Grant Rainsley's Wantlist

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Updated April 16, 2013 PRIORITY SETS: 1959-1964
Sad to say, Billy Hoeft has passed away. What a great guy. ( May 17, 1932 – March 16, 2010)
Founder, President, and no longer the only member of the Official Billy Hoeft Fan Club. EEK and Mike Rich have muscled their way in. Time to get membership cards printed I guess.

Any and all Billy items will be given a wonderful new home, pictures, articles, whatever!

I need: '57 Graphic Arts Postcard #11, '61? Jay Publishing (Photo Pack), and any other odds and ends I may have missed. June 2008: I have just found out that there is a 1966 Pro's Pizza issue for Billy, and I WANT one! And a 2010 Topps Heritage, guess I’ll have to get one of those, too.

MY HEROES (OBC completed sets etc.)
Ken Morganti(1980T) and 1960 Fleer (The Babe!!), Mike Rich(1965 CFL Coke caps), Bob Schaub-my fave set:1962T!!! Last card Ruth #138 GT, Dan Austin/Mark Talbot (tie)-1978 OPC Last card Alan Ashby, Mike Rich (again)-a personally auto'd pic to Grant from Billy! Big Al-1979 OPC-last card Ozzie rookie!!Brian Lindholme-1979T-last card Eck! Lynn Miller-(1974T)-Griffey Sr. Rookie! Dave Fallen- HOF material!
1978T-The Fugitive & Geordie Calvert..tie...last card Reggie!
My buddy's '53 set-Steve Rittenberg...last card Billy Martin!
Lynn Miller (again)- baseball auto'd by Billy Hoeft! Bob Donaldson (1975T), an all-OBC set! Dave Fallen- 1960 Topps, last card Nellie Fox All Star! Squirrel Earle- 2005 Helmar, last card Shoeless Joe.
Geordie Calvert- MURDERED the last remaining cards from '73, an All-OBC set...thanks to all of you!
1963 Fleer, Mr. RITTENBERG! Last card Clemente, thanks are not enough.
1959 T- Mike Rich with Gibson!

* indicates card is coming in trade

MOST WANTED LIST:

1950 Remar Oakland Oaks George Bamburger (just because, okay?) Got one, thank you Family Toad!
1966(?) Pro's Pizza Billy Hoeft Cubs


This is insane. Doug inspired me to start a type card set of beater-only Zeenuts. I have 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 1931.

Bama started me off on my Impossible Dream..1933 Canadian Goudeys (French/English backs) I have:
3 5 12 13 17 32 33 39 48 51 56 57 73 75 81 86 88 91 92 94

Any '50's cards in beater-only condition are most welcome, please save the nice ones for the guys that care!

1954 Topps (Started August 2010)
1 3 17 20 30 32 35 37 41 43 50 52 53 54 55 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 80 85 86 90 94 97 98 101 102 119 126 127 128 130 132 133 134 135 137 139 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 149 150 152 156 157 158 159 163 164 165 167 168 169 170 172 173 174 176 181 183 184 187 189 190 191 194 196 197 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 216 218 219 220 221 224 226 228 229 230 231 232 234 235 236 238 239 240 241 242 245 246 248 249 250

1955 Bowman Want List
16 22(Campy) 25 153 158(Hodges) 184(Mays) 238 240 242(Banks) 242 258 259 260 261 265 266 271 290 294 296 298 299 307 308

1955 Bowman Upgrades, fully intact cards would be a marked improvement
1 12 25 37 65 108 282 295

1956 Topps (Started Dec. 26th/2001)
5 10 33 95 110 113 150 187 190 194 208 217 225 226 231 251 252 260 266 288 292 299 313
1956 Topps Upgrades (same as the TV’s!)
6 8 17 20 35 42 68 91 101 105 140 237 240 276 279 300 307
1957 Topps (Started Aug 2010)
1 2 4 6 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 34 35 37 38 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 48 50 53 55 58 59 61 62 66 68 70 71 73 74 75 76 78 79 80 82 85 88 90 91 92 95 97 98 99 101 102 103 104 110 111 113 114 115 116 117 120 121 123 125 127 130 132 133 134 135 138 140 141 143 147 148 149 150 153 154 156 165 166 170 171 175 176 178 180 182 183 185 188 189 190 193 196 198 200 201 202 203 205 207 210 211 212 214 215 217 223 226 230 231 232 235 236 245 247 250 252 253 255 258 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 355 358 367 368 370 371 375 376 378 379 380 381 382 383 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 394 395 400 401 405 406 407
1959 Topps Upgrades (VG-VG+)
69 76 117 147 150 156 229 250 270 391 509 510 549 559
1960 Upgrades to anything civilized: 445 480 520 524 538 542 564 565
1961 Upgrades: (if a checklist, need clean) 98 211 344 361 500 516 523 528 530 543 550 553
1962 Topps (upgrades to Ex) 1 Maris 318 Mantle IA

1962 Post Canadian BB (any condition)
2 4 5 7 10 11 14 21 28 29 32 35 36 37 40 41 42 47 49 52 61 62 64 68 70 75 78 84 85 87 99 105 108 109 111 118 119 123 128 138 142 144 145 146 149 153 158 159 161 167 172 177 179 181

1963 Topps (hauled out of storage Nov.23/98) VG+ HIGH PRIORITY
475 537 Rose
1963 Topps upgrades: 227 309 456 466 457 462 473 480 536 562

1964 Topps (started June/99) VG+ HIGH PRIORITY
4b(with apostrophe) 331(Mantle-Bombers) 473 509 541(Niekro)
1964 Topps upgrades: 125(Rose) 136 138 225 410 414 423 478 505 513

1964 Topps Giants (have list)
1 2 4 5 6 8 9 12 14 15 16 20 22 23 24 27 29 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 43 44 46 52 53 54 56 58 59

1967 Topps Nov/2010 I swore I wouldn’t do this, but….I have OPC finished, and it only runs to 198. But I really like this set, so would like to have a run at 199 and up. Talk about shooting fish in a barrel! Strict condition requirements on this set, PSA 0 minimum!
200 205 206 211 216 218 223 225 228 230 232 233 234 235 236 238 240 241 246 250 251 252 255 260 266 280 282 283 284 286 289 290 291 292 296 297 299 300 301 302 306 307 308 309 311 312 314 317 318 320 321 323 324 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 334 335 337 338 339 340 342 344 345 348 350 351 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 369 370 371 372 373 377 378 379 380 382 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 396 397 398 400 404 406 407 409 410 412 413 415 417 418 419 420 423 424 425 426 428 429 430 432 434 435 437 438 439 440 441 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 452 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 465 466 467 468 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 478 479 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 493 494 495 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 517 518 519 520 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 531 532 533 534 535 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 555 556 557 558 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 583 584 585 587 588 589 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 602 603 604 605 606 607 609


HOCKEY (more to come)
1970 OPC (any condition) 7 8 9 11 12 16 19 20 24 25 29 31 46 48 49 50 51 65 69 70 71 74 77 80 82 86 94 100 101 103 104 111 112 113 114 119 130 132 133 134 135 137 138 139 140 141 144 146-162 164-169 172 173 175 177 179 180 182-188 190 191 195 196 199 200 201 202 206 209 210 211 212 216-223 225-236 238 241 243 245-253 255-263
1961 Shiriff/Salada NHL 12 17 18 21 24 28 38 47 55 60 73 74 76 77 90 94 95 96 97 98 100 104 111 112 113
CFL (working on that too), mostly ‘60’s and ‘70’s
1964 22 31 32 33 34 48 51 59 71 79 88
Non-Sport
James Bond- 1965 (EX) 1 4 12 14 15 17 19 24 25 29 32 33 3542 44 45 47 50 51 52 54 55 56 57 61 62
- A few other sets too, but the list isn’t ready.

TRADE BAIT
I have a modest number of star trade bait from the '50's and '60's.....so if you have one of the biggies on my list, please don't hesitate to ask if I have anything to swap for the big boys.......































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