Who're the 11 Butterfinger ad cards?

[Bob Lemke]

I noted in Lew Lipset's last auctin that he mentioned there were 11 players in the 1934 Butterfingers set that were issued as cardboard point-of-purchase ad signs, with the basic card design overprinted with a red ad message.

He specified: Bartell, Boyle, Carleton, Frey, O'Farrell and Swetonic.

I'd like to give these a seperate listing in the Standard Catalog. Can you provide the other five players' names?

Thanks!

[Boomer]

I believe there are 14. For a long time 13 was the number and then a Gehrig was found. I do not have the list.

[nolemmings]

Lew sold these 11: Richard Bartell, Walter Berger, Ralph Boyle, James Collins, Paul Derringer, Benny Frey, Johnny Moore, Bob O'Farrrell, Mel Ott, Steve Sewtonic and Lou Gehrig.

http://www.oldjudge.com/archive/200604/baseball/sets/92/

Add to that list Carleton and Frisch, which I own, and there are at least 13.

[lhardem]

Bob, fourteen known Butterfinger ad-type panels are noted in the R310 checklist on the Old Cardboard website at http://www.oldcardboard.com/r/r310/r310list.asp. The only player not mentioned above is that of George Earnshaw.

Hope this helps, Lyman

[ecRich]

I really like the Butterfinger ad cards. I have nine which are all listed above. I can add two more to the list: Chapman and Grabowski. I have copies of both.