Obscure Baseball Card Poster

[lahmejoon]

Hi All,

I was talking to my LCS owner yesterday and he was reminiscing over a poster he used to have in his shop. The poster was of a woman dumping her son's baseball cards into a fire. He said that the poster read something to the effect of "The Great American Tragedy." He was saying that this poster was quite popular when he first started out in the early 80's.

Does this poster sound familiar to anyone? I apologize if this is should be posted in a different section.

Thanks!

[gnaz01]

Not sure about the poster, but I love your Net54 name (and the food too)!!

[moeson]

Aaron,

I totally recall that poster from many years back.

[icollectDCsports]

Yep, I remember it but haven't seen one in a while.

[Jay Wolt]

Here ya go

[lahmejoon]

Greg, I agree with you! I love lahmejoon!

Jay, that HAS to be the poster he was referring to. Awesome! The. next question would be, can this be found for purchase anywhere?

[irishdenny]

Wow... Mom doesn't even look to of gotten ta half of the tragedy yet!

[lahmejoon]

I was doing more digging online and found a write-up from 2013 describing the poster. Here is the excerpt from the write up:

At the National Sports Collectibles Show in Anaheim about 20 years ago, one of the dealers had posters for sale. The picture was of an elderly woman in a housedress with her gray hair in a bun. She was standing next to a metal barrel that had flames coming out and she was tossing baseball cards into the fire. The title at the bottom said, "The Great American Tragedy."

It appears that there is another poster out there. The one described in this write-up is more consistent with the description the LCS owner described (cards being thrown into a fire).

Does anyone recall this poster as well?