George Vrechek's Wantlist

To contact George Vrechek, send email to vrechek@ameritech.net

WANT LIST as of June 2013, always current.
I'm especially trying to kill off my Hostess wants and make a dent in early 50s and early 60s football. The other stuff will continue to take awhile. If you find something on my list, I'll sure try to find something on your list.
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BASEBALL

1940 Playball (20 left)
1 DiMaggio 6 Gomez 27 Williams 40 Greenberg 119 Alexander 120 Johnson 132 Mack 133 Foxx 168 Wagner 173 Lajoie 175 Mathweson 181 Chandler 198 Galehouse 208 Gamble 218 Millies 223 Jennings 225 Jackson 227 Haines 236 Bottomley 240 Atwood

1939-1966 Exhibits (9)
Ford portrait, Gomez, Hartnett, Kranepool, Mulcahy, Richardson, Rizzo, HOF Ruth w bats, Yastrzemski

1949 Bowman (8)
50 Robinson 84 Campy 174 Moore 211 Ferris 214 Ashburn 224 Paige 226 Snider 233 Doby

1950 Royal Desserts
1 5 6 9 12-4 16 18-24

GIL COAN: Any and all cards of Gil Coan, who I interviewed recently

1952 Wheaties (7)
Berra, Campanella, Rizzuto, Roe, Williams - both poses of each, Kell portrait

1953-5 MARSHALL MERRELL prints of Braves (6)
Burdette throwing, Conley, Gordon batting, Grimm without Tomahawk, Mathews smiling, O'Connell

1953 Johnston Cookies 1 4 6 13 19 20 21 23
1954 Johnston Cookies 2-10 12-4 16 18 20-3 25-6 28 30 33-4 36-7 39 41 47-8 Lacks
1955 Johnston Cookies 1-14 16-9 21-7 29 31-41 44 47-8 Lewis

1959 Topps Inserts: Rookie and Felt Pennants
1960 Topps Inserts: Rookie and Hot Iron Transfer

1961 Post (8)
23 Shaw 73 Estrada 93 Lemon 94 Stobbs 106 Mathews 132 Clemente 135 Virdon 183 McMillan

1962 Post (4)
83 Allison 113 Larker 131 McCovey 140 Marichal

1963 Post (11)
15 Mantle 16 Maris 30 Thomas 61 Adair 80 Yaz 86 Lumpe 119 Davis 128 Kasko 162 Flood 172 Williams 187 Aspromonte

1976 Hostess Baseball (7)
23 35 Seaver 58 84 Schmidt 94 Aaron 114 Brett 131

1977 Topps Cloth Stickers - American League team puzzle, bottom three pieces

1978 Hostess Baseball (9)
19-21 25-7 Brett 29 34-5

1979 Hostess Baseball (21)
26 91 93-6 100-2 Ryan Smith 104-6 115-7 119-121 Jackson 123 125 128 Bench 144 Rose

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BASEBALL - VARIATIONS AND PRINTING DIFFERENCES

1939 Playball
Lower case player's name: 7 Doerr 25 30 Dickey 48 Gomez 50 Gehringer 51 Ott 53 Hubbell 56 Greenberg 57 82 Klein 89 Waner 101 109

1939-1966 Exhibits (not sure these relly exist)
Bearden MADE IN USA right but without AN EXHIBIT CARD on the left
Dillinger MADE IN USA right but without AN EXHIBIT CARD on the left

1962 Stat Backs Need Black stats for: Aparicio, Fox, Koufax, Mays
Need Red stats for: Aaron, Berra, Boyer, Burdette, Cash, Cepeda, Clemente, Colavito, Francona, Gentile, Groat, Kaline, Killebrew, Landis, Malzone, Mantle, Maris, Moon, Musial, Pappas, Pinson, Sieber, Spahn

1948 Bowman
5 Feller without small white squares on top

1949 Bowman
Whitebacks: 6 14 18 22 33 36
Graybacks: 1 3 7 10-13 16-7 19 21 23-4 26-32 34-5 39 42-4 46-7 49 54-5 57 59-72
Name on front 4 85 88 98 Lettered name on back 109 124 126-7 132 143

1950 Bowman
Without Copyright on back: 187-9 191 194 200 203 205-6 210 219 234 252
Need the 1950 copyright on back: 217 Stengel 232 Rosen

1954 Topps Canadian (Gray backs)
1 3-20 22-40 43 45-6 48-50

1956 Topps
30 Robinson gray back
Commons upgrades needed (better than G)
White back: 40 57 59 104 107 113 118 120 122 124-5 132 137 139 143 145 147 153-5 162 172-3
Gray back Upgrades: 56 126 179 180

1967 Topps
500 Marichal "L" on back disappears

1968 Topps
Bright yellow backs (Milton Bradley issue) 20 B Robinson 107 Marichal cklist tight web background 110 Aaron 177 Ryan 180 Flood

1975 Hostess
11b Burt Hooton (Correct spelling on front)

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FOOTBALL

1952 Bowman small
1-4 6-17 20-26 28-30 32-9 41-6 48 51-4 56-7 60-6 68 70-1 73-4 76-83 85-90 92 94-100 102 104-6 109-111 113-9 121-4 127-135 137-141 143-4

1952 Bowman large
1 2 3 5-11 13-8 20-3 25-32 34-41 44-9 54-8 60-5 68 72-3 76 78-86 88-90 94-101 103 105-6 108-120 122-139 141-2 144

1953 Bowman
1 3 6 8 9 11 13-8 21-2 24-31 33-5 38-44 46-50 53-8 63-4 66-73 77 80-1 84-5 87-91 93-5

1955 Bowman
62 Blanda without red streak bottom right

1955 Topps (19)
12 Graham 14 Tinsley 16 Rockne 19 Smith 20 Baugh 21 White 27 Grange 28 Hein 29 Nomellini 35 Harmon 38 Stagg 56 Nevers 68 Four-Horsemen 77 Wyatt 84 Parker 86 Booth 87 Schultz 97 Hutson 100 Henry

1957 Topps (3)
58 Sherman (no name) 94 Berry 138 Unitas 151 Hornung

1961 Fleer (13)
11 Brown 30 Unitas 88 Starr 89 Taylor 91 Hornung 95 Kramer 155 Kemp 166 Blanda 188 Flores 197 Otto 200 Duncan 203 Haynes 215 Maynard

1961 Topps
18 Bears with yellow blotch

1962 Fleer - blueback
1-6 9 10 12 14-26 28 30 32-3 35 37-40 42-4 46-50 59-63 65-74 76 78-82 84-7

1962 Topps (8)
1 Unitas 17 Ditka 36 Davis 64 Hornung 74 Gros 88 Gabriel 90 Tarkenton 94 Mason

1963 Fleer - redback
1-13 15-28 30-4 36-41 43 45-8 50-1 55-8 60-8 70-81 83-5 87-8

1963 Topps Variations (A=purple skies variation with purplish tint to skies rather than blue, B=blue or clear skies and greenish background)
Need both A and B: 82 Lilly
Need A: 1 8 18-23 27 30 34 37-8 44 52 55-7 59 61-2 68 74-5 77 79-81 90 92 95 100 102-3 105 107 110 117 119 123 125-6 128-131 136 140-1 146-7 150-6 160-3 166-8
Need B: 4 17 73 76 83 96 98 127 158-9

1964 Topps
29 Gilchrist

1965 Topps
5 10 11 15-9 22 24-31 33-4 37-40 42-3 45-7 50 51 54-6 60 62-6 68-9 71-3 75 77 82 84 87-94 96 101-2 104-5 107-114 116-9 121-2 124-5 128-130 132-5 137-9 144-5 148 151-2 155-6 158-163 166 171-4 176

1966 Topps (2)
15 Cklist 96 Namath

1966 Philadelphia
31 Butkus

1967 Topps (5)
Need bright yellow backs (Milton Bradley issue): 31 McCormick 32 Mirich 84 Neighbors 98 Namath
Need regular gold back for: 106 Biletnikoff
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OTHER

1970-1 Topps Basketball 123 Maravich

1972-3 Topps Basketball 195 Erving

1951 Topps Ringside Boxing (5)
1 49 Murphy 60 61 95 Tunney, Upgrade from poor: 8 72 80 82

T218
Track: Adams, Bacon, Crowley, Daniels seated, Ewry, Gilles, Glarner, Hayes, Hillman, Holmer, Irons, Jensen, Jordan, Kiviat, Lee, Ljungstrom, Lunghi, McEntee, Pilgrim, Rector, Robbins, Robertson, Sellen, Sheridan, Sullivan Sweeney, Trudenbach, Weston, Williams
Aviators: Hamilton, Hoksey, Moisant

Bowlers: Dunbar, Heins, Johns, Riddell

Golfers: Douglas, Herreshoff, Hobens, Low, Nicholls, Smith

Pool: Cline, Cutler - both, Daly, Demarest, Hoppe, Hueston, Keogh, Morningstar playing, Sutton - both, Weston

Fighters: Baldwin, Brown, Conley, Corbett, Coulon, Cross, Delmont, Deschler, Donahoe, Eyton, Gans, Gardiner, Gardner, Abe Goodman, Griffin, Hurley, Hyland, Jeanette, Jeffries - both, Johnson front face, Kaufman, Keyes, Klaus, Kline, Langford, Harry Lewis, Loughrey, McGovern, Marto, Mellody, Moran, Murphy, Battling Nelson, Fighting Dick Nelson, Nitchie, O'Brien, O'Keefe, O'Toole, Papke, Russell, Stewart, Jack Sullivan, Mike Sullivan, Summers - both, Eddie Walsh, Jimmy Walsh, Welsh, West, Wolgast

1951 Bowman Red Menace
1-4 6 10 11 13 15 17-21 23-4 29-35 38 40 42-6 45-8

1956 Topps Flags of the World (20)
7 9 12 17 26 29 32 35 38 40 45 54-5 63-4 67 77 79 80

Star Wars
9 25 145-6 157 171 192 207 239 247 268 270-1 273-7 279-283 285-7 289-293 295-7 299 301-2 304-9 311 313-4 316-9 320-1 323-5 328-330

Interested in pre 1970 hobby publications, Need: United States Card Catalog 1939 edition, The New Yorker May 4, 1929
Also interested in older postcards of baseball parks or stadiums, have a few extras to trade.
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CARDS ON MY LIST THAT HAVE REAL SILLY PRICES - A THEORETICAL WANT LIST
1933-4 Goudey 106 Lajoie
1939 Playball UPPER Case name on back: 92 Williams Lower case name on back: 26 DiMaggio
1941 Playball 71 Joe DiMaggio
1948-9 Leaf
Cheaper 14 22 29 31 42 49 53 77 83-4 102 117 125 159
Impossible 1 3-5 8 13 19 20 30 32-3 36 38 43 45-6 48 51 54-5 62-3 66 68 70 75-6 78-9 81 85 88 93 98 104 108 113 120 -1 123 127 129 131 133 137-8 142-4 146 149 153 158 160-1 163 165 168
1951 Bowman 253 Mantle
1952 Bowman Clear image as opposed to dull finish 1 Berra
1952 Topps 311 Mantle 314 Campy 333 Reese 372 McDougald 400 Dickey 407 Mathews; Blackback 1 Pafko
1952 Topps Gray Backs 131-3 135 137-9 146-152 156 158-161 163-5 167-8 170-1 173-6 179-187 189 190
1954 Bowman 66 Williams
1956 Topps Whiteback 135 Mantle, 5 Williams variations: Green and No Line above name
1957 Topps checklists and inserts: Have 1&2 Bazooka and Balony, and Contest May 25. "Need" others
1958 Topps 52 Clemente Yellow team, 433 Herrer
1960 Leaf 58 Smith Team name blacked out
1963 Topps 537 Rose
1967 Topps 581 Seaver
1968 Topps 400 McCormick team name white
1969 Topps White lettter 500 Mantle
EXHIBIT CARDS 1939-46 Averill, Gehrig, Lombardi cordially, Buck NewsoN, Williams 9, 1947-66 Mantle portrait
FOOTBALL: 1972 Topps 264-298 300-3 306-317 319-351 (I'm skipping these for some reason.)


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