gone microfiche-in'

there are a few items on my steve garvey "want/need" list that i don't really plan to ever obtain. some, like the 1982 fbi disc, would be more than welcome in my collection but they are extremely rare. others, like the 1981 long beach press telegram newspaper cutout don't excite me too much even if they were more readily available.

one item that i did hope to one day add to the collection was the 1981 gafline issue. even though it was part of the want list i originally generated using beckett's catalog, i didn't really know what it was until mrmopar started blogging and posted about it back in 2010. after seeing that it was a microfiche card, i really did want to add one to my garvey collection.

earlier this year, i was able to do just that!

here's the view from the back

it's microfiche, so it's just the reverse of the front.

as mrmopar said in his post, there isn't a lot of information out there behind this issue, but it reminds me of the time spent at the library doing research for various school papers by using the records that had been converted to microfilm.

there were two or three of these posted for sale on ebay earlier in 2021, one of which was somewhat hidden in a larger garvey lot that was part of an estate liquidation. i missed out on that one, but was able to get this one at a decent price - as far as i could tell, anyway.  it's one of my favorite garvey oddball items for sure!