swarmee
05-21-2017, 01:35 PM
So I bought the lot of four autographed contracts in REA auctions last month and when I got back from my business trip to Norway, they had come in. The big prizes were the Theodore "Ted" Williams and Joe DiMaggio contracts for them appearing in a 1970s TV show, but there was also the Don Sutton contract with the US Golf Association confirming that he kept his amateur status by not accepting prize money to a tournament, and a Red Schoendienst contract as well.
http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=44906
The Schoendienst contract gives Xerox the right to make baseball cards of Red for educational purposes if they choose to for the minimum contract value of $1 prior to the end of 1981. I have since found the Mike Schmidt contract online in last year's REA auction. I tried searching for cards from this set, but couldn't easily and they're not listed in the Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards. Did they ever make a set or even proof sheets? If so, it would be cool to get the Schoendienst card to go with the contract. Anyone ever seen a Xerox card from 1980-81? Are there any other contracts so that we could make a theoretical checklist?
http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=44906
The Schoendienst contract gives Xerox the right to make baseball cards of Red for educational purposes if they choose to for the minimum contract value of $1 prior to the end of 1981. I have since found the Mike Schmidt contract online in last year's REA auction. I tried searching for cards from this set, but couldn't easily and they're not listed in the Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards. Did they ever make a set or even proof sheets? If so, it would be cool to get the Schoendienst card to go with the contract. Anyone ever seen a Xerox card from 1980-81? Are there any other contracts so that we could make a theoretical checklist?