian, Tiny Feather, Ray Flaherty
Top Right Sheet
Butch Gibson, Len Grant, Mel Hein
Jack McBride, Potsy Jones, Tex Irvin
Lee Mulleneaux, Hap Moran, Bo Moldenda
Botton Left Sheet
George Munday, Mickey Murtagh, Bill Owen
Steve Owen, Charlie Porter, Bill Ryston
Otto Vokaty, schedule, Hap Moran
got this in today..
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Most of the dealers had alot of vintage baseball/football, one dealer had a complete 1948 leaf football set, I almost drooled on it when I was going thru that set..lol
Picked up a few mid grade hof rc's
Mr Mint was at the show so before leaving I had to get a autograph.....lol
Mark
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Thanks
"Common sense is the best distributed commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it"
<< <i>sweet stuff guys!
got this in today..
Stautner's got the best jaw in football. I think he was a coach with the Vikings in the 60's??? Was watching NFL films and he was one of the coaches in the background and it was unmistakably him. Nice pick up.
<< <i>A quick question for the football buffs, how much value would a complete 71 & 72 topps football set have in average condition NM-MT?
Thanks >>
Not too much for the 71 set, but the 72 set 1-351 can go for anywhere between $1200 to $2000 as long as the high series is in NM-MT. With the stars graded could go about $2500.
<< <i>Regarding Mel Hein, here is another picture of him front and center with the ball as Captain of the Giants en route to play the Green Bay Packers for the 1939 Championship -
That's awesome! Charter member of the HOF.
mcolney1 - that Brown is phenomenal regardless what the slab says. The black background looks far more vibrant than many I have seen.
BDB - Dig those Kellogg Peps... and that Gallopin' Ghost doesn't exactly suck.
This comes from 1974, so I guess it qualifies as vintage... it is from the WFL, so the "football" part may be questioned by some.
I have been searching for WFL stuff for over 2 years and this was the first time I ever saw these. I picked up a couple sheets in one shot for very little money compared to most offerings on this thread, but for a defunct football buff, this is pretty cool. The sticker sheet measures a little over 8 x 6 and was from the first WFL season. Many of the teams ended the season with different names/logos or didn't finish the season at all.
Keep them coming guys!
Snorto~
<< <i>Best Thread EVER! A nice mix of classic football cards and vintage oddball stuff I would probably never see otherwise.
mcolney1 - that Brown is phenomenal regardless what the slab says. The black background looks far more vibrant than many I have seen.
BDB - Dig those Kellogg Peps... and that Gallopin' Ghost doesn't exactly suck.
This comes from 1974, so I guess it qualifies as vintage... it is from the WFL, so the "football" part may be questioned by some.
I have been searching for WFL stuff for over 2 years and this was the first time I ever saw these. I picked up a couple sheets in one shot for very little money compared to most offerings on this thread, but for a defunct football buff, this is pretty cool. The sticker sheet measures a little over 8 x 6 and was from the first WFL season. Many of the teams ended the season with different names/logos or didn't finish the season at all.
Keep them coming guys!
That's awesome. I loved the WFL. When I was a kid my mom was a huge football fan and Csonka fan so we would watch WFL games. I think we had to tune (that is twist the dial to get the station to come in for you young guys) the dial to find the weak signaled local non-network station to get the games. Took me 30 years to finally figure out their first down marker system...very ingenious. I remember seeing a couple of WFL balls in ebay years ago. I wish I would have picked one up. Tony
Snorto~ >>
Gary Davidson was high... but it was the 70's... everyone was.
Snorto~
<< <i>Got to love the trippy orange stripes...
Gary Davidson was high... but it was the 70's... everyone was.
Snorto~ >>
That ball is cool. What a claim to fame to the commissioner of the WFL. I'd love to have one of those balls.
John
HOF SIGNED FOOTBALL RCS
"The "Dickerod." Instead of using a ten-yard chain strung between two sticks for measuring first down yardage, the WFL used a device called the "Dickerod," obstensibly named for its inventor. This was a single stick, roughly ten feet tall, mounted on a base which allowed it to pivot from side to side. The stick was swung down to ground level when a first down was being set, and a marker that slid along the shaft was fixed in place to line up with the nearest gridiron line (the major yard lines spaced every five yards). When that was set, the stick was swung back to the upright position. When a measurement was needed by the officials, the Dickerod was brought out to the ball position, the shaft swung down to ground level, the marker lined up with the nearest gridiron line, and the measurement was taken. (In all other forms of football today, a similar marker is clipped to the standard ten-yard chain, also lining up with a gridiron line.)"
Personally, I think the wikipedia explanation is wrong. I think the rod was only five yards long, not ten yards long. For example, if the ball is on the two yard line and the first down is the 12 yard line all you need to do is put the down marker on the goal line, lay down the Dickerod and slide the marker up the Dickerod two yards to where the ball is (the marker is similar to the marker on current first down chains). Then move the down marker to the 12 yard line, drop the Dickerod and line up the marker with the 10 yard line, now the first down marker is in the correct spot...not the best explanation, but I think that's how it worked.
This one is a beauty as far as Im concerned and about $575 cheaper than the 7 that I recently unloaded.
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Great Gifford Rc!!
Mark
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<< <i>that is a great 5 Paul..Congrats! Is there a hairline crease or something? Looks NICE! Will look even nicer in a Black holder. >>
Thanks Ryan, I wil let you know once I receive it. Im inclined to say no though, I had a very nice Glen Christian from my 52 set that was a 3 because of a microscopic crease otherwise it would have been a 5 or 6.
Yes it will look nice in a black holder, Im thinking of crossing a few other "Keepers" as well.
<< <i>Paul good luck on your new collection I think your gonna be far happier hunting for new additions when you don't think so much about the grades.
Great Gifford Rc!! >>
Thank You Mark! As I PM'ed Ryan, Im ecstatic to be joyfully card hunting again instead of stressfully card hunting!
This Tunnell RC is going to go to SGC for a bump (hopefully) looks like an 8 to me!
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Very Nice as usual Ryan, I look forward to picking up one very soon.
<< <i>Tha Tunnell is a great looking card! Much better than his '52
Very Nice as usual Ryan, I look forward to picking up one very soon. >>
Ditto that BDB, great looking card, should cross nicely.
Slowly but surely picking up a few 48's. There has been a great run of solid cards going for great prices lately. Soooo tough to find these centered so every chance I get to pick a nice one up i grab it.
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John
HOF SIGNED FOOTBALL RCS
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joe
<< <i>Damn Ryan, that is one of the nicest bowmans ive seen. great cards man, congrats!
joe >>
Thanks Joe. I just LOVE the Doak Walker...it is definately a keeper! The eye appeal is just stunning on it.
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Now that you own EVERY Bowman card are Chicles next?
We still have some work to do with the set and alot to learn about the issue and players but I am looking forward to the time we will spend together.
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Thanks for sharing!
<< <i>Thats what Im talking about Ryan! AWESOME looking 5!! That should cross nicely into a black backround holder
Now that you own EVERY Bowman card are Chicles next? >>
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Thanks Paul....it will probably make its way to the dark side soon!
I don't own EVERY Bowman...YET!!!!!! Lord am I trying though.
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I hope to add a centered psa 4 of that card to my set soon.
Today's addition to hof set
Mark
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For now I've been slowly picking up the small's
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Picked up a lot of these a while back on a whim. I planned on putting the set together, but some of the big prize game pieces are about impossible to find.
These are 1966 American Oil All Pro Stamps, about the size of a postage stamp, with uber-realistic helmets drawn on headshot photos. These were game pieces handed out at American Oil gas stations... think McDonald's Monopoly... only without hydrogenated fat.
Keep them coming guys!
Snorto~
Another brick in the wall of my 48 leaf set. Almost to the half way mark, and if I look in my rear view mirror, i see OTW
To add to this thread here is a recent addition to my hof rc set
One of my favorite looking Bowman cards "Crazy Legs"
Mark
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After finishing my 69 set I have just been adding some rookies here and there, toying with starting both the 84 Topps set and 84 Topps USFL sets.