A study done by a board member quite some time ago showed the Tharps to be the rarest of the Ice Cream cards known as F50. There are other bread type cards, similar to these, which are even more rare. They are interesting but not particularly great looking, imo.
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Originally Posted by Cozumeleno
Wow - thanks for sharing. That's tremendous. Looks like rebacking cards goes way back!
Sweetman cards being so rare is sort of ironic. The other three brands all offered a gallon of ice cream in exchange for a complete set while Sweetman did not. The Sweetman cards actually encouraged collectors to KEEP their cards, selling them a blank album to keep them in.
Because of that, you might expect people hung onto their Sweetman cards and there would be more of them around. But as you say, they are likely the toughest to find.
I don't know how many people would have put together an entire set to trade in - seems like a lot of ice cream to eat to find all 60 different cards (and a gallon of ice cream for that is a terrible deal, anyway). But just based on the fact that the other cards could be redeemed, you'd think there would be more Sweetman cards. Just makes you think that there were probably much less of those printed.
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