WANT LIST is always current, October 2026
about any condition is okay
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WANTLIST CONSISTS OF:-
BASEBALL
FOOTBALL
BASKETBALL
HOCKEY
MULTI SPORT AND OTHER SPORTS
NON-SPORT
STUFF I HAVE STOPPED LOOKING FOR
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BASEBALL
1950 Bowman
#245 Papai with no copyright on back and blue streak on front bottom left
1953 Topps (second set and part of the "worst set" collecting movement, any condition) (31 cards needed)
1 Robinson 27 Campanella 54 Feller 66 Minoso 76 Reese 78 Schoendienst 81 Black 82 Mantle 86 Martin 104 Berra 114 Rizzuto 139 White 147 Spahn 207 Ford 222 Janowicz 225 Shantz 227 M. Martin 228 Newhouser 233 Aber 242 Silvera 244 Mays 246 Face 254 Roe 257 Boyd 260 Calderone 263 Podres 269 Pillette 272 Antonello 273 Haddix 277 Lund 280 Bolling
"Upgrades" (any condition but trimmed) (5 cards)
115 Spencer 149 DiMaggio 220 Paige 240 Marsh 258 Gilliam
1955 Topps
#70 Rosen with Indians logo cut off at top and edge
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FOOTBALL
1948-52 Exhibit Cards
Comp, Horvath, Luckman*, Title, VanBuren*, Waterfield*, Wedemeyer
Checklist/Bednarik, Connerly with line between ball and helmet
(* = no Champions or team mentioned)
1948-9 Exhibit Champions Football - (Has text at bottom on the front)
Bump Elliott Michigan Wolverines
Marion Motley Cleveland Browns
Bulldog Turner Chicago Bears
Claude Young New York Yankees
1968 Topps
I am collecting both cream and bright white cardboard backs.
Need cream (yellowish white) backs for these (5 cards):1 Starr 25 Meredith 149 Kemp 161 Tarkenton 181 Lilly
Need bright white backs for these (10 cards): 65 Namath 88 Jurgenson 100 Unitas 132 Gabriel 159 Kapp 162 Ditka 168 Belitnikoff 173 Little 178 Matte 196 Griese
1977-8 Topps GRAYBACKS instead of cream (6)
1 Jabbar 4 Van Lier 48 Winters 50 McGinnis 100 Erving 132 Dawkins
1980-1 Topps (Complete panels needed starting with the lowest card numbers of the three cards) (35)
1 / 49 / 88 - John Long / Julius Erving / Ricky Sobers
3 / 181 / 258 - Dan Roundfield / Julius Erving / Ron Brewer
9 / 156 / 199 - George Johnson / Bill Cartwright / Bob Gross
17 / 70 / 71 - Jerome Whitehead / Calvin Murphy / Richard Washington
19 / 127 / 209 - Phil Ford / John Drew / Larry Kenon
22 / 63 / 256 - Jim Cleamons / Robert Reid / Charlie Criss
23 / 34 / 164 - Larry Bird / Bill Cartwright / John Drew
26 / 124 / 234 - Phil Ford / Adrian Dantley / Eddie Johnson
30 / 47 / 232 - Scott May / Larry Bird / Jack Sikma
30 / 143 / 232 - Marques Johnson / Larry Bird / Jack Sikma
31 / 146 / 198 - Junior Bridgeman / Larry Bird / Ron Brewer
31 / 198 / 228 - Fred Brown / Larry Bird / Ron Brewer
35 / 141 / 242 - Norm Nixon / Elvin Hayes / M.L. Carr
37 / 40 / 66 - Rick Robey / Chris Ford / Joe Hassett
38 / 46 / 187 - Pete Maravich / Leonard Robinson / Dwight Jones
41 / 128 / 246 - Bob Dandridge / Reggie Theus / Reggie King
47 / 177 / 196 - Scott May / Kermit Washington / Henry Bibby
51 / 80 / 161 - Cliff Robinson / Mike Mitchell / Bobby Wilkerson
52 / 58 / 247 - Campy Russell / Kevin Grevey / Dave Robisc
64 / 75 / 102 - Alex English / Moses Malone / Winford Boynes
69 / 213 / 215 - Tom LaGarde / Swen Nater / James Silas
76 / 163 / 189 - Alvan Adams / Bill Cartwright / Dan Issel
89 / 144 / 257 - Elvin Hayes / Marques Johnson / Bob McAdoo
93 / 126 / 132 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Robert Parish / Tom Burleson
95 / 154 / 193 - Wayne Cooper / George Johnson / Leonard Robinson
114 / 125 / 250 - Kevin Porter / Johnny Davis / Otis Birdsong
116 / 155 / 239 - Dudley Bradley / Eddie Jordan / Allan Bristow
117 / 162 / 204 - Jan van Breda Kolff / George Gervin / Johnny Davis
129 / 172 / 175 - Marvin Webster / Caldwell Jones / Sam Lacey
133 / 151 / 207 - Sidney Moncrief / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Mike Gale
135 / 167 / 253 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / John Shumate / Larry Demic
139 / 162 / 174 - Jan van Breda Kolff / Julius Erving / Magic Johnson
157 / 158 / 261 - Maurice Lucas / James Edwards / Eddie Jordan
167 / 221 / 253 - Brian Taylor / John Shumate / Larry Demic
220 / 236 / 260 - Allan Bristow / Lonnie Shelton / Paul Silas
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HOCKEY
1948-9 Exhibit Champions
Buddy Bomar Bowler
Richard Button 1949 VAR: White shirt, skater
Citation Race horse
Roy Conacher Chicago Blackhawks
Bob Cook Wisconsin Badgers
Ned Day Bowler
Harrison Dillard Track
Bill Durnan Montreal Canadiens
Joe Fulks Philadelphia Warriors
Ben Hogan Golfer
Guy Lombardo Speedboat
Joe Louis Boxer
Man o' War Race horse
Robert Mathias Track USA
George Mikan Minneapolis Lakers
Dick Miles Table tennis
Andy Phillip Chicago Stags
Barbara Ann Scott 1949 VAR: Canada Champ, skater, facing side
Barbara Ann Scott 1948 VAR: Olympic Champ, skater, facing front
1977 Sportscaster cards
Need these numbers which are on the bottom right corner after 03 005 (I'm ignoring the 8 bazillion variations and any non-English versions):
SERIES 1-21 (1977) complete
SERIES 22-51 (1977-8) (107 CARDS NEEDED)
Series 22- 9 Leonard
Series 23- 2 Snell
Series 26- 5 8 9 15 18 20
Series 27- 4 13 15 17 19 20 21 24
Series 28- 1 11 16 19
Series 29- 2 4 6 13 15
Series 30- 3 6 12 18 21
Series 31- 1 17 20
Series 32- 1 5 7 9 21 23
Series 33- 3 8 9
Series 34- 2 9 10 11 12 13 16 22
Series 35- 6 12 15
Series 36- 6
Series 37- 3 8 13 18 20
Series 38- 9 24
Series 39- 12 16
Series 41- 2 10 20
Series 42- 3 5 19
Series 43- 3 11 21
Series 44- 10 13 14 16 19 21 23
Series 45- 1 12 15 18 23
Series 46- 5 8 11 18
Series 47- 2 3 5 11 19
Series 48- 1 3 6 8 9 24
Series 49- 3 9 11
Series 50- 13 17 19
Series 51- 3 16
SERIES 52-71 1978
Series 52- 17 18
Series 53- 1 18 23 24
Series 54- 7 8 10 13 19
Series 55- 11 22
Series 56- 2 4 5 6 7 10 12-7 19 21 22 23
Series 57- 2 3 5-24
Series 58- 1 3 4 6 7 10 11 15 17 19 20 22 24
Series 59- 1 2 3 7 8 10 12-24
Series 60- 4 5 6 7 9-13 15-8 20-4
Series 61- 1-4 6 7 8 10-8 21 23
Series 62- 1 4 7 8 11-3 16-22 24
Series 63- 2 3 9 18 22 24
Series 64- 2 5 6 7 8 10 12 3 15-7 20 23-4
Series 65- 1-4 6 9-14 17-8 20-4
Series 66- 1 3 5-9 12 13 16-7 19-24
Series 67- 1 3-12 14 16-7 19-24
Series 68- 1-5 7 8 9 11-7 19-24
Series 69- 1 2 4-7 9-24
Series 70- 1-9 11-20 24
Series 71- 3 4 6 8-14 18-22 24
SERIES 72-103 (1978-9)
Series 72- 3-9 11-3 15-8 21-4
Series 73- 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 11-5 17-8 20-4
Series 74- 1-16 18-22 24
Series 75- 1-16 18-24
Series 76- 1-8 10-24
Series 77- 1 5 7 10 12-3 16-24
Series 78- 1-22 24
Series 79- 1-6 9-12 14-6 18 20-4
Series 80- 1-4 6-14 16-24
Series 81- 1 2 3 5 6 8 10 11 12 14-6 18-24
Series 82- 1-5 7-19 21-4
Series 83- 1-5 7-24
Series 84- 7 15 17-20 24
Series 85- 1-17 19-24
Series 86- 1 2 4-10 13-9 21-4
Series 87- 1-5 7 9-12 14-24
Series 88- 1 2 3 6 7 9 11-3 17 19-24
Series 101 2 3 5-10 12-3 15-22 24
Series 102 1-3 5-11 13-24
Series 103 1-10 12-3 15-23
T218 - BACK VARIATIONS (4)
Robert Cloughen with Cloughan on the back throughout instead of Cloughen, MECCA FACTORY 30
J.J. McEntee - MECCA FACTORY 30 with "Series of Champion Athletes and Prizefighters" title
E.J. Sweeney - MECCA FACTORY 30 with "Series of Champion Athletes and Prizefighters" title
Edward Payson Weston - MECCA FACTORY 30 with "Series of Champion Athletes and Prizefighters" title
THE FOLLOWING unverified possible T218s LIKELY DO NOT EXIST:
MECCA 30 with "Series of Champion Athletes and Prizefighters" title
Johnny Hayes, Abel Kiviat, Gusta Ljungstrom, James Rector
MECCA 649 with "Series of Champion Athletes and Prizefighters" title
Johnny Hayes, Gusta Ljungstrom
Jack Johnson green/faces up - Mecca Factory 30 with no series notation
Jack Johnson (front, blue background) Hassan Factory 30 with no series notation
Exhibit cards - I have a smattering of Exhibit Supply Company and Mutoscope non-sports cards and try to add to what I have picked up with movie stars, cowboys, pinups, joke cards etc. I don't have a wantlist since there are so many exhibits one could collect
1953-5 Topps World on Wheels (40)
3 17 29 31 34 38 46 51 62 69 73-4 79 81 85 89 90 91 93 95 99 107 115 116 121 128 130 131 133 134 137-140 142-5 153 156 159
Highs from 1954 and 1955 forget them 160-180
STUFF I HAVE (mostly) STOPPED LOOKING FOR AND DON'T EXPECT YOU TO EITHER
Too hard to find or prices don't excite me
BASEBALL
1933-4 Goudey 106 Lajoie
1932 Sanella Margarine - German, Babe Ruth
1939 Playball UPPER Case name on back 92 Williams, Lower case name on back 26 DiMaggio
1940 Playball 1 DiMaggio 27 Williams 225 Jackson
1941 Playball 71 DiMaggio
1949 Bowman 50 Robinson 84 Campanella 214 Ashburn 224 Paige 226 Snider
1951 Topps Team cards dated or undated Red Sox, Dodgers, Reds, Giants, Phillies, Cardinals, Senators
1951 Bowman 253 Mantle
1952 Topps 311 Mantle 314 Campy 333 Reese 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
1954 Johnston Cookies 5 Aaron
1954 Topps Canadian (Gray backs) 1 3-20 22-40 43 45-6 48-50
1955 Topps 42 Jackie Robinson with truncated Dodger logo on front, #2 Williams no dots above "i" in signature
1956 Topps Whiteback 135 Mantle
1957 Topps checklists and inserts: Have 1&2 Bazooka and Balony, and Contest May 25. Need others
1958 Topps 433 Herrer
1959 Topps Inserts: Rookie and Felt Pennants
1960 Topps Inserts: Rookie and Hot Iron Transfer
1960 Leaf 58 Smith Team name blacked out
1963 Topps 537 Rose
1967 Topps 581 Seaver, 487 Reynolds with faint letters after "TOM", 500 Marichal, "L" on back disappears
1968 Topps 177 Ryan (Milton Bradley set, bright yellow back), 400 McCormick team name white
1969 Topps White lettter 500 Mantle
1940 Playball variations (38)
Ad on back normal "A pictorial news...(no mention of Superman)
122 125 129 131 144 156 161 164 175 179
SUPERMAN in ad on back mentioned someplace
121 124 126 132-4 137 141-3 148 153 155 160 163 165 167-174 176-8 180
1949 Bowman (6)
Whitebacks: 33 Spahn 36 Reese
Graybacks: 24 Musial 46 Roberts 64 Dom DiMaggio 65 Slaughter
1939-1966 Exhibits
Looking for black and white versions as opposed to sepia or tan of the following. Some can be hard to tell.
Antonelli (SF), Brissie, Bruton, Casey, Cepeda, Clemente, Colavito, Jerry Coleman, Dark (Boston), Donovan, Ford (no glove), Goodman (batting), Herzog, Howard, Kaline (holding bats), Marion (Browns), McDaniel, Minoso (Sox on cap), Moon, Roberts (black name), Jackie Robinson, Sawatski (plain cap), Stephens (batting), Stewart, Thomson, Weheimer, Wertz (B on cap)
Looking for sepia/tan as opposed to black and white versions of the following.
Boyer, Cunningham (StL), Easter, Landis, Malzone, Sisler, Stanky (Giants), Frank Thomas (C for Cubs)
And I still need 13 cards - Averill, Ford portrait, Gomez, Gehrig, Hartnett, Kranepool, Lombardi cordially, Mantle portrait, Mantle 1962 Red Stat back, Richardson, Rizzo, HOF Ruth w bats, Williams 9, Yastrzemski
1950 Royal Desserts 1 5 12 13 14 16 18 19 20 21 22 23
1952 Bowman - 1 Berra, clear image as opposed to dull finish
1952 Wheaties - Williams in action, Williams portrait
1952 Red Man, no tabs needed - Mays, Williams
1953 Red Man - NL 26 Musial
1953-4 MARSHALL MERRELL prints of Braves (3) (set has been reprinted/counterfeited) Conley, Grimm without tomahawk, O'Connell
1954 Red Heart - (5) Ashburn Fox Mantle Martin Musial
1956 Topps - 30 Jackie Robinson gray back
1961 Post - 94 Stobbs
1963 Post (7) 15 Mantle 61 Adair 80 Yaz 119 Davis 128 Kasko 172 Williams 187 Aspromonte
1975 Hostess - 11b Burt Hooton, correct spelling on front, not "Bert Hooten"
1957 Topps football 58 Sherman (no name) 94 Berry 138 Unitas 151 Hornung
1962 Topps - 17 Ditka 36 Davis 90 Tarkenton
1962 Fleer - blueback 16 Shaw
1963 Fleer - redback 23 Gilchrist 47 Dawson 64 Dougherty 72 Alworth
1963 Topps
82 Lilly (clear blue sky AND purple sky variation)
#79 Baker - purple sky variation (very hard to tell)
#83 Norton - purple sky variations (very hard to tell)
1965 Topps - (6) 46 Brown 65 Taylor 69 Blanda 122 Namath 133 Biletnikoff 137 Davidson
BASKETBALL
1972-3 Topps basketball 195 Erving
OTHER SPORTS
T221 Pan Handle Scrap - Champion Women Swimmers (28)
41 43 46-7 52 55 58 59 60 62 68 70 78 82 84-6 89-96 98 99 100
C52 (Canadian version of T218 athletes) - NEED the following #s 1 2 3a 3b 4a 4b 5a 5b 6 Russell 7a 7b 8a 8b 10 12 17 18 20-4 26a 26b 28 29
Can use any Tolstoi backs of any T218s except for Northridge and O'Brien
Exhibit card Wrestlers 1950s (MADE IN USA) NEED: Don Eagle
Exhibit card Wrestlers 1960s and 1970s (Printed in USA with black ink rather than MADE IN USA with white ink):
1964 Issue: Need (2) Calhoun, Sammartino
1970? Issue: Need Yukon Eric, Verne Gagne, Hans Herman, Roy McClarity, Bob Ortin, Rasputin, Hans Schmidt, Tarzan White