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Sy Berger

The Wehmeier card on the right, with a missing dot over the “i” in his signature and an asterisk next to his lifetime stats on the back, also has a logo on the front that is slightly cut off on the left side.
Baseball

Variations, Coan, Berger, Burdick boxers and counting cards

By By George VrechekDec 4, 2019
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Baseball

Remembering Sy Berger; Reflecting on playing golf with Arnold Palmer

By Bert LehmanDec 12, 2016
Hudson
Cards

A Closer Look: New Findings on the 1953 Topps Baseball Set

By Tom BartschDec 4, 2015
Retired Topps Directory of Photography Butch Jacobs, 2015.
Basketball

Butch Jacobs Shares Details Behind Topps Basketball Cards

By Tom BartschDec 4, 2019
Sy Berger
Collector Stories

Odds & Ends: Taking a Spin Around the Hobby

By Tom BartschJun 23, 2015
Sy Berger Photo Courtesy of Marty Appel
News

Sy Berger Among Inductees to Shrine of the Eternals

By Tom BartschMay 7, 2015
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Willie Mays

Len Brown and the 1960s Topps Baseball Set

By Tom BartschJan 23, 2015
Len Brown holding the book Topps Baseball Cards.
Baseball

Len Brown: The Man Who Wrote the Cards at Topps

By Tom BartschJan 5, 2015
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Willie Mays

Sy Berger Passes Away at Age 91

By Tom BartschDec 14, 2014
Sy, on the right, is the Berger with the big smile in this 1930 photo with his parents and siblings.
Willie Mays

Catching Up With Cardboard Pioneer Sy Berger

By Tom BartschSep 2, 2014
An exploding television market and success of New York City teams helped Topps enter and take over the baseball card market in the 1950s.
Baseball

Revisiting the Great Bubble Gum Card War

By Tom BartschJun 19, 2012
Misc football cards in the set
Football

The Mystery Cards Continue in Football, With Insight from Sy Berger and Woody Gelman

By Tom BartschDec 3, 2019
Chico Carrasquel has a newer Sox hat but the back of the card lists him as a Cleveland Indian. He was traded to Cleveland in October 1955.
Baseball

Mystery Baseball and Football Cards from 1956?

By Tom BartschDec 3, 2019