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bobsbbcards
10-23-2021, 06:10 AM
Good morning!

American Oil ran a sweepstakes contest in 1968, and if you got a matching left-right pair of any of the subjects, you won a fabulous prize (I have no idea what).

Do any of you have scans of any of these "winner" pieces:

Mickey Mantle Portrait
Willie Mays Action
Babe Ruth Action

I've never seen any of them, and I want to. So there. :p
Bob

sflayank
10-23-2021, 06:58 AM
Hi Bob
U can see the mantle portrait in mantle set registry #1
I have the ruth action complete panel attached to the portrait...
Haven't seen the mays action...but it is in the pop report
1 mantle
3 mays
8 Ruth's
My panel is ungraded

swarmee
10-23-2021, 07:27 AM
You won the dollar amount mentioned on the card, so $10 for Mays and Mantle, but only $1 for Babe Ruth. Damascus (race horse) and Parnelli Jones (race car driver) were $1000 prizes.

Interesting site I found it on:
http://www.billjamie.com/Instant_Winner/Instant-Winner-Coin.html

And an Instant $1 winner:
http://www.owegopennysaver.com/PS/2019/05/24/collector-car-corner-bill-goldmanns-ultimate-gas-station-game-memories-and-website/

And for some odd reason (likely either their confusion or passed down from a TPG error), VCP has Roger Maris as part of this set. He was in the Atlantic Oil set, not American.
https://vintagecardprices.com/card/baseball-card-values/1968-American-Oil-Roger-Maris/418228

Edit: images don't seem to be displaying this morning for some reason, so I've put them in the attachments.

ALBB
10-24-2021, 06:27 AM
Yes, very informative sites on gas station games

bobsbbcards
10-24-2021, 07:11 AM
Awesome! Thanks so much for the tips and scans. :)

CobbSpikedMe
10-25-2021, 08:12 PM
Here's an image of Mays. This was taken from Instagram and is not mine.


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