'The Ginty was one of his inventions ? a precursor to today's rescue or trouble clubs,' said Bill Nelson, a long-time collector and golf shop. Thompson was a club designer of some note. The set includes 1 thru 4 woods and 2 through 9 irons. These clubs were specifically made for a man with the initials on each one. ĭear Babe: I purchased a set of Stan Thompson golf clubs several years ago from a private party. You can view Adams' grading scale by visiting my blog at. 'There has never been an official standard for grading cards, but I did provide an informal system when I published a bi-annual pricing guide (baseball only),' Adams.

Also, the APBA game company posts information on its Web site (said Don Adams of North Brunswick, N.J., an APBA collector since 1953. However over the years, cards for players from throughout baseball history have been created.Īt one point there was a newsletter for aficionados, but it has gone by the wayside, replaced by hosted by Rose. of Gaithersburg, Md., a collector and dealer.įor the uninitiated, APBA baseball is a game in which a player's stats from a given year have been broken down on a playing card to correspond to rolls of a pair of dice along with various game situations listed on the playing boards.īased on my research, it looks like the game made its debut in 1950. 'Since the point is to play the game, and there are no pictures, there doesn't seem to be any collector interest in having them in slabs,' said Francis Rose Jr. You can get anything graded, but you don't see many APBA cards getting that treatment. Dear Babe: What can you tell me about APBA game cards? Can you have them graded? Ryan N., Clarkston, Wash.

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