European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Collecting Hobby was in the cards for of sports fan monday february 3, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 � Jor. M stuff Riler so Misti Rij Vutci. Netherlands when air Lorca tech. Ski. Re  the talks cards he is talking about Minic Ihms More than a full Dock. Mccarthy has Mure Ihan 50,000 base Ball and football curds in the collection he began in the Hue i1.mk. Some if the cards like his 1952 Louwman football card of Jim  University of Texas arc More valuable than some Slock shares. The  curd is Worth about Vito. According to a recent card collector s Cata log. I first bought a  of  Hack in 57 or 58." said the a  avionics maintenance specialist with the 32nd Lac control so at Camp new Amsterdam. " card collecting was just the Norm in those  said Mccarthy who hied in the Midwest at the time. The bulk of Mccarthy s Early collecting was done in the Lite ibs and Early my part of that legacy is a nearly Complete Topps baseball can collection from a 61. A Complete Sel is Worth about si.000. He said. Mccarthy docs not know what his entire collection is Worth because of fluctuating prices in the card Marker he did not Shari out collecting the cards for profit but rather As a fan. When i was growing up collecting the cards for the value was the farthest thing from kids minds lie said. Mccarthy was a fan of the St. Louis cardinals and Detroit tigers which influenced his Outlook on the 1961 race be tween the new York Yankees Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris to break the sin Gle season Home run record set by babe Ruth. The Yankees were my enemies at that Lime so most of the Mantle and Maris cards go pitched in the garbage. Those Are the cards that Are Worth a lot of Money these  Mccarthy said. As Mccarthy entered his teen age one favorite one enemy tech. So. Rex Mccarthy holds Vintage baseball cards shotting to of the players who Hod their heydays during his Joule the St. Louis cardinals Slan Musial and the new York Yankees Mickey Mantle. Mccarthy was a fan of the cardinals and the Detroit  Ponio by l. Ammeil Lewis j. Years Afler the m season collecting baseball cards became a thing of the past. The cards however were packed in shoe boxes instead of joining the  and Mantle cards already in the trash. "1 went Home on leave in 71 and started rummaging through the attic Mccarthy said lie decided on a him to Lake the cards with him and Only later re Klimt their Worth after checking can collectors digests. Mccarthy went Back to Huing cards but this time with a developing Eye for what was valuable. He also started taking better care of them by enclosing them in Sheds no plastic inside Loose Leaf binders the Money is in the Rookie Eai  Mccarthy said. A i pm Peto Kose card in mint condition for example will filch about $400. He said l in a Small create in the  of a potentially valuable cud can . Its valued Tafi in one tenth of a specimen in perfect Tofu lotion he said. The foibles of the printing business also can influence the Worth of a card As in the Case of the f w Jim  card. My Canh said in l 52. The card company had trouble printing up sheets of the football cards. The cards at the edges of the Sheet were not printed correctly. Rather than reprint the whole Sheet the card company distributed what it had which meant that fewer got into circulation Mccarthy said thus Jim  found  Way into card collectors history. Mccarthy found  mint condition Jim  cart in a Box of football cards that he purchased for 52 from another collector. That kind of Good Fortune is becoming rarer As collecting sports curds becomes More and More Businesslike Mccarthy said. Card dealers Are already offering batches of 1984 Rookie cards bearing the likeness of new York mets Star hurler a height Cio Oden for 58 each he said. Unlike 25 years ago card collectors tech. So. Rex Mccarthy slums Par of his Culli Dinn of Natur 50,1 00 cards. Now can buy Complete sets for a particular year for around s20. That lakes the fun out of collecting Mccarthy said. Of course when of buy them by sets you Don t get chewing gum with them he said. Mccarthy said it has been More than 10 years since he s been to a major league Bali game. Hut he says the level of play is not important As Long As the game is base Ball. Me built coach the Camp new Amsterdam wolfhounds fast pitch soft Bat team this sear. I d be Happy watching a Little league game. As a Mailer of fact that s what we do in the summertime