What Possessed People to Write on Cards?

HighChopper · August 12, 2008 3:31AM

billwaltonsbeard · August 12, 2008 3:34AM

The question is why didnt they tack it up on their wall and put a pinhole in it?

lawnmowerman · August 12, 2008 3:45AM

I'm pretty sure it was her

larryallen73 · August 12, 2008 4:11AM

I know I crossed off a lot of checklist cards in the 70's.

storm888 · August 12, 2008 4:17AM

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leathtech · August 12, 2008 4:21AM

when I was a kid I autographed alot of 1987 topps cards

Aknot · August 12, 2008 4:26AM

Cause it was theirs to do as they pleased? I use to put mine on my bike to make the cool tatatatatatat sound.

MeteoriteGuy · August 12, 2008 4:34AM

<< when I was a kid I autographed alot of 1987 topps cards >>

I did worse then that around 1986-1987. My brother had went to a Royals game and hit a team signed ball into the crowd, and of course my brother got it. (He is always winning something). I don't remember how I ended up with it, but I decided I would fix all the signatures. Most of them were scuffed from the ball being hit and bouncing around the stands a little.

Don' t remember what happened to the ball now...but I kind of wish I had it.

Mark

BobaFett72 · August 12, 2008 4:49AM

very common practice. esp. if you had siblings. put YOUR name on the card

alnavman · August 12, 2008 5:06AM

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When I was a kid collecting these cards and a player got traded we used to take a card of the team he was traded to, cut out the name and past it on the players card. We also did it on 1965 cards with the team pennants also. Hey we were kids back then

Tvac897 · August 12, 2008 5:19AM

<< I'm pretty sure it was her

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HAHA

fkw · August 12, 2008 5:25AM

That 1966 card when issued was worthless. Just fun for a kid to collect, play with, rubber band by team, cut up, doodle on, tape or pin up on the wall, then destroy in his bike spokes.

Thats why it has some value now...... it WASN'T originally purchased as an investment and hoarded in large amounts in pristine condition like cards of the last 25 years. This is the main reason modern cards will NEVER hold value in the future.

lsutigers1973 · August 12, 2008 6:00AM

Not to get too far off this topic, but I was out of town for a week about 3 years ago. My son couldn't find any baseballs to hit in the backyard. He got one off the shelf in the living room. It was a Johnny Bench auto ball with a Steiner COA.

bigred1 · August 12, 2008 6:33AM

In the 70s, when young, used to change team name for trades and sometimes update stats on back, needless to say, do not have any of those left.

MantleMarisFordBerra · August 12, 2008 6:45AM

HighChopper, is that your card? If so send me a PM if you'd like to part with it for a fair price.

AragornTheBold · August 12, 2008 6:48AM

<< Not to get too far off this topic, but I was out of town for a week about 3 years ago. My son couldn't find any baseballs to hit in the backyard. He got one off the shelf in the living room. It was a Johnny Bench auto ball with a Steiner COA. >>

Reminds me of the movie The Sandlot but I'm pretty sure your son didn't replace it with a Babe Ruth autograph did he? Thats hollywood for ya

lsutigers1973 · August 12, 2008 7:00AM

Didn't replace it with a Ruth ball but the Bench ball was sitting right next to a Mays ball. I would not have been happy if he had grabbed that one. The Bench I could actually laugh off. Got it as part of a HOF'ers lot on eBay.

zep33 · August 12, 2008 7:10AM

I had 6 or 7 Ted Williams signed balls from when I went to his camp in 79 and 80. Sold 1 or 2, gave one to my dad and we used the rest of them when we ran out of balls in the neighborhood. 1 still survives

1989FleerBillRipkencollector · August 12, 2008 7:20AM

<< when I was a kid I autographed alot of 1987 topps cards >>

LOL I auto'd a 1987 Topps card too !! Junior Ortiz of all people. Gave it to my Dad. He still thinks it's real, I assume.

HobbyKings · August 12, 2008 7:26AM

Kind of like a dog marking his spot!

HK

Bigstep · August 12, 2008 8:09AM

I cut out some of the pictures of a 1953 Yankee/Dodger World Series program because I didn't have those cards in my Yankee set. Hey it's not my fault Topps didn't make a card of those players. I still have that program and every time I come accross it I open it and kick myself all over again.

TNP777 · August 13, 2008 5:08AM

So those of us that collect crappy condition vintage can obtain wonderful cards like this:

hotmush · August 13, 2008 7:12AM

My uncle used to listen to baseball games on the radio and have the cards in front of him so he could look up stats. He would circle stats and correct stats and add new stats (and average out a player's age) right on the backs of the cards. He said it was great back then. He was the most knolwedgable kid on his block.
Looking back, of course, he kicks himself. But what's better sometimes? A great memory or a few extra bucks?

RipublicaninMass · August 13, 2008 7:13AM

many t3's with ad backs have the card # in pencil on the back

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