Every quarter a small sports card show is held near where I live. It costs $2 and the parking is free. When I say small, I mean small, about 10 dealers. And it's pretty much the same dealers every time. But since card shows around here a few and far between, I usually go. I found a lot to buy at the show last weekend. I'll probably get at least two more posts out of it.
I always wear a Phillies cap to the show and a couple of the dealers recognize me. I had just paid one guy for a handful of 1960 and 1950's Phillies cards when he pulled out these 1964 Topps Giants cards and asked if I was interested. 1964 cards featuring Johnny Callison and Tony Gonzalez? Of course I was interested. He offered them at $2.50 each and I bought them. There is only one other Phillie in this set, Jim Bunning.
Topps Giant is a postcard sized card with a player photograph on the front and a newspaper like headline (with a b/w photo) on the back. According to Beckett.com, the cards came in 3-card wax packs with gum. The two I got are in pretty good shape, clean with sharp corners. They are a bit discolored as you might expect a 50-year-old piece of printed cardboard to be.
Pretty good photo of Tony on the back, making a basket catch.
Another nice action shot on the back. It's not clear what's happening here, but it sure doesn't look like his game winning home run from the All-Star Game.
I've toyed with working on a Callison collection. I think I have most of the sixties cards but still not his 1959 rookie. Could that be Ernie Banks in that picture tagging first?
ReplyDeleteI have started calling these cards 1964 Topps Jumbo. When I look up 1964 Topps Giants, I get back all these Willie Mays Cards. I have thought about building this set. They look Great, the set is reasonably sized and the cards are typically priced well.
ReplyDeleteI guess that could be Ernie Banks. He's got a Cubs cap and the second number on his back is a 4. If it is, the photo isn't even from the All-Star game in 1964. Mr. Cub wasn't there.
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