Last week, I received a padded envelope from David over at Card Boredom. If you're not familiar with his blog, he's a collector who built the 1993 Finest refractor set and is currently working on the iconic 1952 Topps set.
He sent me two custom wax packs. Each pack contained ten cards and a stick of bubble gum just like the good old days. He had given me some clues as to what he sent my way, but obviously I had no idea he was sending me a complete A's team set from my favorite Bowman set of all-time.
I'll stop writing now and let the scans and photos do the talking...
1951 Bowman #120
On April 30th, 1951... Brissie was traded to the Indians as part of three team deal that involved Minnie Minoso going to the White Sox and several players in this team set arriving from Cleveland and Chicago.
I was so excited to get these scans up onto my website and into this blog post that I only had time to scan one card back for all of you to see:
Not exactly the most exciting card backs of all-time. But these were introduced to collectors almost seventy-five years ago, so I think it deserves a free pass.
Pack #1:
1951 Bowman #8
1951 Bowman #9
1951 Bowman #33
1951 Bowman #57
1951 Bowman #82
1951 Bowman #83
1951 Bowman #84
1951 Bowman #114
1951 Bowman #119
That's the first half of the team set. Bowman used color reproductions of actual photos on these cards and paired them perfectly with white borders and the black name box. Definitely not boring. In fact, they truly belong in a baseball museum.
If you look at the wax wrapper carefully, you'll notice that he included one glossy parallel in every other pack. Here's the one I received:
1991 Topps Tiffany #390
You can't tell from the scan, but Canseco indeed has glossy borders to go along with this bubble gum pink card back:
Definitely not boring.
Pack #2:
Here's a closer look at these beautiful Bowmans...
1951 Bowman #120
1951 Bowman #154
1951 Bowman #191
1951 Bowman #226
1951 Bowman #227
1951 Bowman #261
1951 Bowman #262
1951 Bowman #297
1951 Bowman #298
According to TCDB, there are only eighteen cards in the Philadelphia Athletics team set. However David tossed in the Lou Brissie too:
1951 Bowman #155
I was so excited to get these scans up onto my website and into this blog post that I only had time to scan one card back for all of you to see:
Thank you David for this very generous care package and for helping me kick off the week on the highest note possible. It's not every day that I get the opportunity to add a vintage team set to my A's PC.
Happy Cesar Chavez Day and sayonara!
17 comments:
Wow, David doesn't mess around with his custom packs!
For those who may not know, Bobby Schantz will turn 100 years old later this year.
Those Bowman definitely are beautiful I felt like I was at Shribe Park again watching Mr McGillcuddy wave his scorecard to get his team in a better position on defense shame they didn't create a card for him.
Glad you enjoy the cards! I was so busy tracking down Sam Zoldak as a member of the A's that I completely missed Brissie having been traded.
Wow for the 1993 Finest Refractor set, wow for the 1952 Topps set, and wow for the A’s Bowman set! Congrats to the both of you.
That's amazing. Almost as amazing as the number of days off schools get.
Those are really nice! Shantz, not Schantz, of course. Still the Philadelphia A's at that point!
very nice indeed
Sí, se puede! And a very happy Monday to you, too! That was extremely generous of David, and I'm happy to say I was on the receiving end of a very nice gift from him as well that I'll be showing off eventually. The custom packs were a nice touch as well.
Wow, what an amazing package! The photo at the top of the post would make for a great blog header!
That's a hell of a package. I'll never be able to complete the Giants team set of those…
Lou Brissie now that is a baseball card
That is an incredible package and set to own. Well done, David.
And David's build of 1993 Refractors is an amazing feat!
defgav - i was kinda blown away... even with the packaging. i forgot to mention it in the post, but the packs were made out of some kind of wax paper and the gum was a really cool touch.
jeff - thanks for the heads up. looks like he's the second oldest living player behind bill greason
poison75 - wasn't familiar with mr. mcgillcuddy... a's owner... and son of connie mack. it would be cool if they made owner cards. i do have a couple in the collection: ray kroc and jerry jones
cardboredom - thanks again for this awesome package. that brissie trade impacted a few players in this team set.
jeremya1um - i know. both are iconic sets. heck even the 1951 bowman is home of the mays and mantle rookie cards.
night owl - lol. can't speak for all teachers, but i feel like we earn it because we work way more than the standard 40 hours per week
bo - i should have known that. on a subconscious level i did stop and think it didn't look right
johnnys trading spot - a pretty big day for my a's pc
dennis - can't wait to see what he sent you. yeah, the actual packaging was very impressive too.
nachos grande - it totally would. such a gorgeous set. if i did end up making the switch, i'd take them out of the card savers though.
nick vossbrink - yeah... the mays would be a challenge. maybe collect all of the others and buy a reprint mays?
john bateman - each of these cards are a work of art. my favorites are the landscape ones
the lost collector - if you've never checked out his blog, the research he puts into his 1993 finest refractors posts are amazing too.
Wow! Just wow.
Oh wow! What a care package!!!
Great set and what a nice care package. Too much fun.
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