Baseball Cards

1962 Bell Brand Dodgers Ad Sheet

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I try to grab card company sell sheets when they come up for sale for the hobby library; I’m super happy to have picked up this rare one, a 1962 Bell Brand Dodgers salesman advertising sheet, a few months ago.

It was made to advertise the 1962 Bell Brand Dodgers set that was distributed inside packages of Bell Brand Potato chips and Bell Brand Corn Chips. The cards pictured on the front are those used in the 1961 set, though.

The back has more product info, images, and advertising text.

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T200 Fatima Team Cards

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It might be time to start collecting pre-war again. I was flipping through MastroNet’s Sports Auction of Distinction catalog from December 2005 when I ran across this awesome photo of a complete 1913 T200 Fatima Team Cards set and felt inspired. The item description explained that nearly all the day’s stars are present in the 16-card series, including Jackson, Wagner, Thorpe, Cobb, Mathewson, Johnson, Alexander, Speaker, Lajoie, and Speaker.

But if it is time, I’m going to have to be really serious about going after these cards. The Cleveland Americans card, with Shoeless Joe Jackson, is particularly expensive. Plus, they were all printed on lower-quality photographic paper and are really susceptible to creasing, cracking, and chipping.

1972 Laughlin #8 Lou Gehrig Great Feats Original Illustration

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Here’s the original 4” x 5” pen-and-ink illustration (and final card) used for card 8 of the 1972 Laughlin “Great Feats” series, commemorating Lou Gehrig’s 23 career grand slams.

Ron Oser Enterprises auctioned it off in their April 2001 catalog.

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