postcards (mostly) from the steve garvey oddball binder

i'm still working my way through the steve garvey oddball binder, although we are getting close to finishing up.  then, it will be on to the card binders.  i've got a few postcard type things lined up for this post, as well as some other, well, oddballs.

this page includes two actual postcards - starting at the top left, there is a 1971 dodgers postcard (sometimes referred to as a 'dexter' postcard), a 1972 jd mccarthy postcard, a 1975 mengler baseball's best 'card', and a 1975 sspc puzzle back

i wrote a little bit about the mengler card here, which is to say i provided a link to a different source.

here are the backs, although they are reversed.  that's the back of the jd mccarthy card in the upper left.  the puzzle back piece is of nolan ryan's torso.

this next sheet is chock full of actual postcards, all issued by the dodgers.  based on what i've been able to find on the internet, i believe they are (starting in the upper left) 1975, 1981, 1977, and 1976 issues.

here are the backs.  again, they are reversed because i just flipped the sheet to scan it, and i didn't rearrange the backs to line up

i've got  a whole mess of other dodger postcards that i should post for posterity.  i'll work on that.

in the meantime, here's another sheet from the binder.  this one includes a 1987 jiffy pop disc, a 1987 m&m's star lineup uncut panel with fernando valenzuela, a 1979 metallic creations card, and a 1979 baseball patches patch of the garv

and the backs

the metallic creations card is sometimes referred to as a 'signature miniature'.

time for one more page.  this one features a really cool 2003 donruss card that was only available when you subscribed to the dodgers' magazine and a manufactured patch/auto card issued by upper deck as part of the 2002 world series heroes set

upper deck identified it as a 'souvenir' patch card, and it was one of the first manufactured patches i remember seeing.  i recall being confused as to why they didn't just use the actual 1981 world series logo, although i did appreciate them recognizing the dodgers as the world champs.  here are the backs, with the authentication of the upper deck card and all the info you could want about the garv courtesy of donruss

in fact, here's a better look at the back of that card

i was so pleased to have found out about this card when it was being offered that i even let my fellow garvey collector/ebay nemesis mrmopar know about it.  it's one of my favorite oddballs for sure.

patching up my steve garvey collection

i've got a pretty good steve garvey card collection.  my collection also includes some non-card items, but it is by no means a complete collection.  in the past, i've removed some of those non-card items from the collection and shipped them off to padrographs or ebay auctions, so i am not concerned about being a completist.  besides, i know that i do not even have the best steve garvey collection in the blogosphere.  that achievement is reserved for curt at 1978, the year it all began.

over the past 15 years or so, curt and i have battled each other on ebay and traded with each other through our blogs.  most recently, i agreed to send curt my only garvey bronze parallel from 2004 upper deck legends in order for him to complete his garvey bronze set (there are four garvey cards in that particular set, each one coming with a bronze parallel numbered to 50).  the only one i had of the four was the only one he needed.  he offered to trade a duplicate, and i figured i would help a fellow garvey collector out, even though it created a hole in my collection.  one of many holes, so not much of a big deal.

curt added a few other items to his end of the deal, including this lightly soiled 1979 baseball patch

that's a penn emblem patch, to be precise.  i used to have a garvey photo patch i think.  or maybe it was a steve yeager photo patch.  i don't recall.

how about a 1985 topps tiffany garvey record breaker?

not new to the collection, but new to the blog.

and now here's the bronze parallel card i received to replace the outgoing one in my collection - it's the 1974 subset card, featuring a photo that is not from 1974

numbered 37/50 with dodger stadium on the back

i still plan to show my full garvey collection here on the blog later this year.  it won't be complete, but that's ok.  it's exactly what i want it to be.

curt - thanks for the trade and your patience.  i will send your card out this weekend.