1985 Wichita Eagle-Beacon bubblegumless Cards

This is the last year the newspaper put out cards ending a 3 year run of them.  As previous years they were issued in strips of 3 every week.

It is very rare set as not a large circulation and sometimes odd subject matter it would be a monumental task to complete this set from 83-85.

This 1985 checklist was compiled by Kevin O'Conner at http://www.calripkenjr.net/ he got the microfilm from Wichita and went through and cataloged each one.

Strip of 3 -

Checklist in PDF form -


 1985 Wichita Eagle-Beacon bubblegumless Cards

1968 Uniroyal Keds Reds

This set is partially cataloged and I can add a few more pieces to it but I still need some holes filled in it.  I was a promotion by Uniroyal Keds a tire manufacturer similar to a Goodyear tire store today.  They lightly advertised free scrapbook and strip of cards if you come to their store.  I say lightly because looking at past newspapers their ad appeared just 3 times over a month period not exactly front page either.

Now when you went in you got strip 1 which contained 5 players and and end tab where you had to cut off and bring to Crosley Field on certain days to get the other 3 strips.

This strip contains most of the cards known to the set with Pete Rose and Lee May being the other 2 known cards.  Recently I found a lot and can add a few more to the mix.

This set was issued on very thin paper and not hard to imagine if missed first strip you'd never get the others plus getting to the ball park on certain days with the coupon for next strip seemed difficult then to add to that had to make it through a game with the strip intact seems to add to the extreme rarity of this set.

I believe the other strips only contained 4 players to the strip which means total set should contain 17  I also think the layout of the strips goes as following based solely on the cut lines when I line them backup - It is interesting to note that the Johnny Bench is from his rookie year and issued before his topps late series card.  Anyone with complete strip scans or other cards would like to see them and add/refine the list below.

Jim Maloney		strip 1
Dave Bristol
Vada Pinson
Bob Johnson
Bob Lee
		strip 2
Lee May
		strip 3
Pete Rose
Tony Cloninger
Chico Ruiz
Fred Whitefield
		strip 4
Leo Cardenas
Billy McCool
Alex Johnson
Johnny Bench

1984 Wichita Eagle-Beacon Bubblegum-less Cards

A continuation from 1983 set it was also issued in 3 card strips each week in the newspaper and contained players from all sports and college athletes.

This 1984 checklist was compiled by Kevin O'Conner at http://www.calripkenjr.net/ he got the microfilm from Wichita and went through and cataloged each one.

Strip of 3

 

Individual Card

 

Checklist in PDF format

1998 Bally's Willie Mays and Legends of Baseball

Came across this lot which I believe is complete set but not 100% sure of it but for now closest to full set I've seen.  This set measures 4 1/4 x 6 and and the reverse says will be at Bally's Las Vegas November 14, 1998 so I'm assuming there was a large card / autograph show at the casino that day and these were promos made before that to promote it, but I don't know how they were distributed anyone attend the show or was a guest of the casino back then and can shed light on the subject please comment below.  They are pretty rare to see and don't pop up that often.

Just a small back story  I found interesting -

Shortly after his Hall of Fame election, Mays took a job at the Park Place Casino (now Bally's Atlantic City) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. While there, he served as a Special Assistant to the Casino's President and as a greeter. Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was also a greeter during that time. When Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn heard of this, he suspended both men from involvement in organized baseball for violating the league's rules on gambling. Peter Ueberroth, Kuhn's successor, lifted the suspension in 1985.

Obviously by 1998 the casino stigma was not as strict with ball players. 

The checklist below they are unnumbered

Johnny Bench
Whitey Ford
Reggie Jackson
Willie Mays
Frank Robinson
Pete Rose
Duke Snider

R and N China

Going to explore china for a few posts.  Released in early 90s 1993 seems to be popular date for a lot of them there are a some good documentation on some sets but a few are mysteries cards that are numbered to 10,000 just don't pop up at all and complete sets that are supposed to exist are never seen.  I will piece together a few items I have found out in next few posts and see if a clearer picture comes about.

For those unfamiliar with them R&N china produced porcelain cards, plates, mugs sometimes under different names or co names.  For today I will concentrate on the small 3-4 card sets that are pretty easy to checklist but for some reason nobody has.


From 1995-1999 R&N China produced sets for both Topps and Upper Deck which in it self is rather odd that one of them didn't hold exclusive rights to the concept.  The Signature Series consisted of 3-4 porcelain cards in a felt lined wood holder.  Rather limited production for each set most were around 500 range but featured some of the biggest names in sports.

The Mantle series is interesting in that they were signed only 18 days before he passed away so they are some of the last signatures he ever did.

It appears late in 1996 Upper Deck got involved and produced basketball and football cards under the same name and time frame as the mostly topps cards but upped the production into the 1000 range.  But even at that they are still rather hard to come by and carry a big price tag.

Below is checklist of the sets in PDF format.

Checklist

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1981 FBI Disc

Recently on eBay a new batch of 1981 Discs appeared to add to the checklist.  Revisiting them they are extremely rare only issued in Canada and not that well collected.  Issued on the bottom of Fanta Beverage Inc. (FBI) drink containers they are usually found scuffed and dirty.

Current checklist most likely still very incomplete.  Discs are unnumbered. The checklist below is in
alphabetical order.

Bruce Bochte
Rick Bosetti
George Brett
Jim Clancy
Warren Cromartie
Andre Dawson
Steve Garvey
Larry Hisle
Reggie Jackson
Dave Kingman
Jim Palmer
Pete Rose
Nolan Ryan
Gary Templeton

1981-83 Venezuelan Stickers

Continuing the Venezuelan theme as I will in the next few post this set is very similar to the 80-81 set in that it is 288-sticker set measures approximately 2" by 2 3/4" with name centered and then sticker number below.  For the 1982-83 winter season, the set was expanded with several cards being issued per team with letters suffixed to the card numbers.  Distributed by Digallo C.A.  Special thanks to Clyde's Stale Cards Blog for pointing me at the checklist.

Album

Checklist in PDF.

2000 Venezuelan Stickers

These 420 stickers were issued in Venezuela and featured major league players.  They were issued in packs and a 64 page album was also created to house them. 

Checklist in PDF form

1980-81 Venezuelan Stickers

 This 288-sticker set measures approximately 2" by 2 3/4".   The fronts feature color player portraits  framed by white border. The player's name and sticker number are printed in a yellow bar below the picture.  The stickers are placed according to number in an 8" by 10 1/2" album, with the player's biography printed in his sticker slot.  The set is arranged according to teams as follows: Tigres de Aragua (1-45), Cardenales de Lara (46-90),  Leones del Caracas (91-135), Navegantes del Magallanes (136-180), Tiburones del la Guaira (181-225), and Aguilas del Zulia (226-270).  The set closes with action stickers (271-288).

Checklist in PDF form

2002 Panini Stickers Caracas History

Another Venezuelan set measures 2 3/8 x 3 and consists of members that played in the Caracas Venezuelan "winter ball" league through out the years so it contains many MLBs along side some great Venezuelan players.  It was issued with a album and the stickers were issued in packs.  There are a few double puzzle stickers that create a complete image when together.

The checklist is incomplete at this time so any additions are appreciated.

album

Checklist in pdf form.

1997 Panini Stickers

This 150 card set measures 2 1/8 x 3 was distributed in Venezuela.  Not much else is known at this time presumably an album was made to house the stickers but the distribution in packs or sets is unknown at this time.  Also the checklist is incomplete any additions are welcome.

Checklist in PDF form

1983 Wichita Eagle-Beacon Bubblegum-less Cards

It was issued in the Wichita, Kansas area newspaper and included 3 players to a strip but included football, hockey, basketball and even college and high school players and seems to have focused on what ever sport was popular at the time frame.  The 1985 issue was made up of old timers and past heroes.

This 1983 checklist was compiled by Kevin O'Conner at http://www.calripkenjr.net/ he got the microfilm from Wichita and went through and cataloged each one. 

here's an individual

and the strip

 

they are super tough to find as the Wichita Eagle-Beacon just isn't the New York Times as far as distribution.

Checklist in pdf

1974-1976 Cincinnati Reds Photo Cards

 This set features members of the 1974-76 Cincinnati Reds. These cards had no PC markings on the back.  measure 3 1/2" by 5 1/2" Cards have the player's fascimile autograph in a white box with a Cincinnati Reds below the signature both in black. Since the design didn't change from 1973-1976 it is impossible to distinguish individual years except by certain players only played during certain years and by uniform style.  Since these cards are unnumbered, we have sequenced them in alphabetical order.

	Sparky Anderson Mgr
	Ted Kluszewski Co
	George Scherger Co
	Alex Grammas Co
1976	Russ Nixon Co
1976	Santo Alcala
	Ed Armbrister
1976	Bob Bailey
	Johnny Bench
	Jack Billingham
	Pedro Borbon
	Clay Carroll
	Tom Carroll
	Darrel Chaney
	Dave Concepcion
	Terry Crowley
1976	Pat Darcy
	Dan Driesen
	Rawly Eastwick
	Doug Flynn
	George Foster
	Cesar Geronimo
	Don Gullett
	Ken Griffey Sr
	Tom Hall
	Clay Kirby
1974	Junior Kennedy
1976	Mike Lum
	Will McEnaney
	Joe Morgan
	Gary Nolan
1974	Pat Osburn
	Tony Perez
	Bill Plummer
	Merv Rettenmund
	Pete Rose
1976	Joel Youngblood
1976	Pat Zachry

1967 Reds Photo Cards

This set features members of the 1967 Cincinnati Reds. These cards had no PC markings on the back.  They measure 3 1/2" by 5 1/2" these postcards have a player photo, a blue/purple fascimile autograph and "Cincinnati Reds" in red lettering.  Since these cards are unnumbered, we have sequenced them in alphabetical order.

Ted Abernathy
Gerry Arrigo
Jack Baldschun
Johnny Bench
Vern Benson CO
Jimmy Bragan CO
Dave Bristol MGR
Leo Cardenas
Jim Coker
Ted Davidson
John Edwards
Sammy Ellis
Ray Evans CP
Mel Harder CO
Tommy Harper
Tommy Helms
Deron Johnson
Bob Lee
Jim Maloney
Lee May
Bill McCool
Tom Murphy CP
Gary Nolan
Don Nottebart
Don Pavletich
Milt Pappas
Tony Perez
Vada Pinson
Mel Queen
Floyd Robinson
Pete Rose	Autograph not touching Picture
Pete Rose	Autograph Half into Picture
Chico Ruiz
Art Shamsky
Dick Simpson
Ray Shore CO
Jake Wood
Whitey Wietelmann CO
Al Wylder CP

1968 Reds Photo Cards

This set features members of the 1968 Cincinnati Reds. These cards had no PC markings on the back.  They measure 3 1/2" by 5 1/2" these postcards have a player photo, a blue fascimile autograph and "Cincinnati Reds" in red lettering.  Since these cards are unnumbered, we have sequenced them in alphabetical order.

Ted Abernathy

Gerry Arrigo

Johnny Bench

Vern Benson CO

Jimmy Bragan CO

Dave Bristol MG

Leo Cardenas

Clay Carroll

Tony Cloninger

George Culver

Tommy Helms

Alex Johnson

Mack Jones

Bill Kelso

Bob Lee

Jim Maloney

Lee May

Bill McCool

Gary Nolan

Don Pavletich

Tony Perez

Vada Pinson

Mel Queen

Jay Ritchie

Pete Rose

Chico Ruiz

Jim Schaffer

Hal Smith CO

Fred Whitfield

Woody Woodward

1969 Reds Photo Cards

This set features members of the 1969 Cincinnati Reds. These cards had no PC markings on the back.  They measure 3 1/2" by 5 1/2" these postcards have a player photo, a black facsimile autograph and "Cincinnati Reds" in red lettering.  Since these cards are unnumbered, we have sequenced them in alphabetical order.

Gerry Arrigo
Johnny Bench
Jim Beauchamp
Vern Benson CO
Jimmy Bragan CO
Dave Bristol MG
Clay Carroll
Darrel Chaney
Tony Cloninger
Pat Corrales
George Culver
Jack Fisher
Wayne Granger
Harvey Haddix CO
Tommy Helms
Alex Johnson
Jim Maloney
Lee May
Jim Merritt
Tony Perez
Pete Rose	facing left
Pete Rose	facing Right
Chico Ruiz
Ted Savage
Hal Smith CO
Jim Stewart
Bob Tolan
Fred Whitfield
Woody Woodward

1970 Reds Photo Cards

This set features members of the 1970 Cincinnati Reds. These cards had no PC markings on the back.  They measure 3 1/2" by 5 1/2" these postcards have a player photo, a black fascimile autograph and "Cincinnati Reds" in red lettering.  Since these cards are unnumbered, we have sequenced them in alphabetical order.

George Anderson

Johnny Bench (facing front)

Bo Belinsky

Angel Bravo

Bernie Carob

Clay Carroll (facing front)

Darrel Chaney (facing front)

Tony Cloninger (looking right)

Pat Corrales (looking right)

David Concepcion

Alex Grammas

Wayne Granger (mouth closed)

Don Gullett

Tommy Helms (facing front)

Ted Kluszewski

Jim Maloney (facing right)

Lee May (facing front)

Jim Merritt

Jim McGlothlin

Hal McRae

Gary Nolan

Tony Perez (facing front)

George Scherger

Pete Rose (facing front)

Larry Shepard

Wayne Simpson

Jim Stewart (facing right)

Bobby Tolan (smiling)

Ray Washburn

Woody Woodward (smiling)

1971 Reds Photo Cards

This set features members of the 1970 Cincinnati Reds. These cards had no PC markings on the back.  measure 3 1/2" by 5 1/2" The fronts have a player photo, a black fascimile autograph and "Cincinnati Reds" in black lettering.  Since these cards are unnumbered, we have sequenced them in alphabetical order.

Sparky Anderson MGR

Johnny Bench

Buddy Bradford

Bernie Carbo

Clay Carroll

Ty Cline

Tony Cloninger

Dave Concepcion

Pat Corrales

Al Ferrara

George Foster

Joe Gibbon

Alex Grammas CO

Wayne Granger

Ross Grimsley

Don Gullett

Tommy Helms

Ted Kluszewski

Lee May

Jim McGlothlin

Hal McRae

Jim Merritt

Gary Nolan

Tony Perez

Pete Rose

George Scherger CO

Larry Shepard

Willie Smith

Wayne Simpson

Jim Stewart

Bobby Tolan

Milt Wilcox

Woody Woodward

1973 Reds Photo Cards

 This set features members of the 1973 Cincinnati Reds. These cards had no PC markings on the back.  measure 3 1/2" by 5 1/2" Cards have the player's fascimile autograph in a white box with Cincinnati Reds below the signature. It is believed that many of these cards were also issued during the 1974 season.  Since these cards are unnumbered, we have sequenced them in alphabetical order.

Sparky Anderson MG

Dick Baney

Bob Barton

Johnny Bench

Jack Billingham

Jack Billingham/ Photo credit given

Pedro Borbon

Clay Carroll

Darrel Chaney

Dave Concepcion

Ed Crosby

Dan Driessen

Phil Gagliano

Cesar Geronimo

Alex Grammas CO

Ken Griffey

Ross Grimsley

Don Gullett

Joe Hague

Tom Hall

Hal King

Ted Kluszewski CO

Andy Kosco

Gene Locklear

Jim McGlothlin

Denis Menke

Joe Morgan

Roger Nelson

Gary Nolan

Fred Norman

Tony Perez

Bill Plummer

Pete Rose

Richie Scheinblum

George Scherger CO

Larry Shepard CO

Ed Sprague

Larry Stahl

Bobby Tolan

Dave Tomlin