Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisI don't think I was implying that American Caramel was "granting rights" to the T206 guys
to portray Plank in the T206 350 Series.
I'd speculate that at the start of the 350 Series, T206 started again to produce Plank's,
and as soon as the Plank's appeared in the market, American Caramel (and perhaps Eddie
Plank, himself) immediately filed a law suit and forced them to cease and desist from market-
ing Plank in the T206 set.
This is exactly what happened in at least two instances, that I personally know of, in the
"BaseBall Gum Card Wars".
1st....Warren Bowman in 1949 sued the Leaf Gum Co. over the "rights" to portray certain ball-
players in their sets .
2nd....in 1954, Sy Berger of Topps fame sued Bowman over the "rights" to portray Ted Williams
in their 1954 set. Topps won, forcing the Bowman Ted Williams (#66) card into "oblivion".....very
much like we are speculating happened to the T206 Plank card.
T-Rex TED