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In 2012, a crazy idea popped into the collective head of a dad and a son - hey, let's start collecting baseball cards again. In 2013, they decided to do another crazy thing...let's collect all the Topps years from 1952 to present day. Since that time there have been a couple more crazy ideas, but the journey is just beginning...this website is about that journey, which, at this point, you have most likely played a part.
2022 update. It's been 10 years since that inception of collecting baseball cards took hold, and what a crazy ride it has been. Still going strong as the first big goal keeps getting closer every day...will that '52 Mantle ever become a reality...you never know.
June 2022. Message from Trip. As the need to focus on the expanding business, and my desire to spend as much time with my kids as possible, I have made the decision to wind-down my side of the collection. The website will focus on my dad's want list, so any return fire should be directed at those lists. Over the next couple months, I will be hitting every OBCer's WL as best as I can. If you see anything on the odd-ball lists that you want, let me know, if I haven't hit your WL, I'll get it out to you! It's been a great ride, but now I can help others achieve their collecting goals!
If WL's are displayed below, those are my father's collections wants, and we'll still take those!
Thanks, OBC!
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BASEBALL Card Want List
1933 Goudey: 1-12, 14, 15, 18-20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 36-38, 40, 42, 44-46, 48, 49, 51-54, 56-62, 66, 68-75, 77, 79, 80, 82-84, 86-99, 101-112, 115-117, 119-123, 125, 127-131, 133-139, 141, 142, 144-155, 157, 158, 160, 161, 163-166, 168, 169, 172, 174, 175, 176, 177, 180-182, 184-194, 196-211, 213-234, 236-240
1934 Goudey: All (except #16, 28, 38, 47, 48, 58, 59, 69)
1948-49 Leaf: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 14, 19, 20, 30, 32-39, 42-45, 48, 51-55, 62, 63, 66, 68, 70, 75, 76, 78, 79, 81, 83, 85, 88-94, 96-102A, 103, 104, 108, 113-127, 129-136 (short sleeve), 137, 138, 142-158, 160-168
1949 Bowman: 3-10, 12-14, 16, 18-27, 29, 32, 33, 35-39, 41-50, 52-62, 64-81, 83B, 84-87, 88B, 89-114, 116, 118-120, 122, 124-129, 131-134, 136, 137, 139-169, 171-175, 177-180, 182-195, 197-201, 203-207, 221-252
1950 Bowman: 1, 2, 3-16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26-35, 37-44, 46-49, 51-54, 57-59, 61-63, 64, 65-72, 73, 75, 77, 79-81, 84, 85, 89, 90, 93-96, 98, 101-105, 107, 109-112, 114, 115, 117, 119, 121, 125, 126, 129, 130, 132, 134, 136-140, 143, 147, 148, 150, 151, 153, 155, 163, 165, 167, 174, 177, 179, 184, 187, 194, 196, 197, 198, 200, 201, 203-207, 210, 211, 213, 215, 216, 217, 220, 222, 223, 225, 227-230, 232-234, 236, 240-243, 246, 248-249, 251, 252
1951 Bowman: 1-7, 9, 11, 14-17, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 30-32, 43, 48, 52, 53, 55, 58, 60, 62, 64, 67, 69, 70, 73-76, 78-83, 88, 90, 93, 101, 102, 104, 106, 107, 109, 111, 112, 115, 117, 119, 121-123, 125, 126, 129, 131, 132, 135, 139, 140-143, 148, 149, 151, 154, 155, 162, 165, 169, 172, 174, 175, 177, 179, 181-186, 188-195, 197, 198, 199, 201, 204, 207, 211-216, 218, 221, 224, 228, 229, 232, 234, 235, 238, 241, 245, 246, 251, 253-260, 263-275, 277, 278, 280-306, 310-315, 317-324
1951 Topps Red Backs: ALL (except #s 19, 28, 29, 44, 49, 28)
1952 Bowman: 1,2, 4, 5, 7-9, 11, 13, 14-16, 18-21, 25-27, 29, 31, 33, 36, 38, 40-44, 46-50, 54-65, 70, 73, 74, 76, 80, 81, 85-, 89, 90, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99-104, 106, 107, 113-121, 123, 124, 126-128, 130, 133-135, 138, 139, 141-148, 151-153, 155-157, 159, 160, 162, 164, 165, 167-175, 180-187, 189-196, 198-200, 202, 204, 205, 207-211, 213, 215, 217, 218, 221, 222, 227, 228, 230-232, 234, 238-247, 249-252
1952 Red Man: ALL (except AL#4, NL#10, need updating?) HAVE Maglie, Rogovin, & Torgeson; AL7, NL8, NL22 (Spahn), NL26
1952 Topps: Black Backs: COMPLETE; Red Backs: 42 (some upgrades need to VG)
HIGH NUMBERS: 311, 312, 392,
1953 Bowman B&W: 1, 5, 9, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26-29, 31, 33, 34, 36-40, 43-47, 49, 51-56, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58-64
1953 Bowman Color (2nd set, ungraded): 3, 4, 6, 13, 20, 22, 54, 72, 74, 147
1953 Red Man: AL #s 1-6, 9, 10, 12, 14-26; NL #s 1-6, 9-11, 13-17, 19-22, 24, 25, 26
1953 Topps: 1, 65, 135, 147, 222, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 233, 238, 239, 244, 245, 247, 248, 251, 252, 263, 269, 272, 273, 274, 276, 278
1954 Bowman: 1, 12(variant A 551/1290 @bat) , 22 (B 217/665 putouts), 25(B 982?986 fielding Avg) 26 A (1000/960 Fielding Avg), 28 B (Birthplace NY), 33 B (Trade to St Louis), 35 ( A Quiz Ans 8), 43 (A & B), 47 (B 953/951 Fielding Avg), 53 (B 895/961 Fielding Avg), 54, 61 ( A 954/962 Fielding Avg), 64, 67 ( A & B 306 one line / two lines under Bio )74, 80 (B 100 Runs), 81 ( A & B), 82 ( A & B ), 84, 85 ( A 926/956 Fielding Avg ), 89, 90, 93 ( A 983/966 Fielding Avg),, 94 ( B 473/1343 Runs), 99 ((B 978/974 fielding Avg), 101, 105 (A Quiz Ans 8 ), 124 (A 15/27 Errors),129, 132, 135, 138 ( A & B ), 139 ( A 961/992 fielding ), 140 ( A & C 7-12 two strikeouts/ 8/12 W/L )141, 143, 144, 145,( A&B )146, 147, 149, 153 ( A 102/333 Assets ), 154, 156 (B 328/475 Assets ) 159, 163 ( A&B no trade/ Trade to Cleavland), 164, 174 ( B 970/958 Fielding Avg ), 175, 177, 185 ( A & B ), 187, 189, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 200, 201, 203, 207, 209, 212 ( b 967/958 Fielding Avg ), 216 (988/988 Fielding Avg ), 217 ( B 958/952 Fielding Avg ), 218, 220, 223 ( Variant's by Beckett )
1954 Red Man: AL #s 1-3, 5-14, 16, 17, 19-21, 24, 26; NL #s 1, 2, 4-8, 11-18, 20-26
1954 Topps: 71, 102, 128, 201, 203
1955 Bowman: 3, 6, 44, 48, 69, 73, 75, 144, 153, 168, 170, 225, 226, 228, 236, 237, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 253, 255, 256, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 267, 269, 270, 274, 276, 278, 288, 289, 290, 291, 293, 295, 296, 297, 299, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 311, 313, 315, 317, 318
1955 Red Man: AL #s1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 20, 21, 25; NL #s 3, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15-20, 23, 24, 25
1956 Topps WL: 11b, 11c, 90b, 90c, 95b, 95c, 100b, 100c
1957 Topps: 2/3, 3/4, 4/5 Bazooka, Big Bloony need upgrade to vg-ex 40, 154 paper loss
1958 Topps (variants WL, Master Set, Beckett Designation): 2b YT, 8b YN, 11b YT, 13b YN, 20b YN, 23b YN, 24b YN, 32b YN, 33b YT, 46b YN, 50b YT, 53b YN, 57b YN, 58b YT, 60b YN, 61b YN, 65b YN, 76b YT, 77b YT, 78b YN, 81b YT, 92b YN, 97b YN, 98b YN, 101bn YN, 108b YT, 377b Braves numerical CL, 428b Reds numerical CL, 433b, c, d (Herrera error cards, "A", "RA", "ERA")
1959 Fleer: 11, 23, 28, 34, 36, 37, 51, 63, 76
1960 Fleer: 26-28, 42, 62, 72
1960 Topps (variants WL, Master set, Beckett Designation): 9a, 58a, 102b
1961 Fleer: 14, 25, 31, 38, 49, 51, 75, 89-93, 95, 97, 100-104, 108-114, 116, 117, 120, 121, 123-125, 128, 130, 131-142, 145, 146, 148-152, 153
1961 Topps: 529, 530, 563, 568, 577
1962 Topps: 530
1963 Topps: 300, 473
1964 Topps Giant: 3, 8, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25, 28, 35, 37, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 60
1966 Topps (upgrades, to G-VG): 220, 429, 384
1967 Topps (upgrades, to G-VG): Variant WL: 26A NTR, 45A Blank Back, 86A Senators Front & Back, 103B D McAuliffe, 191B Willie Mays, 214 Dick Kelley, 285, 374A Incomplete stat line, 402A Incomplete stat line, 417A R Braves on back, 427A incomplete stat line, 447A incomplete stat line
1969 Topps (variants WL): 47B, 151B, 441B, 444B, 447B 451B, 461B, 468B, 470B, 473, 476B, 482B, 485B, 486B, 491B, 493B, 500B (Mantle), 501B, 505B, 511B, 582B
1975 Topps Minis: 1, 2, 4-7, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 28, 30, 33, 35, 36, 38, 41, 43, 44, 46, 50, 52, 54-57, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65-67, 70, 72, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79-81, 82, 83-87, 89, 90, 93, 100, 104, 107, 108, 110, 117, 122, 126, 128, 133, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148-150, 151, 152-154, 156-158, 159, 161, 162, 163-167, 170, 171, 173, 174, 176, 178-180, 181, 185, 187-190, 192, 194-197, 199-201, 204, 205, 207-211, 213, 214, 216-223, 224, 225, 227, 228, 231, 232-238, 240-243, 245, 249, 250, 251, 254, 256, 257, 258, 259, 263, 264, 266, 268-270, 271, 273, 275, 277, 278, 279, 280, 283-286, 287, 288, 289, 291, 292, 294, 296-300, 302, 303, 304, 308, 311, 314, 315, 316, 318-320, 321, 322, 327, 329-333, 334, 335-337, 339, 340, 342, 344-346, 348, 349, 351-353, 354, 356, 357, 363, 364, 366, 367, 368, 370-376, 377, 379-387, 388, 389-391, 394, 397, 399, 400, 402, 403, 404, 405, 407, 408, 410, 411-415, 420, 422-425, 427-429, 431, 432, 433, 436, 439, 442-447, 448, 450, 452, 453, 456-460, 464, 467, 469, 470, 471, 472, 474-477, 478, 479, 481, 483, 484, 488, 490, 491, 493, 494, 495, 497, 498, 500, 502, 503, 505-506, 510, 514, 516, 518, 519, 520, 521, 523, 524, 526, 530, 532, 534-536, 541, 542, 546, 547, 548, 551, 555, 557, 558, 561, 562, 563, 566, 567, 568, 571-575, 576, 577, 578, 580, 581, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 593, 595, 599, 607, 608, 614-621, 624, 628, 636, 640, 656, 660
1979 Topps (The Grandson Sets): 96, 412, 517 SET KILL, B. UTTERSTROM NOV. 2022
1980 Topps (The Grandson Sets): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18-26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33-39, 40, 41-50, 52-63, 67-69, 72-77, 79-87, 89-95, 96, 97-109, 110, 111-117, 119, 121, 123-130, 132-136, 139-144, 145, 146-149, 151, 153-155, 158, 160, 161, 163-174, 175, 176, 178, 180-186, 188-189, 190, 191-194, 197, 199-201, 203, 205-208, 211-213, 215, 217, 219, 220, 222, 223-238, 239, 240-245, 246, 247-253, 254, 255, 256-259, 261-270, 271, 272, 273-276, 277, 278, 280, 281, 283, 284, 286, 287, 288, 289, 291, 292, 293, 294, 296, 298-312, 315-320, 322-326, 328, 330-335, 337-345, 347-351, 352, 353-361, 363, 364, 365, 366-376, 377, 378, 379, 381-384, 386-389, 390, 391-396, 399-403, 405-413, 414, 415, 419-426, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433-435, 436, 437-443, 444, 445-450, 452-468, 469, 470, 472-475, 477, 478, 481-485, 486-493, 495-501, 503-508, 510, 512, 513, 515-518, 520-523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528-532, 534-537, 539-546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 552-564, 566-568, 570, 571, 572, 573-575, 578-584, 586-587, 589, 591-597, 599-602, 604, 605, 607-609, 611, 612-617, 618, 619-622, 624-633, 635-641, 642, 643, 645-653, 654, 655-658, 660, 661, 662, 664-666, 669, 670, 672, 673, 675-686, 688-690, 692, 693-697, 699, 700, 702-708, 711, 712-716, 717, 718, 719, 721, 722-726