Monday, August 30, 2010

1968 Jamesway


Jamesway trucking was the trucking company for Partridge Meats hence this set looks very similar to their partridge cousins.  It appears that this set was distributed to the business execs of the company and estimated between 25-50 sets made although the Pete Rose is by far much more prevalent than the others could be just the fact he was more popular player hence it was saved more so more survive to today.  Only Rose is in fact listed for the set but there exists 3 more 1 more Red and 2 more Pittsburgh players so also possible the Pittsburgh players were distributed to Pittsburgh execs and the Cincinnati players in the Cincy area.  The checklist may not be complete if anyone has more to add let me know.

Checklist -


Pete Rose
Johnny Bench
Willie Stargell
Terry Hanratty - Football

Friday, August 27, 2010

1981 FBI MSA Disc

I'm working on tracking down this set but it is uber rare issued in Canada on the bottom of FBI (Fanta Beverage Inc.) flavored drinks.  Very similar to the 82 set but rarer and since the 82 set is also one that is almost unknown makes this release almost in the test release range.  Most likely due to geographical distribution and not a very popular drink to start with and lack of baseball following pretty much doomed both sets from becoming popular.

Anyone with any additions to this set please email me.

Known examples -

Reggie Jackson
Nolan Ryan
Rick Bosetti
Steve Garvey
Warren Cromartie

Believed exists but unverifired -
Pete Rose

1978 Reading Remembers

Sorry for the lapse of posts but real life sometimes takes over hobby life.

This 23-card set measures 3" by 4". The fronts feature brown and white tinted player action and posted photos.  The backs carry the player's name, jersey number, position, biography, statistics, and other player facts.  The cards are unnumbered and checklisted below in alphabetical order. This set was issued in three-card strips.  This set was available upon release for $4 postpaid from the producers.


#
Card Description
1
Tommy Brown
2
Doug Clemens
3
Dom Dallessandro
4
George Eyrich
5
Carl Furillo
6
Dick Gernert
7
Randy Gumpert
8
Bob Katz
9
Betz Klopp
10
Whitey Kurowski
11
Lauer's Park
12
Jesse Levan
13
Carl Mathias
14
Roger Maris
15
Lenny Moore
16
Robin Roberts
17
Harry Schaeffer
18
Herb Score
19
Ty Stofflet
20
John Updike
21
Charlie Wagner
22
Stan Wentzel
23
Vic Wertz