Thank you, sir. You've made my day. It is a rare opportunity to encounter someone who might know some things about Stahl-Meyers, cards and the frankfurters themselves.

Some questions I had were:

How much was a Stahl-Meyer Frankfurter at the Polo Grounds?

Were they any good? What was their reputation?

Compared to other hot dogs sold at the Polo Grounds, how did Stahl-Meyer rate?

What grocery stores carried the Stahl-Meyer Frankfurters?

Were they expensive, as compared with other brands such as Armour or Hygrades? How expensive?

Did you personally collect the Stahl-Meyer baseball cards?

Do you recall any friends and acquaintances who collected them?

How did one find out about the Stahl-Meyer baseball card promotion?

Were there any TV commercials or newspaper ads that you remember?

The sets were small; nine cards in 53, 12 in 54 & 55. Were all the cards issued at once, or was a different player for each team issued periodically?

Here's a good one. Do you remember what you and your chums used to do with the Stahl-Meyer cards you got?

Well, at least this isn't 20 questions, though I'm just getting warmed up. Since the subject could be considered a little daunting (well, what does he want to know????????????) Just thought I'd chime in with a few savory questions on the matter. Thanks most awfully again.:D ---Brian Powell

Hello, Andrew Aronstein. Were you ever able to have a chat with your Dad about Stahl-Meyer Franks baseball cards? Recall my frantic pleas and the "simple" (*!?) questions I gave you to give him to guide his mind? LOL:D ---Brian Powell

Hello and welcome, TCMA! I remember as a kid in 5th or 6th grade getting this set at a card show.

I can honestly say it was what spurred the love for baseball history and the older players that I still hold today.

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that is a nice looking set you are showing. do you recall the name of the set? so it can be located on ebay?

thanks,
jsq

I think it is called Stars of the 1950s and will name either TCMA or Renata Galasso as the maker. There are equally nice versions for other decades as well that match and extend the series, though I recall some eventually deviate from this style, moving to color or changing the card design.

Of course, there are definitely greater N54 authorities on the subject than myself, especially now!

Great cards! Those are known as "Galasso Greats" and there were six series of 45 cards each. TCMA printed them for Galasso to distribute. Some good info here:

http://fleersticker.blogspot.com/200...a-galasso.html

:)

Wish I had more info for you but my father says he only bought Kosher franks ;) . I will prod him for more info about the cards though. We talked about them briefly but I need to follow up with him on those.

Hello Andrew. I completely understand regarding your Dad only eating Kosher. Thank you for your determination to follow up on this plea of mine. Again, note my questions from several days ago, with an obvious disregard for the quality and taste of the frankfurters themselves. I am very moved for you and your father's willingness to try to enlighten me on these rare, beautiful baseball cards from 1953-55.:o

Wishing you the very best during the eight days of Chanukah! --Brian Powell

Hello, Andrew. I have another possible TCMA question for you. Did TCMA have anything to do with the Sports Photo Association 3" pin back buttons that were issued starting in 1978? I recently posted about the set on my blog as I attempted to compile the checklist, and someone commented that TCMA had supplied photos for Fleer's 1981 baseball set. Lots of those photos also appear on SPA buttons from the same time period.

Admittedly I haven't really done much research on this subject, I've just been trying to compile the checklist for the set. But if you (or anyone else here) could shine any light on this I would greatly appreciate it.

Hi Jason, that would definitely be a question for my father. I'll check in with him tonight and see what he remembers regarding those :) .

Jason, I just looked at your blog post and read the comment at the bottom. My gut tells me TCMA was not involved with these but I will dig deeper. Regarding the comment at the bottom, it's true that TCMA was the exclusive distributor for Donruss in 1981. Those buttons may have been advertised in Baseball Quarterly and sold through TCMA but that does not necessarily mean TCMA helped produce them. Will get back to you this evening :) .

Thank you, sir!

Ok, spoke to father about this. Bottom line is he just doesn't remember :( . I think we can figure it out with a bit more research though. The Monte Irvin image shown in your blog post was in-fact a TCMA image so it'd be hard to believe TCMA would be selling these via mail order if the manufacturer of the buttons was stealing their photos. Do we have verification the buttons were being sold through a TCMA publication?

Just found this advertisement for the Super Star Photo Buttons. So, yes TCMA did in-fact offer them. They could be completely separate from the Hall of Fame buttons however. I'll send this to my father and I bet it will jog his memory:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a81...psaythfaye.jpg

Some of this stuff would make for a great trivia game!!

To Mike Aronstein
 

Hi Mike,
You probably don't remember me, but back in the day (somewhere between 1983 and 1987) I sold you a few pallets of commons and 2 cent star cards. Probably close to 2 million cards. You were SUPER to deal with, that's what I remember best. Later I worked the same type of deal with another guy there, his name was Frank Fortunato or something like that, and he was also great to work with. The third large deal like that, however, was with Larry Greenwald, and it got off to a rocky start, until you or Fortunato talked with me and told me not to worry... and I don't know what happened behind the scenes but all was smooth after that.

I'm glad you're still around and that I got a chance to thank you again for being one of the really good guys in this hobby!

-Mark Satterstrom (partner of Carson Ritchey)

Hey guys, I finally got around to starting up a proper facebook page for TCMA Ltd. Come check us out at the following link :) :

https://www.facebook.com/tcmaltd

Fished this out of a box at the National; really brought back memories of my ten year old collecting self.

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...rs%20Campy.jpg

Nice! I spotted some TCMA cards here and there but I'm still trying to track down ONE card to complete my "The 1930's" set. Card #481 Dutch Leonard.

I envy you to have access to all that cool stuff. I enjoyed the page too.

Thanks! Let me know if you'd like to see me cover anything in particular on the facebook page and I'll do my best.

Welcome, Mike and Andrew! Great to have u here

Thanks, Steve!

For those of you that haven't seen my thread dedicated to this topic...

I'm working on producing an ALL NEW series of 4x5 or 5x7 prints from the original glass plate negatives used for the 1972 TCMA "The 1930's" set. These will be absolutely GORGEOUS and I'll likely be able to produce 200+ different images with all the proper licensing. I'd like to make them in a Limited Edition of 200 - 250 at a reasonable price.

As of now the plan would be to release these monthly in series four or five prints per pack. There are also several glass plate negatives that were NOT used for the original set and these will make fantastic additions as they have never before been used.

To whet your appetite, here's one of the original glass plate negatives and some simple positives I created using my iphone. When these are scanned properly we'll be able to do some great things with this project and who knows where we'll go from there:

Jack Tising
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pitched in 10 games in 1936, went 1-3 with one complete game. Also had 3 hits in 11 plate appearances.

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8117/2...c9cbc46f_z.jpg

https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8022/2...db7948c4_z.jpg

So, does your current licensing preclude you from making cards, or is there just no money in it?

It's tricky but we (Photo File) are licensed to produce photo prints, which is what our business has revolved around since the lat 1980's. We don't have licensing to produce cards but I think the proposed 4x5 format comes close to card size and will lend itself perfectly to this project. Image quality will be stunning and it will be a real window into the history of the game.

Here are several more for your enjoyment :) . Image quality is not going to be perfect with these quick snapshots but you can see the potential. Once these are scanned properly the images will be stunningly crisp:

Kenesaw Mountain Landis
https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8390/2...7f3896c8_z.jpg

Bill Knickerbocker
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Jimmie Foxx
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8440/2...6d98cf58_z.jpg

Leo Durocher
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8132/2...abce6c8f_z.jpg

John Rigney
https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8314/2...10990c53_z.jpg

Carl Hubbell
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