As some of you know I get off on cards that have a story rather than it came out of a $5 pack at any store.
I love oddball, regional issues of stuff that is hard to find and usually origingal in design as they don't follow a manufacturers style.
After I say all that one of my favs is a Tony's pizza Larry Bird card that was in Tony's Pizza boxes in Milwaukee in 1992 for a short while. The promo was so popular they ran out of them and started putting in real fleer ones. The only difference is the numbering on the back.
My best oddball would be my 1978 Bird Indiana state police issue. His FIRST card appearance. :shock:
Others I love are my Mikan 1952 wheeties, 1951 berk ross, Bird hopps prototype, celtics citgo posters, sears card, fournier estrallas, spanish stickers, european versions, 1978 sportscaster, canadian minis, little big leaguers, JMS board game, cellular ones, mattel intstant replay, icee bears, linetts, cranes/buckmans/caravel discs and of course the famed 1985 Jewel prism stickers.
I know some here are HUGE player collectors so there should be a fair amount of this oddball stuff here in OZ. We tend to pick it up more than the US collectors and over the years some will go up a fair bit in price if you buy wisely. Just look at the early Khans set etc for example.
So for me please show me some of yours. Each team/player/decade has different stuff so I'd love to see and hear about something I'd never seen before!
I love oddball, regional issues of stuff that is hard to find and usually origingal in design as they don't follow a manufacturers style.
After I say all that one of my favs is a Tony's pizza Larry Bird card that was in Tony's Pizza boxes in Milwaukee in 1992 for a short while. The promo was so popular they ran out of them and started putting in real fleer ones. The only difference is the numbering on the back.
My best oddball would be my 1978 Bird Indiana state police issue. His FIRST card appearance. :shock:
Others I love are my Mikan 1952 wheeties, 1951 berk ross, Bird hopps prototype, celtics citgo posters, sears card, fournier estrallas, spanish stickers, european versions, 1978 sportscaster, canadian minis, little big leaguers, JMS board game, cellular ones, mattel intstant replay, icee bears, linetts, cranes/buckmans/caravel discs and of course the famed 1985 Jewel prism stickers.
I know some here are HUGE player collectors so there should be a fair amount of this oddball stuff here in OZ. We tend to pick it up more than the US collectors and over the years some will go up a fair bit in price if you buy wisely. Just look at the early Khans set etc for example.
So for me please show me some of yours. Each team/player/decade has different stuff so I'd love to see and hear about something I'd never seen before!
