
Lew Burdette (BA281) almost has a 3-D look to it restored.
My humble holiday offering to you all...
Several of you, rightly or wrongly, have blamed me for Baseball-Birthdays' premature withdrawal of his OneDrive page that held all of the Topps Vault folders. This was a blow to me, whether you believe it or not, as we helped him with a number of the newer folders. If it was meant somehow as punishment, I don't get why he reacted so strongly – I attempted to reach him by direct email twice and two different accounts. He has still not responded personally to me.
I thought it was worth it to illustrate how special the upgrades were. One remarkable fact is that almost none of them are Cubs. That tells me they were done separately and those images found their destination apart from my digging. If some does in fact have early Cubs images upgraded, I respectfully request they share them with the group. I offer to be the middle man.
Since then, I have gone back to all of these Folders, which I saved before their removal, and have created “Upgrade Folders,” the number of images in each older photo that have been largely restored. I am also making them available to those collectors who want to upgrade their files. I offer these free and without strings; all anyone has to do is contact me in a PM, tell me what they want and where to send it.
I also have the complete folders saved and upgraded. The offer goes to those as well.
Here is a list of folders that contain upgrades and the number of images upgraded:
FOLDER
ABC (499 images upgraded); AC (123); AD (206); AE (181); AF (157); AH (86); AJ (89); AK (189); AL (106); AM (206); AN (174); AP (62); AX (2).
BA (522); BC (309); BE (1); BF (24); BH (6); BJ (5); BK (6); BT (61).
CA (43); CC (264); DD (270); HH (64); PP (9); TT (73); UU (57).
Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season.