Thursday, January 26, 2017
Black Friday COMC Haul - Hoyt!
This week has been insanely busy, and today has been no different. So, just a quick one tonight featuring a card I grabbed on COMC over Black Friday weekend...
My 1959 Topps set is still in a relatively early stage, so it felt good to add a HOFer to the binder with this Hoyt Wilhelm. Hoyt had a great year in '59, leading the league with a 2.19 ERA over 27 starts (by far the most of any season in his long career). The card's off-center some top to bottom, but left to right it's just about perfect and there's still a thin strip of white border across the top at least. Aside from that I'd say the overall visual appeal is great.
The off-centering is more visible on the back where you can see the card number, bio and stats jammed up against the left edge. More than fine enough for my set, that's for sure. My cost? $2.18. Had I known about Wilhelm's league leading 2.19 ERA in 1959 at the time of purchase I would have added an extra penny to my offer!
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3 comments:
Amazing to me that vintage Hall of Famers can be had for that little. Nice. As usual the cartoon is great and the reference to Hoyt's "tricky knuckler".
Love this card! But I'm still a little perplexed by what hat he's wearing. Tough to place the logo with the bit that's showing.
Good find!
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