Topps missed the boat

celesterussell

Of course, just fun, speculation.

Think of opportunities topps had to make the following cards.

and how popular they would have been

1968 red sox team card

1968 yankees team card

1972 Topps traded Lyle

1969 maris

1969 ellie howard

perhaps combo card of above two w.s friends

think of some others

does anybody have that link wherwe they show cards that "might have been" e.g. 67 koufax, etc.

F1ferrari

Personally, I would have liked the 1977 Reggie Jackson to have had him in an Oriole uniform, but that's just me....

frankhardy

1983 Topps Traded Mattingly

1984 Topps Traded Clemens

1955 Topps Mantle

1952, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, and 58 Stan Musial

OnlyThe10s

And all the Musial's prior to the 48 Bow.

Rogermnj

87 Topps Traded Gregg Jefferies

82 topps traded ryne sandberg

1993 topps traded alex rodriguez

VitoCo1972

topps did this awhile back. check out Cards That Never Were on their site

Etopps cards that never were

digicat

1982 Topps Traded Ryne Sandberg (an opening day starter for the Cubs in 1982)
1982 Topps Traded Wade Boggs (Boggs was batting .351 as a rookie at the All-Star break)

Treetop

1972 Topps Nolan Ryan Traded. Topps made the Fregosi, but not the Ryan

ajw

1985 Topps Olympic Will Clark and Barry Larkin. (They were too young, so Topps wasn't able to...but still...)

celesterussell

yeah a 1957 musial would be great...

also a

1972 and 1973 staub. had a friend who favorite player was staub, he was just aquired by the mets in 72, kept waiting for his 1972 card but it never came.....

His 1972 topps traded would have been great also.

dude

Could you imagine a '67 Topps Mets Rookie Stars featuring Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan?

perkdog

1952,1953 Ted Williams
1953 Duke Snider
1954 Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella, Mickey Mantle
1955 Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella, Mickey Mantle

yankeeno7

53 Bowman Satchell Paige
53 Bowman Willie Mays
53 Bowman Jackie Robinson
56 Topps Stan Musial
54 Bowman Ernie Banks
54 Bowman Al Kaline
55 Bowman Harmon Killebrew
55 Bowman Jackie Robinson
1952 Bowman Whitey Ford
1950 Bowman Stan Musial

crbatt

I agree with the 1983 Topps Traded Mattingly.

CDsNuts

1915 Topps Babe Ruth
1906 Topps Ty Cobb
1 AD Topps Jesus Christ

zep33

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1 AD Topps Jesus Christ >>



autographed

BigDaddyBowman

I really, really, REALLY would have loved to have seen a 1955 Bowman Otto Graham. That would have been a fantastic card IMO. Graham had retired, but decided to comeback after Paul Brown "begged" him to return for one final season. He came back to the team after training camp ended, so Bowman must have printed prior to him coming back to the team. He came back and led the Browns to the 1955 NFL championship...his 10th championship game in 10 years.

bigfische

<< <i>1915 Topps Babe Ruth
1906 Topps Ty Cobb
1 AD Topps Jesus Christ >>



lol

Elemenopeo

<< <i>1 AD Topps Jesus Christ >>



Oooh. The Holy Relic inserts that might have been. Better keep the folks at Topps away from the Shroud of Turin.

perkdog

<< <i>I really, really, REALLY would have loved to have seen a 1955 Bowman Otto Graham. That would have been a fantastic card IMO. Graham had retired, but decided to comeback after Paul Brown "begged" him to return for one final season. He came back to the team after training camp ended, so Bowman must have printed prior to him coming back to the team. He came back and led the Browns to the 1955 NFL championship...his 10th championship game in 10 years. >>



Ryan how about a 1952 Bowman Marion Motley? I believe he was serving the armed forces that year? I would have LOVED to see that design!


Two other cards that leave me heartbroken that were never produced were 1953 Bowman Color Willie Mays and Jackie Robinson as well..

TJMAC

I like the 1983 Topps Mattingly, but I don't think he had a mustache back then. So, it must have been a later picture.

BigDaddyBowman

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<< <i>I really, really, REALLY would have loved to have seen a 1955 Bowman Otto Graham. That would have been a fantastic card IMO. Graham had retired, but decided to comeback after Paul Brown "begged" him to return for one final season. He came back to the team after training camp ended, so Bowman must have printed prior to him coming back to the team. He came back and led the Browns to the 1955 NFL championship...his 10th championship game in 10 years. >>



Ryan how about a 1952 Bowman Marion Motley? I believe he was serving the armed forces that year? I would have LOVED to see that design!


AHH a 52 Bowman Motley! A 52 LARGE wouldn't have been large enough for Motley!

GOOD CALL PERK GOOD CALL!

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BigDaddyBowman

How about a 53 or 54 Bowman Tom Landry

perkdog

<< <i>How about a 53 or 54 Bowman Tom Landry >>




I would have to agree!

bxb

1967 Koufax! (and not a leader card, but his own card, with complete career stats, like the '69 Mantle).

gemint

I would have liked to see a 1980 Topps WS subset. Being a Pirate fan, I was waiting in anticipation for the 1980 set to be issued knowing that my team would be featured after having won the '79 series. To my disappointment, they didn't issue a WS subset.

I would have liked to see a 1977 Hank Aaron.

11235813

<< <i>Personally, I would have liked the 1977 Reggie Jackson to have had him in an Oriole uniform, but that's just me.... >>



Actually, a proof does exist of Reggie in an Orioles uniform. I've never seen a copy of the actually card, but there is a photo of it in the Beckett Price Guide.

Proably would fetch six figures at auction if it ever was put up for sale....

frankhardy

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Proably would fetch six figures at auction if it ever was put up for sale.... >>




Really? Wow!

CON40

Here's a few I've done for fun... many of these have actually been printed. Enjoy!

frankhardy

Awesome, Con40. I haven't seen you around in a while.

CON40

Here are a few more...

perkdog

Awesome stuff Con40! Thank You for sharing.

DavidPuddy

Those are Crazy nice. That Munson is awesome.

AUPT

Here's my Reggie 1977 custom-creation from the original proof card image

SDSportsFan

Wow, you've been busy Keith!

Great cards; I particular love all those Splinters...especially the '57 with Mickey, and the '59 All Star


Steve

AlmostPerfect

i LOVE THE 1960 TED WILLIAMS!

rose14com

Hey Dude, you mean Ryan/Seaver card like this: Ryan / Seaver Topps card

Hey Keith, those are outstanding cards. I checked the 67 Ryan on Topps site but I like yours better.