All vintage is great. Vintage Reds are even greater. But some vintage is more greater than others. Below are old oddballs that will NOT impress your friends.
1948 Blue Tint (R346) #46 Johnny Vander Meer
Apparently this is some mysterious set with unclear origins. Released in strips in the New York market, 48 total cards, blank backs, and gone as quickly as they came.
1935-37 George Burke Photo Stamps Sammy Byrd
Made by a Chicago photographer for players to use to answer fan mail. Neato. These are very tiny and poorly printed, but hey, it was the 30's.
1947 Bond Bread Ewell Blackwell
Bond Bread was named as if it was guaranteed in the same manner as bank bonds. This worked as a selling point after The War, I guess. Bond Bread's company went bankrupt in the 70's after a spate of unsanitary working conditions and being thwomped on the shelves by Wonder Bread.
1962 Topps Baseball Bucks Joe Jay.
Not terribly rare, but dull and gray and no fun to look at. A proper cash money green and better paper stock and these coulda been special.
1931 W517 Strip Cards Pete DonahueStandard strip card action, but BIGGER. 3x4 for a set of strip cards is gigantic. As you see, my version snags a hint of the dotted lines.
1934-36 Batter Up #44 Adam Comorosky.
These come in several printing hues, each as drab as each other. BUT they pop out like those 60's Topps and 80's Donruss stand-ups, so they were obviously a manufacturing marvel for the time period.
Maybe the color refractor age ain't so bad after all.
Go Redlegs.
Great stuff. Never seen or heard of the first two issues in this post and the only one I've ever actually owned of the remaining four is the Topps Bucks.
ReplyDeleteIt's tough when sets don't even have legitimate names. Nobody wants em except us sickos.
DeleteNice vintage! I always enjoy seeing vintage on blogs, even if it is a little bit drab.
ReplyDeletePlenty of more colorful things on the way
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