Illustrated Current News broadsides

[bythecshore]

Hi All,

I just thought you'd like to know that my company, The Marlin Company, publishes these ICNs (Illustrated Current News) and has continuously since 1913, in fact, we're now celebrating our 100th anniversary.

These pieces were originally sold in sets of 3 per week for 35 cents per week, delivered. Subscribers would post them in their retail store windows to attract people into their store.

Then in the 1940's, they were used to attract attention to safety posters within the Marlin Firearms company. That eventually led to a spin off of The Marlin Company which still publishes them today, mostly in digital format, for workplace communications purposes.

So there you go.

[slidekellyslide]

I have some of these laying around somewhere and they are in cardboard mailing tubes. Great items that I still think are very undervalued.

[gracecollector]

This is an old topic, but Illustrated Current News posters have caught my attention. I purchased a few for my Hack Wilson collection. As I researched them, it's amazing to me that they span a 70-year period (1915-1984), have hundreds of baseball subjects, and yet have never been cataloged.

I contacted the Marlin company, which produced them, and they do not have a checklist of all subjects issued. Over 11,000 ICN posters were created over the years. The person I spoke to said they do have albums of posters at their Connecticut headquarters, but no lists.

So I've started creating a checklist of those posters that have baseball subjects. So far the list has 176 entries from posters I've found on the web and through Columbia City Collectibles list. I've tried improving on that list by correcting errors and adding published dates and the titles of the posters. Any poster that has a title listed I have seen with my own eyes. The others are from Columbia City's list.

http://www.baseballcardstars.com/ill...ent%20news.pdf

If anyone has any information - either posters not on the list or information that is missing from list entries - I would greatly appreciate it if you contact me!

[paul]

I'm a Seaver collector and would love it if someone could post a picture of the Jan. 12, 1970 and Feb. 26, 1971 posters featuring Seaver. I've never even seen them. Thanks.

Paul

[gracecollector]

Originally Posted by paul

I'm a Seaver collector and would love it if someone could post a picture of the Jan. 12, 1970 and Feb. 26, 1971 posters featuring Seaver. I've never even seen them. Thanks.

Paul

The two posters you mention have Seaver in a "cameo" appearance, not as a feature. He's in group shots with other Orioles.





Both are for sale on ebay through seller cocicoco (Columbia City Collectibles)

[Darner]

This is the only one I have but it's not on your list, August 15, 1952, No. 6083, featuring Connie Mack and Bobby Shantz during Shantz' MVP season.

[paul]

Brad, thanks for posting those. I appreciate it.