NEXT UP FOR THE BIGGUNS IS ANOTHER CARD I GOT FROM DUCKS. THIS WAS IN A DOLLAR BOX, WHICH ASTOUNDED ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL IT WAS BUT I KNEW OF SIMILAR CARDS THAT ARE USUALLY PRICED MORE THAN A BUCK A POP. ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE LIKE WILT. LET US LEARN WHAT THE HELL THIS THING IS TOGETHER
1995 GROLIER STORY OF AMERICA WILT CHAMBERLAIN
LET ME START OFF THIS POST BY SAYING DEFINITIVELY THAT WILT CHAMBERLAIN IS THE GOAT. AND NOT A CHARLIE BROWN GOAT, THE KIDS' VERNACULAR GREATEST OF ALL TIME GOAT. BUT WAIT, ISN'T MICHAEL JORDAN THE GOAT? KAREEM? LEBRON? YES. THEY ARE ALL GOATS. THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM IN THIS WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS FOR PLENTY OF GOATS AND WILT IS DEFINITELY A GOAT. FORGET ABOUT THE STATS, WHICH ARE OBJECTIVELY ABSURD, AND DISREGARD ALL THE AWARDS OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT PAGE, AND JUST LOOK AT WHAT THE MAN DID HERE. HE SCORED 100 POINTS IN A SINGLE BASKETBALL GAME ALL BY HIMSELF. IN AN ODDBALL GAME IN HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA OF ALL PLACES. WHOLE TEAMS SOMETIMES CAN'T SCORE THAT MANY POINTS IN A GAME. AND HE EMBARASSED THE NEW YORK KNICKS AT THE SAME TIME WHICH IS ALSO FUN. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THIS PHOTO A HUNDRED TIMES BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY PHOTOS OF THE GAME THAT EXISTS BECAUSE NO ONE CARED ABOUT A LATE SEASON GAME BETWEEN THE WARRIORS AND KNICKS AT A NEUTRAL VENUE IN 1962. OR BASKETBALL IN GENERAL FOR THAT MATTER
FIRST THING I THOUGHT WHEN I SAW THIS CARD WAS 'HELL YEAH, HUGE WILT CARD FOR A BUCK'. SECOND THING IS 'THIS SPORTSCASTER CARD LOOKS WEIRD'. THIS HOWEVER IS NOT A SPORTSCASTER CARD, IT'S FROM GROLIER'S STORY OF AMERICA SERIES FROM 1995. GROLIER WAS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA COMPANY THAT SOLD A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS TO LIBRARIES AND SUCH AND THEY PRODUCED A FEW OF THESE CARD-BASED HISTORY SETS THAT WERE SOLD IN PACKS THROUGH A SUBSCRIPTION. I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THESE UNTIL I SAW THIS CARD AND I STILL DON'T KNOW A HECK OF A LOT ABOUT THEM, IT'S GOT AN ENORMOUS CHECKLIST WITH A LOT OF COOL CELEBRITIES MIXED IN. I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE WHO WOULD WANT TO COLLECT THIS ENTIRE THING, BUT A COOL CARD OF CARY GRANT, OR DICK TRACY, OR THE TWILIGHT ZONE WOULD BE A NEAT FIND
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Yeah that's cool, it seems very unlike a card you'd find in the '90s. But 2520 cards!!!
Cool card. Kind of surprised I've never seen one of these before... considering the era. It seems like everyone was collecting in the 90's... and there were enough collectors who wanted everything (like myself) that obscure items like this were eventually shared or exposed.
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