Cool baseball card ad from 1955. Shows a ton of 1952 Topps.
timc67
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This is a cool picture of a baseball card ad from 1955. Makes you wish we could go back in time and gobble up all those 1952 topps that are lying on the ground. Sorry if someone has posted this here already. I just thought the pic was a slice of pure Americana.
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<< <i>Ok, who will be the first to find the mantle? >>
It's probably buried in there somewhere along with a Willie Mays. Lol
Doug
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<< <i>What an ad! I am sure many can identify quite a few in there, though I see a '54 Ted Williams in the bottom right and a 1952 Look 'N See George Washington in front of his left knee. >>
The 1954 Williams is not the real deal. That card doesn't have a top white border.
<< <i>The 1954 Williams is not the real deal. That card doesn't have a top white border. >>
That's not a white border on the top of the 1954 Topps #1 Ted Williams card. It is his name in white.
And yes it is the real deal.
There's also a 1954 Topps #250 Ted Williams card near the kid's left foot.
<< <i>The 1954 Williams is not the real deal. That card doesn't have a top white border. >>
Incorrect.
edited to add: Ah, I see what Bobby is saying but agree with Maurice. The white on top is Ted's name and you can see slight 'bleeding' of the orange between his first and last name.
<< <i>Incorrect. >>
Uhhhh..no offense, but the card you just showed has no top white border.......it has an orange top border, if it shows anything at all.
This is a real Ted Williams card. The 1954 Topps has white borders on the sides and the bottom but nothing at the top.
Here is a Ted Williams card that is not real. Notice the white borders all around the card.
It is a low resolution image so it may look like a solid white border on some monitors but it is the white printed name.
Look carefully. If you think that's a white border on the top then where is the white printed name? Enough said.
<< <i>Here you go Stown. >>
I'm assuming you missed my edit while searching for those images. Look again, our explanations appear to be the case.
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Shane
<< <i>Folks, the Ted Williams is from the 1954 Sports Illustrated magazine that had the inserts. Those have a top border. I have the Cardinals team set, and just confirmed this. >>
As Maurice said, if you think that's a white border on the top then where is the white printed name? Plus, how do you explain the gap in the "border"?
5. He has rubber bands on two stacks of cards
4. He hasa bat next to the cards
3. He glued the cards in the album
2. He has his pant legs pulled up to his knees
and the #1 thing that pisses me off is he is wearing his cleats in the house.
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<< <i>Folks, the Ted Williams is from the 1954 Sports Illustrated magazine that had the inserts. Those have a top border. I have the Cardinals team set, and just confirmed this. >>
As Maurice said, if you think that's a white border on the top then where is the white printed name? Plus, how do you explain the gap in the "border"? >>
I corrected my post. That was my first thought until I saw the blow up picture.
Shane
<< <i>My first thought was that it was a 1954 Sports Illustrated insert cutout. >>
That was mine as well Frank. Now that I see the enlarged version, I can see that is is not a white border at the top of the card.
even in 1969 at age 8 i had never rubberbanded my cards !! Spoke tires yes..rubberbands no. Kills me seeing that every time!
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>>>The 1954 Williams is not the real deal. That card doesn't have a top white border.
I just assumed you were being sarcastic, Bobby, as 54 Topps should not have a top white border.
But then the thread continues on with everyone assuming Bobby said it DOES have a top white border?
I don't know why but the confusion from this thread is really annoying!
<< The 1954 Williams is not the real deal. That card doesn't have a top white border. >>
maurice said:
>> That's not a white border on the top of the 1954 Topps #1 Ted Williams card. It is his name in white.
Wait a minute... bobby said the card does NOT have a top white border -- WTF?
???
Thanks for clearing it up!
Did anyone notice the football card in the picture?
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Did anyone notice the football card in the picture? >>
I see two from 1952 Bowman......Joe Perry and John Badaczewski.
<< <i>Did anyone notice the football card in the picture? >>
I see 3 football cards in the picture: a 1952 Bowman Large (middle left edge), a 1953 Bowman (close to the left edge, a few cards above the 1952 Bowman Large), and a 1951 Bowman (below the top of the bat).
There's also a few non-sports cards: a 1952 Topps Wings card (between the 1953 Bowman and 1952 Bowman Large football cards), and as was pointed out earlier by maddux69 there is a 1952 Topps Look 'N See card (near the kid's left knee).
<< <i>The one below the bat is 1952 Bowman, Joe Perry. >>
Correct. My mistake. That is a 1952 Bowman Large, not a 1951 Bowman.
<< <i>Top five things that pisses me off about this kid.
5. He has rubber bands on two stacks of cards
4. He hasa bat next to the cards
3. He glued the cards in the album
2. He has his pant legs pulled up to his knees
and the #1 thing that pisses me off is he is wearing his cleats in the house. >>
<< <i>Ok, who will be the first to find the mantle? >>
#6:
He has his left foot (cleat) on top of several cards! (one of which is probably a Mantle!)
Steve
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
<< <i>I think I distinguish waht is most certainly a 1968 Milton Bradley Ryan RC in the far right corner... >>
You wanna play dumb?? I can play dumb and together, we can ruin ANOTHER good thread!! I don't have a Milton Bradley, but I DO have a 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan rookie card BVG 3 currently on Ebay. I listed it for 99 cents! You can get it on Ebay, and YOU TOO can have a card that no one knows how to catalog!!!! ROTLFMAO!!!!
<< <i>I think I distinguish waht is most certainly a 1968 Milton Bradley Ryan RC in the far right corner... >>
This gets my vote for Post of the Year.
<< <i>This gets my vote for Post of the Year. >>
We can all play stupid and make it better!
Anyway, like I said...I don't own a Milton Bradley, but I do have the Topps version. Here is the scan...
<< <i>Tim you slay me. it's like pouring more flammables on flammables >>
He aint getting me...Im getting him! A picture is worth 1,000 words!
I see a white border on top.
I think it was Shane who says it may be a '54 SI insert cutout?
I just looked at my 54SI and there's no Williams - and just in case there were variations to the mags, I checked the catalog and there's no Williams on the list. In fact, there's no 54T in the SI with a portrait in "that" particular angle.
So, if that's a Williams fake? This must be a really neat photoshop job?
I often fantasize about building my time machine big enough for 5 cases of card saver 1's...