1966 Lyons Maid Famous People Cards

I think I got these 5 cards from sportlots in an auction lot, maybe as individual cards because I seem to recall individually picking the Danny Kaye and Gilbert & Sulivan cards maybe even the Walt Disney.  I forget exactly when I got them. Any way this group of cards is from a 1966  set of "Famous People" by Lyons Maid an ice cream maker from England. There are 48 cards in the set I got these 5:

Cards # 19 William Shakespeare, #23 Danny Kaye, #33 Gilbert and Sullivan, #42 Walt Disney and #46 Pablo Picasso.

Card Of The Whenever: The Return?

 Yes you guessed it I started this post on the 30th of the month with absolutely NO idea on what card(s) I was going to blab er BLOG about. This is always fun at the end of the month.

Hey I have a wacky idea. I'll revisit an old feature I just remembered I used to do on this blog... "The Card of the Whenever". Hmm lets see where did I put that logo?

This card is appropriate in many ways a childhood hero on a card from my childhood showing the hero in his childhood. How cool am I now?

The card is from 1972 Topps Baseball "Boyhood Photos Of The Stars" subset, card number 498 Brooks Robinson Baltimore Orioles. I got it for a whopping 25¢ from a Sportlots auction a few months back. I should hunker down on this subset, heck even the full set.

1972 Topps Baseball #498 Boyhood Photos of the Stars Brooks Robinson Baltimore Orioles

The card has offcentering problems most noticeable on the back.

A Canadian Canvas Legend Cutie

 Time for a quickie. This card came from sportlots from a quarter auction. It is an Upper Deck Tim Horton's card. Now I don't normally pursue Tim Horton cards mostly because they are Canadian imports and hard to find here in the US. Anyway here it is.

2023 Upper Deck Tim Horton's Hockey - UD Canvas Legends CL-15 Manon Rheaume Team Canada

Terry Bradshaw 1974 Topps Slightly Miscut

 In a recent Sportlots auction purchase I got a miscut 1974 Topps Football Terry Bradshaw 470 Pittsburgh Steelers card for $2.25 + shipping. I thought I already had this card but it wasn't in my TCDB collection. It is now.

1974 Topps Football 470 Terry Bradshaw Pittsburgh Steelers miscut

Strive For '65 Saturday: Stormin' The Sportlots Castle

 In a recent splurge of purchases from Sportlots I got more cards for my Strive for '65 set build, plus a few other years, but the bulk was the '65s. I ordered about 26 cards for the set from 4 different sellers with the cost per card ranging from 34¢ to $6.99 this round. Unbeknownst to me one of them was a duplicate (The Phillies Rookie Stars my previous one is in better condition as this one has writing on the back). Conditions ranging from good to excellent. Some of the cards I went for the cheap "good" condition to save some money and for a few of them paid the price as you will see. Those cards I will need to upgrade at some time, a few of them I can tolerate. ARGH and ACK. Usually I do pretty well with unseen poorer conditioned cards there. Then again I don't often lower to the "good" level. I probably will not from here on.

STRIVE FOR '65 STATUS:

25 Jun 2022 Strive for '65 | 1965 Set Build | Master Want List Current card count: 329/598 (55%) or 331/600 (55.2%)

For those of you wondering YES I am STILL BUILDING THIS DANG SET. I don't have the luxury of having a huge blog fandom where you mention you are building a vintage set and within a few months or maybe even weeks BAM It's Complete. I'm lucky if I get one lousy offer to purchase one card for the set, let alone any freebies.

Here is the link to my last update from Feb of 2022. 

Monday 06 Jun 2022:

70 Bill Skowron White Sox* 

Hes wondering what the heck happened to the back of his card?

171 Jim Roland Twins*

219 Bob Meyer Athletics - "Hey it's Kurt Russell!"

254 Roland Sheldon Yankees

309 Steve Hamilton Yankees*

107 Phillies' Rookie Stars - Pat Corrales and Costen Shockley

143 Pirates' Rookie Stars - John Gelnar and Jerry May

368 White Sox's Rookie Stars - Ken Berry and Joel Gibson 

Thursday 09 Jun 2022:

20 Jim Bunning Phillies - 

Stunt Double for General George S Hammond "Of Texas" (Stargate SG-1)

55 Tony Conigliaro Red Sox

73 Dennis Ribant Mets

111 Lee Thomas Red Sox

88 Jack Lamabe Red Sox

198 Smoky Burgess White Sox

210 Jim Fregosi Angels

242 George Brunet Angels

291 Jerry Lynch Pirates

301 Birdie Tebbetts Indians

376 Jim Landis Athletics

451 Jim Owens Astros

243 Reds' Rookie Stars - Ted Davidson and Tommy Helms

374 Angels' Rookie Stars - Jose Cardenal and Dick Simpson

196 Ron Fairly Dodgers

231 Jerry Adair Orioles

281 Bill Stafford Yankees

349 Larry Miller Mets

The Latest Additions: *Indicates card needs an upgrade

Monday 06 Jun 2022: (1 seller)

70 Bill Skowron White Sox*

107 Phillies' Rookie Stars: Pat Corrales and Costen Shockley

143 Pirates' Rookie Stars: John Gelar and Jerry May

171 Jim Roland Twins*

219 Bob Meyer Athletics

254 Roland Sheldon Yankees

309 Steve Hamilton Yankees*

368 White Sox's Rookie Stars: Ken Berry and Joel Gibson

Thursday 09 Jun 2022: (3 sellers)

20 Jim Bunning Phillies

55 Tony Conigliaro RedSox

73 Dennis Ribant Mets

111 Lee Thomas Red Sox

88 Jack Lamabe Red Sox

198 Smoky Burgess White Sox

210 Jim Fregosi Angels

242 George Brunet Angels

243 Reds' Rookie Stars: Ted Davidson and Tommy Helms

291 Jerry Lynch Pirates

301 Birdie Tebbets Indians

374 Angels' Rookie Stars: Jose Cardenal and Dick Simpson

376 Jim Landis Athletics

452 Jim Owens Astros

196 Ron Fairly Dodgers

231 Jerry Adair Orioles

281 Bill Stafford Yankees

349 Larry Miller Mets

 

Strive For '65: Set The Wayback Machine To Last May/June

STRIVE FOR '65 STATUS:

28 Feb 2022 Strive for '65 | 1965 Set Build | Master Want List Current card count: 304/598 (306/600) 50.8% (51%)

For those of you wondering YES I am STILL BUILDING THIS DANG SET. I don't have the luxury of being a huge fandom blog where you mention you are building a vintage set and within a few months or maybe even weeks BAM It's Complete. 

Here is the link to my last update from May of 2021. For this posting I got 5 cards from Sportlots, one was apparently an unaware duplicate. Upon seeing the original scan it seems to be a downgrade. Oops silly me. I am also breaking my tradition slightly by not posting on a Saturday. Anyway lets get on with this post:

Thursday 27 May 2021:

295 Dick Radatz Red Sox

Friday 28 May 2021:

131 Johnny Keane Yankees

Tuesday 01 Jun 2021:

103 Harvey Kuenn Giants

119 John Kennedy Dodgers

147 Dennis Bennett Red Sox

The Latest Additions:
Thursday 27 May 2021:

295 Dick Radatz Red Sox

Friday 28 May 2021:

131 Johnny Keene Yankees

Tuesday 01 Jun 2021:

103 Harvey Kuenn Giants

119 John Kennedy Dodgers

147 Dennis Bennett Red Sox

Here is the card that I duplicated: The first copy is on the left and the dupe on the right.

Card 295 Dick Radatz Red Sox

Both copies have some centering issues. Hmm the dupe has some schmutz on Dick's shoulder while the original has a white spot in the sky.

Now for the backs even though the dupe is better centered it has some pen markings on it and is a bit faded or dirtied. Must have been in more shoeboxes than the original.

Checking Off Some Sportlots First 2022 Sportlots Order

 I got some cards from a couple of Sportlots Auctions from two sellers one was in Canada but the cards came fairly quickly as if they were the US. The first Sportlots order for this year 2022. A couple of them were vintage checklists. One unmarked and one partly marked on the back. Plus a couple of 1972 Topps Baseball "Boyhood Photos Of The Stars" (one I apparently have a duplicate of because I already had a scan of it). Anyway you want to see the cards not read by blabbering.

1963 Topps Baseball 79 1st Series Checklist

Cards 1-88 Unmarked

1969 Topps Baseball 214 3rd Series Checklist

Cards 219-327 (Plus Autographed Photos 1-33)

Some marking on back

1971 Topps Baseball 245 Jim Kaat Minnesota Twins

1972 Topps Baseball 344 Boyhood Photos of the Stars

Dave McNally Baltimore Orioles

1972 Topps Baseball 347 Boyhood Photos of the Stars

Tom Seaver New York Mets