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TNP777
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... that really has no place being there, but you keep it around anyway.
Here's mine. Most here know that I'm a Dodgers fan, and I collect (mostly) vintage Dodgers. I love the Dodgers and 'hate' the Giants. However, this card typifies what I love about 'well-loved' vintage cards. The events described on this 1958 Valmy Thomas actually happened, and some kid took it upon himself to chronicle his story on this card. I found it in a bargain box at the last Anaheim National while poking around for hits to my list. The dealer was surprised when I asked him "how much?" - he ended up throwing it in with the cards I really wanted.
Here's mine. Most here know that I'm a Dodgers fan, and I collect (mostly) vintage Dodgers. I love the Dodgers and 'hate' the Giants. However, this card typifies what I love about 'well-loved' vintage cards. The events described on this 1958 Valmy Thomas actually happened, and some kid took it upon himself to chronicle his story on this card. I found it in a bargain box at the last Anaheim National while poking around for hits to my list. The dealer was surprised when I asked him "how much?" - he ended up throwing it in with the cards I really wanted.
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Valmy Thomas bio
Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's
The reporter noted that he was a 32 year old negro who had "apparently" been shot.
The story about the fight with the ump is a good one. He did not push the ump, he slugged him. Wonder what a player would get for that today
Ironic that as a result of that incident he ended up being traded to the Atlanta Crackers.
First Virgin Islander to play at ML level.
That is a great card
Bowman Baseball -1948-1955
Fleer Baseball-1923, 1959-2007
Al
This is probably my most notable card that is too far damaged to want to keep in my collection, but too significant and personal not to toss away. This was my first jackie Robinson card and I traded for it after a friend brought it home from one of his summer trips to Spokane, WA. we lived in the Seattle area and his family went to Spokane a few times a year to visit family I believe and he always brought back cool new finds from this great card shop he found there. It would have had to have been prior to 1982 and there were not a lot of card shops that a pre-teen had access to then in our area, so for him to travel and bring back new goodies was always a fun part of the summer. Even with a chunk missing, at the time I had to have this Robinson card. I can't remember what he paid for it or what I had to give up, but it had to be mine!
I generally don't like heavily distressed cards in the collection. The exception would have to be something so unique or rare that just having a beater copy is acceptable. If a card is heavily creased or missing a part, I would normally get rid of it (but I have never actually gotten rid of any of them). I have a couple 800 count boxes with all of my vintage "junk" cards that i really don't want, BUT just can't get rid of them.
Then there is this one. I think I paid a buck for it on ebay.
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Thanks for posting the link to his bio.
I'm going to steal this line and use it for myself---"I get a computer, and I get hooked on this computer -- pfft! I get hooked on my fishing line!”