The Fun Finds Continue

I continue to make progress going through boxes of cards from the purchase I made several months back. I have yet to strike a balance between blogging and sorting/exploring, hence the large gaps in posts at time.

A couple days back I was sorting through a boring box of 1990 Fleer and noticed two slightly oversized cards on the side.  I slid them out and was pleasantly surprised to see they had a little age on them, they looked vintagey, 1970s vintage.

Then I took a closer look at the first one, here it is:

A cool, slightly oversized cartoon card from Fleer and R.G. Laughlin.  These look similar to the World Series cards that were put out in the early 70s, this set is a 42 card set of Baseball's Wildest Days and Plays.  I love these types of cards.  I got more excited seeing the pinstriped NY on the had and turned the card over and saw this was a Giants card that I needed for my collection.  Very cool!

The second card was the same size, looked to be about the same age but was of the football variety:

A nice vintage 49er card of HOFer Leo Nomellini.  I haven't been able to identify the set.  I couldn't find a matching set on beckett.com with a photo to identify it.  The closest are some Fleer Cloth Patch Stickers from 1974 and 1975 on COMC.  The design is the same but instead of a cloth sticker, this is just a card.  Regardless, the is a perfect addition into my 49ers vintage collection.

I don't know what the chances are that both of these fun finds would fit right into my collection but I am sure glad they did.  Off to the binders they go.

Oh My, O-Pee-Chee

Not too long back, I received a shipment of cards from COMC, my patience wore thin and I didn't want to wait to get my last few 1969 Topps cards for my set.  I of course got all my cards delivered including this batch of 1970 O-Pee-Chee Giants/

 The fronts are identical to the Topps cards from 1970...

The only noticeable difference is on the back.  If you look along the bottom you can see the Printed in Canada.

I don't remember the exact price but recall these all being pretty affordable and left me four cards short of the Giants team set.  I just need #107 Bobby Etheridge, #466 Juan Marichal AS, #478 Bob Heise and #526 Bob Herbel.  There is a spring sale on COMC starting in a couple days and I might need to try and finish this set.

I have had a fascination with OPC cards since I started collecting and would love to complete the entire run of Giants.  I believe they started issuing OPC cards in 1965 and while I have quite a few, I still have a ways to go.  Here are the number of cards I need by year:

1965 - 13
1966 - 8
1967 - 10
1968 - 11
1969 - 5
1970 - 4
1971 - 21
1972 - 13
1973 - 23
1974 - 22
1975 - 19
1976 - 12
1977 - 1992 Complete
1993 - 1
1994 - Complete

I have a nice run virtually complete from 1977 on.  If you happen to have a source for vintage OPC cards (I don't need great condition) help me out.  I would love to whittle that list down a bit.