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My 1953 Dixie Lids Complete Set - Scan Heavy

123Slider123Slider Posts: 851 ✭✭
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After getting my last card late last night, I figured I'd post these for all to see.

After the excitement and relief I had with a 24 card set, I can only imagine you guys that have completed the larger vintage sets.

I have a few that need to be graded. I'm really struggling to figure out how to display these for viewing. The tall-boy holders keep them from wrinkling, but are a pain otherwise.

Chad

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The best pitch to start a hitter off with is always strike one.

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  • Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    impossible to complete...good for you !!
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  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭
    Chad very well done! Congratulations image
  • captainthreeputtcaptainthreeputt Posts: 1,235 ✭✭
    Beautiful, and thanks for sharing
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  • Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,557 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Mike
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  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice job completing the set!



    << <i> I'm really struggling to figure out how to display these for viewing. >>



    Displaying online or at home?

    I don't have the space to display all my cards. That said, I display them online using imageevent.com

    It's nice to be able to look at them whenever I like and not have to drag hundreds of cards out of the closet.

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  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,496 ✭✭✭✭
    very nice

    congratulations!

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  • 123Slider123Slider Posts: 851 ✭✭
    Thanks guys for the kind words.

    Rick, I knew it would be tough to complete when I started, but I had no idea how hard it would end up being.

    As for displaying them, I guess I don't really want to keep them out all the time, just to find a better way to keep them instead of the PSA boxes they were shipped in if I ever want to look at them.

    The best pitch to start a hitter off with is always strike one.
  • 123Slider123Slider Posts: 851 ✭✭
    Finally got the last 4 graded and completed the set in the registry. Only waited 3 years to get those graded lol.

    Thanks to Duane for the group sub.

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    Link to the set below.

    My 1953 Dixie Lids

    The best pitch to start a hitter off with is always strike one.
  • FINESTKINDFINESTKIND Posts: 374 ✭✭✭
    Very cool. Congrats.
  • SumoMenkoManSumoMenkoMan Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭
    Congrats! How did the one MK qualifier? It looks like the others

    Nice set and it's awesome you were able to complete it!
  • PiggsPiggs Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭✭
    Excellent job on completing the set. Cool cards/lids. Doug
  • 123Slider123Slider Posts: 851 ✭✭


    << <i>Congrats! How did the one MK qualifier? It looks like the others

    Nice set and it's awesome you were able to complete it! >>



    The 1.5s have paper loss on the back and one has a small blue pen mark on it. I would have been better off to peel more paper and remove it.
    The best pitch to start a hitter off with is always strike one.
  • mrmoparmrmopar Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭✭
    I can only imagine how hard and desirable a set like that would be with a more star studded checklist (No Mays, Mantle, Robinson, Campy, Snider, Musial, Williams, etc). Amazing that only a hand full of HOFers are included. Wonder player selection came to be? Only 2 Dodgers and Yankees in the set (looks like maybe 2 of each team featured).
    I collect Steve Garvey, Dodgers and signed cards. Collector since 1978.
  • psychumppsychump Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭
    Sweet! What did the Preacher Roe grade? I was going to comment on the lack of black players on the "Dixie" lids but then I saw Monte! Very nice set.
    Tallulah Bankhead — 'There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare.'
  • 123Slider123Slider Posts: 851 ✭✭


    << <i>Sweet! What did the Preacher Roe grade? I was going to comment on the lack of black players on the "Dixie" lids but then I saw Monte! Very nice set. >>



    Roe was a 1.5 as well. Had a 4 already had but this one it fits the set better because it's the same size. I probably have 2/3 of what's graded. Good question on how they came up with the players.

    These are so rare because when you got 10, you could send it in for an 8x10. Lots more of the pictures than the lids for that reason.

    I have some duplicates I need to move at some point, but not sure the vest way to do it. I have two other Spahn that grade 5. Put them out for a feeler as a BIN a while back hoping to get a big number, but no luck. No sure how to go about pricing them with no real sales.

    The best pitch to start a hitter off with is always strike one.
  • DialjDialj Posts: 1,636 ✭✭
    Wow!! Congratulations on completing your set! What is your next project?
    "A full mind is an empty bat." Ty Cobb

    Currently collecting 1934 Butterfinger, 1969 Nabisco, 1991 Topps Desert Shield (in PSA 9 or 10), and 1990 Donruss Learning Series (in PSA 10).
  • 123Slider123Slider Posts: 851 ✭✭


    << <i>Wow!! Congratulations on completing your set! What is your next project? >>



    Thanks for the congrats. Wish I had one. I've got a 1953 and 1956 set about 2/3 done and with a lot of stars graded. Probably about 1/2 a 1957 set. I knock off a few here and there but I don't seem to have the itch to get serious about it right now. I'll just live vicariously through folks here as a lurker again for a while.
    The best pitch to start a hitter off with is always strike one.
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations Chad.

    I like the set - have a bunch of movie star lids with the wax paper still attached - they were never used.

    Thanx for sharing.
    Mike
  • 123Slider123Slider Posts: 851 ✭✭
    Thanks Mike. The Shantz still has it and the grade really surprised me when it was only a 5. I would have peeled it if I would have guessed that would be the grade.
    The best pitch to start a hitter off with is always strike one.
  • DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭
    Awesome set!
  • cobbvlajoie1910cobbvlajoie1910 Posts: 5
    Beautiful set -- congrats on wrapping it up.
  • slum22slum22 Posts: 2,594 ✭✭✭✭
    Very cool. Nice job completing the set. Looks great!
    Steve
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,464 ✭✭✭
    Nice job congrats!
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

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