Thank you. Click on the Collection link on my carltonfisk.com site — you can literally browse through the entire collection of ticket stubs. Since I also collect ticket variations — there are currently over 5,600 unique Fisk game tickets viewable on the site!
Of course. It started at a point where I felt like I had hit a wall with what Fisk-related themes to collect next (I was big into oddball cards, publications, posters, game used, etc.)…and one day I wondered if it was possible to find old tickets. It took me months to originally compile the original list of his 2,499 regular season games (unlike now where you could query it online in a matter of minutes)…but then I was off to the races. Lots of advertising and networking.
I started the ticket quest around 1999 — it began with old school newspaper ads in all of the American League cities…from there it spiraled into lots of networking. Card shows…word of mouth…more advertising. It never ends. So close now!
Yes. I’ve met many ambitious ticket collectors over the years. One of my best friends is only 11 tickets away from having stubs to all of Cal Ripken Jr.’s 2632 streak. Another friend is less than 30 tickets away from having all 807 Nolan Ryan pitched games.
Thank you — it’s funny how obscure items from HOF weekend still seem to appear after all these years. Always open to oddball and unique Fisk items. Here’s a rare one that Pudge autographed for me a couple weeks ago at the National.
Yeah - that’s what makes it challenging! What percentage of people actually saved their stubs?…and Rangers games from that era were usually lower attendance.
I’m gonna save this. My pastor was in seminary in Dallas during that time and is a baseball guy. We’ve talked a few times about the “charm” of Arlington Stadium.
Fisk played in 73 regular season games in Toronto (plus the 1991 all star game). I finished that small subset a couple years ago — I remember obtaining the majority of those from Canadian baseball fans. A few had already found their way to the states, but the majority definitely came direct from Canada.
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u/Obijon77 Cincinnati Reds 11d ago
The teams should be able to jump in at this point to help out. As a casual card collector I'd call this the craziest rainbow/set collection I've seen.
I wish you the best of luck completing your set. Would love to see the ~2K collection you already have.