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Woody Gelman

pmcollectourpmcollectour Posts: 1,211 ✭
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Is this the guy who I've heard classic card stories about ?

I've heard from guys over 55+ years of age that they used to buy "bricks" of rookie cards, sets, and singles off of this guy.

Is this the guy from the east coast who provided the hobby with massive volumes of cards, or was it someone else ?

If it was, does anyone have, or know of any stories ? Would love to hear.

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  • mcadamsmcadams Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭
    When your buddy told you he bought a few "bricks", I don't think he was talking about baseball cards.
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  • judgebuckjudgebuck Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭
    Don't know about his selling bricks of cards, but I believe he had a publication from which he sold cards by mail order. His business was called the Card Collectors Company. Some on this board can shed more light on this. I still have a 1963 printout from him, and I think this has been the subject of another thread.

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  • GriffinsGriffins Posts: 6,076 ✭✭✭
    I thought Card Collectors was his son Richard's company.

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  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭


    << <i>When your buddy told you he bought a few "bricks", I don't think he was talking about baseball cards. >>



    that sure made a hell of a lot of sense - nice work
  • judgebuckjudgebuck Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭
    My mistake. I believe Card Collectors Company was his son Richard's business.

    Always looking for Mantle cards such as Stahl Meyer, 1954 Dan Dee, 1959 Bazooka, 1960 Post, 1952 Star Cal Decal, 1952 Tip Top Bread Labels, 1953-54 Briggs Meat, and other Topps, Bowman, and oddball Mantles.

  • FootballCrazyFootballCrazy Posts: 88
    Speaking of bricks of rookies, I remember hearing that bricks of Ken Griffey Jr rookies were going out the back door at Upper Deck at the height of the craze. A few years later I was standing in the PSA submission line at Ft. Washington and the guy in front of me was submitting 500+ 1989 UD Ken Griffey Jr. rookies and all I could think was WOW!!
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Woody Gelman is the guy who did many of the drawings for Topps.

    Notably the 53 baseball set, mars attacks and wacky paks.

    He also was a comic book illustrator.


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  • AUPTAUPT Posts: 806 ✭✭✭

    Steve, you're mixing Woody Gelman up with artist Norm Saunders. Gelman was art director at Topps, Saunders was one of the commercial artists he hired to do card paintings.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Bob you are right, he was the director, not the artist.

    I was going from memory, which at my age isn't the best.


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  • pmcollectourpmcollectour Posts: 1,211 ✭
    Thanks guys, but I still believe Gelman is the name of the guy who you could buy bricks of Namath, Unitas, Seaver, Ryan, and every
    other rookie from 1955-1975 back in the day, along with vending cases of all four sports.
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    I thought he was the producer of the Live show with Regis and Kelly


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  • fur72fur72 Posts: 2,348 ✭✭
    I think he was mentioned in the book "Mint Condition" but don't have it at my finger tips.
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