Scan Dump, Part 1

Between a couple of hotel shows, the TriStar show and some online purchases, I've accumulated a bunch of  'stuff' that covers a wide range of my collecting interests. I have most of it scanned, but little of it posted. This will keep me occupied for a few weeks.

From Net54 came a pair of un-connected lots from the same seller. This one, obviously, was a group of signed vintage cards. Now I'll admit that I'm not much of an autograph guy. But when a grouping of them comes cheap, has cards of Orioles, players I semi-collect, and/or come from sets I have chased, I'm gonna buy it.

I'm going to crank up my '57 chase once I finish off the stuff I'm doing now. But I bought a fair sized starter lot some time back and I add to it if something falls in my lap. Add to that the fact that one way I spice up my vintage sets is sprinkling in a few signed cards, and the Triandos is a natural for me. And as a bonus, it's nicer than the one I would have yanked from my old Orioles team set pages.

Hal 'Skinny' Brown pitched for several clubs but had his best seasons as an Orioles starter from 1956 through 1961. This '64 card is from his last season in the bigs. That's the Polo Grounds behind him, I'm 99% sure of that. I don't plan to collect the '64 set but there are worse ways to spend hobby money, I'll say that.

It's a lousy sig on the Milt Pappas but it's got a spot in my '62 binder.

A few years ago I made a halting start on chasing the 1963 set. Considering how much I was into it as a kid in '63 (it was right in the heart of my collecting days) I'm surprised that it doesn't really inspire me these days. 

I have a couple of Bobby Richardson signatures but this is the first on a real card. I saw so much of him at Yankee Stadium back in the day. If I had a 'favorite' Yankee list, he'd be at or near the top.

Manny Mota just sort of came along for the ride. Too bad he got an airbrushed helmet instead of a pic in that spectacular Expos uni in their first year.

That's the first load from my backlogged scan file. And the last baseball cards to be shown from it. The rest are spies, cars, presidents, actors, and oddities. I know you can't wait.

A Little More of This, a Little More of That....

More 'stuff' chosen at random (more or less) from a box of 'oddball' collectibles I dug out of my closet. First up, some sort of General Mills sticker pair. The two stickers occupy one sheet of backing paper but are not themselves attached. These are bilingual stickers with English and French printing. I don't know the backstory on these but I bet someone else does. EDIT.....they are from 1985 and there were 26 in the checklist. No team logos are seen on them but using the team names was fine apparently.

BTW...Jeff Leonard was known as 'Penitentiary Face'. I tender that nugget without further comment.

Here is a Luis Aparicio card from another 1985 set. It's a TCMA issue. Interestingly the card depicts him from his days as an Oriole but it commemorates his rookie season which of course came in Chicago.

A 1962 Baseball Buck featuring Oriole catcher Gus Triandos. These were a 'test' issue and came one per pack which cost a penny. There are many Hall of Famers in the set. Gus Triandos isn't one of them. They are smaller than actual US currency...about 4 inches across and less than 2 inches tall. My favorite thing about them is the little stadium drawing to the right on the player photo. The only other one I own is the Brooks Robinson. He and Triandos are two of the five Orioles included. The others are Jackie Brandt, Chuck Estrada and Jim Gentile.