Steve Rittenberg's Wantlist

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Last updated January 1, 2008

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Top cards wanted:
1. 1977 Cloth Sticker AL checklists
2. 1964 Topps Giants [1 needed] #51 Mays SP
3. 1939 Playball (Ott, Williams + 15 high numbers to finish the set)
4. 1940 Playball (17 cards to finish the set)
5. 1950 Callahan cards from my WL
6. 1955 Bowman Mickey Mantle. A $25 trimmed one would be perfect. Maybe like the one that Sean McGowan showed me at a Wilmington show five years ago.
7. 1963 Fleer FB cards
8. 1966 OPC #74 Yaz and 1974 OPC #280 Yaz
8. 1971 OPC high numbers
9. 1960-61 Topps Hockey (6 needed)

Top 5 cards received:
1979 Hostess #146 Dennis Eckersley Thanks to Brian Betza!!!
1980 Fleer World Series Stickers 1940 (who sent it?)
1967 OPC [1 needed] #140 Willie Stargell. Thanks Joe Bennett (OPCC)
1970 Topps Super #12 Roberto Clemente. Got it on ebay!
1976 Topps Football [1 needed] 148 Payton Thanks Fuge!

Prewar baseball [Up to date as of 1.1.08]
T201 End Panels [ needed] HAVE, Ames, Austin, Becker, Bridwell, Brown, Chanc, Dahlen, Daubert, Dooin, Egan, Hummel, Lennox, Lord, Mattern, Meyers, Mitchell, Mullin, Speaker, Thomas, Wheat DUPES: Dahlen

1939 Playball (low numbers) [2 needed] 51 Ott, 92 Williams
1939 Playball (high numbers) [13 needed] 121 Posedel, 122 McQuinn, 123 Davis, 130 Brubaker, 131 Cooper, 133 Myers, 136 Bell, 140 Hayworth, 141 Coscarart, 148 Trotter, 152 Weatherly, 154 Hudson, 155 Outlaw

1940 Playball [14 needed] 10 Ruffing, 30 Berg, 38 Doerr, 79 Craft, 87 Hubbell, 119 Alexander, 124 Combs, 141 Stengel, 148 Casey, 179 Sisler, 181 Chandler, 185 Kuhel, 193 Dean, 234 Chance

Postwar baseball
1950 Bowman [0 needed] complete!
1951 Bowman [0 needed] complete!
1953 Bowman Color [0 needed] 121 Berra sent by Secret Santa Brock Hattox. WOW!
1953 Bowman Color [Dover reprints to be replaced with real cards at 3% of BV] 117 Snider, 153 Ford
1955 Bowman [1 needed] 202 Mantle NYY [Looking for one at 3%]

1975 Topps Baseball wantlist -- I'm going to build 9 sets simultaneously!! DONE!!!

Oddball
1950 Callahan [11 needed] Baker, Barrow, Chandler, Dean, DiMaggio, Hartnett, Klem, Lyons, Schalk, Vance, [Wagner], Wright, H.

1980 Fleer World Series Stickers [0 needed] complete! but who sent it?

1960 Nu-Scoops Hi-Lites [33 needed], 5, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 34, 35, 38, 39, 42, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52, 55, 57, 58, 61, 63, 66, 67, 68, 72

1964 Topps Giants [1 needed] 51 Mays SP

Exhibits: Up to date as of 1.1.08
1939-1946 Salutation Exhibits [46 needed] Appling, Averill, Barrett, Camilli, Clift, Cuccinello, Dean, Derringer, Dickey, DiMaggio, Ferriss, Foxx, Gehrig, Gehringer, Gomez, Gordon, Grove, Hartnett, Hassett, Heath, Higbe, Holmes, Hubbell, Johnson, Keltner, Klein, Kreevitch, Kuhel, Lee, Lombardi, May, McQuinn, Mulcahy, Newhouser, BNewson, LNewsom, Ott, Passeau, Rizzo, Russell, Travis, Vander Meer, Vaughn, Walters, Warneke, York

1947-66 Exhibits [157 needed], Aaron, Adcock, Alvis, Appling, Aspromonte , Atwell, Bailey, Barber, Batts, Bauer, Blackwell, Blasingame, Boyer, Brandt, Brewer, Bruton, Callison, Campanella, Case, Casey, Cash, Cepeda, Cerv, Chance, Chandler, Cheney, Church, Clemente, Colavito, CColeman, GColeman, JColeman, Craig, Crandall, Cunningham, Curtwright, Daley, Dark, Dickson, Dillinger, DiMaggio, Dobson, Easter, Fain, Ford, Fowler, Fox, Francona, Gentile, Gonzalez, Goodman, Greengrass, Groat, Gromek, Grove, Herbert, Hermanski, Herzog, Higbe, Hinton, Hoak, FHoward, Hubbs, Irvin, Jay, Jensen, Jethroe, Judnich, Kaline, Keller, Keltner, Killebrew, Klaus, Kluzewski, Koufax, Kranepool, Kubek, Kuenn, Lake, Landis, Lewis, Lindell, Linz, Lock, Lockman, Long, Maglie, Mahaffey, Malzone, Mantle, Marion, Maris, Mathews, Mayo, Mays, Mazeroski, McBride, McCoskey, AMele, SMele, Moon, Mueller, Neal, O'Dell, Page, Paige, Pappas, Pasqual, Pearson, Peters, Piersall, Powell, Raschi, Rice, Richardson, Rizzuto, BRobinson, ERobinson, FlRobinson, FrRobinson, Roe, Rogers, Rollins, Runnels, Sain, Santo, Sauer, Schmitz, Score, Seminick, Sewell, Siebern, Simmons, Sisler, Skowron, Slaughter, Snider, Stewart, Stirnweiss, Tebbets, FThomas, LThomas, Triandos, Trucks, Vandermeer, Voiselle, Wagner, Walker, Walters, Ward, Wehmeier, Westrum, BWilliams, Wills, Woodling, Yastrzemski, Zarilla

1962 Stat Back Exhibits [16 needed] Boyer, Burdette, Cash, Clemente, Colavito, Fox, Kaline, Killebrew, Koufax, Mantle, Maris, Mays, Moon, Musial, Pappas, Siebern

1963 Stat Back Exhibits [26 needed], Berra, Burdette, Cash, Cepeda, Chance, Cheney, Coleman, Drysdale, Farrell, Hinton, Hubbs, Jay, Koufax, Kuenn, Mahaffey, Malzone, Mays, Musial, Neal, O'Dell, Pascual, Robinson, F, Runnels, Santo, Thomas, Williams

1970 Topps Super [0 needed] complete!!

1977 Topps Cloth Sticker Puzzles
NL: Complete
AL: Need all except Center Left

OPC baseball [Up to date as of 1/1/08]
1965 OPC (Red Sox only) 222 Tillman, 272 Schilling
1966 OPC [0 needed] complete! Last two sent by Mike Rich
1967 OPC [0 needed] complete! Last card sent by Joe Bennett (OPCC)
1968 OPC [2 needed] 150 Clemente, 177 Ryan + Red Sox #151, #156
1971 OPC (524-643) [12 needed] 530, 534, 539, 547, 552, 558, 568, 569, 570, 615, 621, 628
1971 OPC (644-752) [5 needed] 665, 714, 726, 740, 742 + Red Sox 530, 660, 678, 740
1974 OPC (Red Sox only) 280 Yaz, 647 Beniquez
******* lots of Red Sox needed too! *******

Completed baseball sets
Prewar: 1941 Playball, 1941 Double Play (cut in half) - Thanks to the Fugitive for pulling the last two from his set! Wow.
Bowman: 1951, 1953, 1953 B&W, 1954
Fleer: 1960 - 1974
OPC: 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972 - 1980
Topps: 1952 #1-310, 1953 - 1980, 1975 Mini
Topps second sets: 1975 - 1980

Completed baseball subsets and oddball sets
1963 Peel-Offs, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Game card, 1969 Deckle, 1969 Stamp Albums, 1970 Supers, 1971 Supers, 1971 Comics, 1974 Washington NL, 1974 checklists, 1974 Traded, 1976 Traded
1975 - 1979 All Stars (AL & NL), 1960 - 1979 Rookie All Stars
1952 red & black back, 1953 black & white bio, 1959 white & grey stock, 1960 white & grey stock, 1962 green tints
puzzles: 1968, 1969, 1972, 1974
Topps combo cards & checklists
1956-80 Topps Team Checklists - complete!
1958 Topps Numerical Team Checklists - complete!!
1961 Golden Press, 1961 Nu-Scoops, 1970-1983 Kelloggs. 1972 Kellogg's ATG - thanks Ken for #6 Ruth to finish the set.

Football [Current as of 1.1.08]

Bowman Football
1948 Bowman Football - not interested in these right now
1950 & 1951 Bowman Football - complete!
1952 Bowman Football (small and large) some day!!!

1953 Bowman Football [31 needed] 3, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, [35], 36, 37, 38, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 53, 56, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 69, 71, 73, 74, [75], 76, 78, 85, 87, 90, [91]

1954 Bowman Football [12 needed] 8 Van Brocklin, 23 Blanda, 41 Walker, 42 Tittle, 52 Groza, [55 Gifford], [72 Keane], 73 Taylor, 74 Lahr, [81], [83], 85 Creekmur, [88], 90 Hanulak, 91 McGraw, 94 Fleck, [117], 118 Stautner

1955 Bowman Football [0 needed] complete!

Fleer Football [Current as of 1.1.08]
1960 Fleer Football [0 needed] complete!

1961 Fleer Football [92 needed] 2, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 55, 56, 59, 63, 68, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 82, 89, 92, 94, 95, 98, 100, 102, 103, 105, 106, 108, 110, 112, 113, 115, 117, 118, 119, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 144, 149, 150, 151, 153, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 165, 169, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 178, 180, 181, 183, 184, 185, 187, 194, 195, 196, 200, 203, 206, 208, 212

1962 Fleer Football [45 needed] 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 52, 56, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, 69, 73, 76, 78, 79, 81, 85, 86, 88

1963 Fleer Football [5 needed] 10 Buoniconti, 47 Dawson, 62 Otto, 64 Dougherty, 72 Alworth

Philadelphia Gum Football
1964 Phila FB Blue - complete! Thanks to Mac Wubben for the Bart Starr set killer!
1965 Phila FB Red - complete!
1966 Phila FB Green - complete!
1967 Phila FB Brown - complete! Thanks to Ray Luurs for the set killer!

Topps Football
1951 Topps Felt Backs, 1951 Topps Magic, 1955 Topps All-American - not interested
1964 Topps Football [0 needed] complete!
1965 Topps Football [14 needed] 24, 29, 33, 49, 53, 54, 94, 122, 126, 137, 141, 143, 161, 166
1966 Topps Football [1 needed] 15 Funny Ring Checklist (very low priority)
1969 Topps Mini Albums [0 needed] complete!
1967 - 1975 Topps Football - complete!
1976 Topps Football #2 [1 needed] 148 Payton (Received from the FUGITIVE!! THANKS!!!)

Complete football sets:
Bowman: 1950, 1951, 1955
Fleer: 1960
Topps: 1956 - 1964, 1967-1980
Phila: 1964 - 1967

Basketball
1969-70 - 1976-77 Topps basketball - complete!
1977-78 Topps BK (grey) [0 needed] - complete!
1980-81 (intact) [1 needed] 34 Bird/139 Johnson/181 Erving
1980-81 Topps Basketball (separate) [0 needed] complete!

Fleer Globetrotters (Grey) [3 needed] 16, 18, 67
Fleer Globetrotters (White) [5 needed] 4, 21, 29, 32, 68
Fleer Globetrotters (Cocoa Puffs) [1 needed] Can't find #3. Did I send it to you?

Hockey
Topps Hockey
1954-55 Topps Hockey [0 needed] complete!
1957-58 Topps Hockey [0 needed] complete!

1960-61 Topps Hockey [5 needed] 9 Morrison NEW, 16 Dutton ATG, 27 Ross ATG, 46 Taylor ATG, 47 Clancy ATG
1961-62 Topps Hockey complete!
1962-63 Topps Hockey [0 needed]
1963-64 Topps Hockey [3 needed] 14 Leiter, 42 McKenzie, 46 Villemure
1964-65 Topps Hockey complete!
1965-66 Topps Hockey [2 needed] 51 Henderson DET, 124 Blackhawks TC
1966-67 Topps Hockey complete!
1967-68 Topps Hockey [0 needed] complete!
1967-68 Topps Hockey Puzzle [0 needed] complete!
1968-69 thru 1979-80 Topps Hockey - complete!
1971-72 Topps Booklets - complete!
1980-81 Topps Hockey (scratched) [1 needed] 123 CL
1980-81 Topps Hockey (unscratched) [2 needed] 163 Scoring Leaders, 250 Gretzky

Post 1980 hockey can be found here: 1981 - present

OPC Hockey
1969-70 through 1979-80 OPC Hockey - complete!

1971-72 OPC Hockey Booklets [9 needed] 2, 3, 9, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22

Post 1980 hockey can be found here: 1981 - present

WHA Hockey [Up to date as of 1.1.08]
1974-75 OPC WHA Hockey [0 needed] complete!
1975-76 OPC WHA Hockey [23 needed] 15, 19, 25, 30, 33, 45, 53, 55, 65, 78, 82, 84, 88, 95, 104, 108, 113, 117, 118, 121, 127, 128, 129
1976-77 OPC WHA Hockey [0 needed] complete! I bought a set so now I have lots of dupes.
1976-77 OPC WHA Puzzle [5 needed] 62, 66, 68, 69, 70
1977-78 OPC WHA Hockey [0 needed] complete!

Parkhurst Hockey [current as of 8.4.07]
1951-52 Parkhurst [15 needed] 4 Richard RC MON, 47 Lumley RC CHI, 52 Bariko/McNeil , 55 Kelly RC DET, 59 Leswick RC DET, 61 Sawchuk RC DET, 66 Howe RC DET, 73 Mortson RC TOR, 78 Timgren TOR, 81 Bentley TOR, 83 Mackell TOR, 84 Smith RC TOR, 86 Kennedy RC TOR, 88 Solinger TOR, 104 Rayner RC NEW
1952-53 Parkhurst [5 needed] 34 Boivin, 44 Kennedy, 51 Armstrong, 58 Horton, 74 Henry
1953-54 - 1962-63 Parkhurst complete!
1963-64 Parkhurst [7 needed] 18 Baun, 23 Richard, 34 Blake, 42 Faulkner, 63 Kelly, 73 Armstrong, 97 Balon

>>>>>>>>>> OBCers met <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
If your name is not on this list, then its my mission to meet you. Let me know if you are ever in the Washington DC area. OBC is the greatest group ever. Here are the people I've met so far (108):
ABC: Adkins, Altemose, Arbeeny, Atnip, Austin, Bannon, Baran, Beauchemin, Calvert, Cerullo, Cipra, Codere, Coker, Collins, Conway, Cook, Corvello, A. Cummings (18)
DEF: Delia, Diamanti, Dietrick, Domue, Domino, Donaldson, Draper, Dwyer, Earle, Ebbing, Ellison, Fallen, Farrell, Fitts, Foertschbeck, Freedman (16)
GHI: Gersbach, Gioia, Glickman, Glidden, Goetsch, Goto, Gray, Greco, Hair, Hattox, Harrell, Hatch, Hay, Hornish, Housley, Isaac, Iversen (17)
JKL: Kilbourn, Kimball, Kingsbury, Knowles, Kolenda, Leroux, Levine, Lindholme, List, Luurs (10)
MNO: Macrae, Malson, Mandell, Martens, Massimo, McGowan, McLaughlin, Mead, L. Miller, Moleta, J Montgomery, K Montgomery, G. Moore, Morgan, Morganti, Newcomb, Okamuro (17)
PQR: Paris, Perry, Pigeon, Pike, Pizzo, Rainsley, Redpath, Reed, Rich, Rittenberg (10)
STU: Sackmann, Schott, Smith, Stahlman, Stufflestreet, Sweeney, Svetecz, Talbot, Thomas, Tipton, Tomlinson, Ursaner (12)
VWX: Vaituzis, Vrechek, Wagner, Wattigny, Wiehe, Wierzbicki, Wubben (7)
YZ: Zurawski (1)

Not met: Alcazar, Angland, Ashton, Biggs, Carter, Chamberlain, Chambers, Chow, Coen, Crotte, Dick Cummings, D'Angelo, DeJong, Delott, Duffy, Fischer, Fitak, Fox, Gonzalez, Greenwood, Griffin, Hankins, Hitzeman, Holland, Johnson, Julien, Keating, Kinney, Kuhn, Linden, Lyons, Greg Miller, Mroz, Mura, Nathan, Neill, Newman, Parker, Purdham, Raum, Rice, Saletta, Saxton, Schaub, Schoenrock, Aaron Shirley, Matt Shirley, Silva, Sinclair, Skoglund, Storman, Summers, Sweet, Valacak, Wainwright, Wells, West, Williams, Wolf, Woods, Zentkovich (Rookies: remind me to add you!)

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