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Originally Posted by 71buc
After viewing all of the pins in this thread I thought I would pick up a few for myself. However, I have decided to start very small and narrow my focus to players I liked in my childhood. I will be limiting my pickups to pins in this set as I think it is attractive and VERY CHEAP. However, I know nothing about these items. I picked up the pin below very recently and thought I should attempt to educate myself before I go further. Sorry to revive an old thread.
Thanks in advance.
Mike
• Is there a name or designation for this set?
• How were they marketed?
• How many players from each team were produced?
• Are there any known scarcities or variations?
• The text on the Joe Morgan is different than the others is there a reason for that?
• What years were they produced?
• Are they all easel backed?
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"sorry to revive an old thread"? I love that you revived it! I can't hang with those 5 figure card guys!
re: your questions...
- I call them the "black square series" due to the text box.
- unknown.
- The Giants had 12 players but we hadn't seen McCovey until just recently.
- unknown.
- unknown.
- Based on the Giants in the set, I've always thought 1972-73.
- Mine are all easel backed.
I'm not sure I knew other teams were in this series....I tend to live in my own little Giants world
...I've always liked these too and would love to see more! Sorry for my crappy picture. The Tom Bradley (lower right) isn't due to me....he is ALWAYS in heavy shadow.