I was away for a few days so I'm catching up from Thursday through Saturday.
I was able to get my mail on Thursday but didn't have time to post about the 1987 Topps All Star card I received back from Wade Boggs. At just $10 per card, I think this is a bargain.
On Friday (I can tell which day these were received thanks to my Informed Delivery email) I received returns from Bob Horner and John Mayberry, who each charge $10 per card.
Horner signed a 1972 Topps Rookie of the Year Award card, already signed by Chuck Knoblauch. For some reason, he signed right across the dark part of the award in the middle of the card. He also signed his 1982 Topps for my set collection.
John Mayberry signed his 1971 Topps for that set which I am also working on.
On Saturday, I received a 1956 Kansas City Athletics team card signed by Alex George. I have not written to Mr. George before, probably because I don't think he has his own baseball card, at least not in the Topps sets. So, I was not really even aware of him. I think I saw a return on SCN from him, which prompted me to look into him.
1955 (the year the 1956 card is commemorating) was the first year in Kansas City for the Athletics, having recently moved from Philadelphia. I believe the only other player from the team still with us is Bobby Shantz, so off it goes to him!
I also received a card that I purchased on eBay from Tom Orr. This 1973 Topps, showing a play from the 1972 World Series game 2, is signed by three of the four players pictured: Johnny Bench, Dick Green and Tony Perez. Mike Hegan, playing first base in the picture, passed away in 2013.
Finally, I received a couple vintage Twins souvenir bobbleheads. These are the ones that were sold at the stadium and aren't designed to be modeled after a player, but rather a young boy.
I believe I have one of each of the ones sold by the Twins in the 60's and 70's, each with their own design and base shapes and colors. However, I saw a couple on eBay while I was browsing and ended up buying a couple. Or four. Two have arrived. The most common, and least expensive, is the 1960-1961 blue square base. These can be found for about $75 - $100 in decent condition.
I believe the least common/most expensive regular, non-error/variation bobblehead is the mini bobblehead from 1961-1962. These are similar to the normal-sized ones from this period with a white base but are much smaller and have a magnet embedded in the bottom. These were intended to be placed on the dashboard of your car, back when dashboards were made out of metal.
These are pretty tough to find for less than $150 in any condition, and people often ask $300+ for these. I bought one of these from a former co-worker/friend who sets up at card shows a few years ago but came across this one on eBay and actually won the auction for what I think is a great price.
I feel myself getting the itch to expand my vintage bobblehead collection beyond the Minnesota Twins, which could be disastrous for my budget but would be super fun. I have an offer out for a 1960's St. Louis Cardinals bobblehead with a mascot head instead of a boy's head. If it's accepted, I think it's off to the races.
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