Greatest Regional Sets .....
 

I love regional sets, as they are nice change of pace from the Topps and Bowman issues of the 50s, 60s and on into the 70s.

1954 has to be the greatest year for regionals, as Dan Dees, Red Hearts, Johnston Cookies, Wilson Franks, all came into existence. Stahl Meyers started the year prior, but issued cards that year as well.

Here are some examples, and would love to see others!

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1951 Berk Ross

Some regional Aarons

1964 Kahns would be my favorite regional set. Very beautiful cards.

Berk Ross were regional? I don't know much at all about that set. Can somebody educate me?

Love the Lake to Lake!


a great set - one of the best Pete cards ever, imo

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Bell Brand & Morrell Meats Dodgers are some of my favorites.

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Mothers PCL
Bought these cards in 1980s from a baseball card shop in Fullerton Ca

nice stuff!

This has always been one of my favorite cards, regardless of value. I also like the knothole design, which takes you back to the days when kids watched gamed through the outfield fence.

Nice card Chuck!

Love Red Heart, Stahl-Meyer, Hires.... Berk Ross are terrible IMO

The regional issues I like best are the waxy Briggs, Esskay & Hunter meats cards that were intended to be cut off of the packages that contained hot dogs and other processed meat products. The first Briggs example below is not mine (I wish it were!), but the second is one of my pride and joys ( got the autographs at shows about 25 years ago).
Val

My favorite card of Ted Williams. Classic swing.

Sorry if I overuse this but this thread demands to see it IMO.:cool:
Drew

I don't think you could overuse such an awesome photo.

Beautiful Wilson Franks card of Ted . Holding a Frankfurter instead of a bat nice!:p

Thank you for your kind words. I just have always loved this set since I've seen it and was the most enjoyable to put together.
Drew

sweet!

and nice example of the Splendid Splinter!

Keep em coming!

Great thread Neal!

Nice stuff all. Picked this up this year.

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Brett, ol' Teddy Ballgame could still hit .300 swinging a frankfurter. :p

As a Braves fan, I have to go with the '54 Johnston Cookies set as my favorite. But the '54 Wilson Franks set isn't far behind. That Williams card is simply divine, and I will own one, though a nice one will cost me a kidney.

The '54 Wilson Franks set actually has a really nice checklist. Only 20 cards, but Williams, Gil Hodges, Bob Feller, Nellie Fox, Roy Campanella, and a criminally underrated Vern Stephens...lots of star power in it. And, for Milwaukee baseball fans, a handful of players with a Beer Town connection: Harvey Kuenn, Red Schoendienst, and Brave Andy Pafko.

But the Johnston Cookies set trumps it. I mean, Hank Aaron's rookie card alone makes gives it "king of the mountain" status against all comers, imho.

BTW, Jerry, beautiful example of the '54 Williams you have there.

Thanks for the kind words Bill. I think it's one of the best looking cards in the hobby. Very fortunate to have it in my collection.

This thread is awesome!!

'53 Glendale Meats
 

If you are a Detroit Tiger fan you have to collect the '53 Glendale Meats....


Z

Nice cards! Tony, that Mantle is fantastic!

Morrell meats
 

Is it me or is photography on the Morrell meats sets as nice as 53 Bowman?

Just picked up '60 Koufax. Also have the 1959 Dodgers team postcard that uses the same picture as the '61 Morrell meats Koufax (which I unfortunately don't own)

1960 Morrell meats koufax
 

Here's the '60 Morrell meats Koufax

Not a Major League issue, but here's a rare regional
 

This is my lone example from one of the rarest post-war regional sets out there. A 1968 Red Barn Restaurant Memphis Blues Mike Jorgenson. I had been looking for just a picture of one for many years and finally came across a lot that sold on Ebay a few years ago. I managed to acquire this one from the buyer. A few from that lot have come up for sale on EBay since then, but other than that I haven't seen any others for sale online. The most recent example on EBay sold in June 2015. It was also a Jorgenson that was graded PSA 4, Population 1. It sold for $125.

Tony....A really great looking Mantle.


TED Z
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Greatest regional sets
 

These 1949 Bowman PCL cards may not be the "greatest regional set"....but, it perhaps is the toughest post-war set to complete.

Displayed here are 12 of the 36 cards to complete this scarce set. I will post the other 24 cards later.

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TED Z
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Still a 1 of 2 after all these years.

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Great card. Thanks for stopping by Kevin :)

Here is a portion of my complete set, not the toughest regional sets but it has the following

Nice Snider Kevin. Good to see you again.

Zach

leaders cleaners
 

toughest set in the world that noone but me collects
if anyone has one im a buyer

Leaders Cleaners
 

How many in the set Larry ? Why does no one else collect it ? Were they promotional items for a Dry Cleaning Company ? How were they packaged or distributed ? Did they have to be separated like the 64 Topps Tattoos ?

Leaders cleaners
 

It was a dry cleaning chain
Located in chicago and kansas city
There are 20 in each set
I believe they are the paper band that was put around drycleaned shirts
They had to be sent in to get free tickets
I have 2 wsox and 1 kc
Never seen any others...a member of this board sold me 1

Paging bob Fisk.....

Orioles
 

The Orioles have several, but always liked this set...

"Oklahoma Today"
 

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...there's a Mantle in this set ; I don't recall seeing it in the other huge Mantle thread , but then again I'm old and I don't recall having lunch either..

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One of the hardest to find Cincinnati Reds regional set has to be the 1968 Uniroyal Keds set. I recently acquired a PSA 6 Johnny Bench rookie. The Bench isn't even listed in the SCD guide.

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Nice Bench!

Were those perforated cards or did they have to be cut?

Thanks. They had to be cut.

This thread is so great!

While the MSA discs were nationwide, many of the backs were regional. Here are probably the 2 toughest regional backs. The no address Red Barn is tough.

I love the New York Journal set but it's hard to really nail down a "greatest" set.

Bench
 

Now that is a very cool looking Bench. I think I've seen one before in my past, but if I recall correctly the Bench wasn't in the greatest shape. I don't really do the registry thing, but that has to be the highest graded, correct?

Really like this thread...some great looking items.

Thanks. Yes, there are only two graded Bench's from this set, a PSA 1 and PSA 6. I own both and just recently sold the PSA 1.

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This sticker is my #1 favorite item in my collection. Test issue in Boston and one other market, Pittsburgh.

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May I recommend NEVER CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
 

While we're on the subject of postwar regional / food issues, may I recommend a book I authored that debuted this spring? Written and edited over a period of several years, I finally secured full legal copyright last year. It was produced this year by the same firm that puts out the Krause Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards on a CD. As a 478-page book, it is easily read by inserting it into the disc drive of your computer or laptop. Some of the better known regionals discussed here are covered extensively. I believe you will enjoy it.:D

--Brian Powell

P.S. If you're interested in viewing SCD editor Tom Bartsch's press release for my book, simply google "Never Cheaper by the Dozen" and it should come right up.

Orioles Scrapbook
 

Unsure if you guys would consider this a regional set, but I like 'em.

why not!

Keep em coming!

Looks like a pretty cool book as well!

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love the Wilson Wieners / 1958 Bell Brand / Dan Dee, etc...

I have zero of these, but the thus-far-unmentioned Rodeo Meats IMO are underrated aesthetically as well, in a 1949 Bowman context at least.

as shown in this thread, there's some great regional sets overall.

You can never have enough cookies....
 

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...West Coast baseball cards : 1952 Mother's Cookies The Rifleman Kevin "Chuck" Connors. Passed away at a very young age.....was a Brooklyn Dodger for a brief moment.

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"This Ain't My First Rodeo"......
 

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...you're right about the Rodeo eye-appeal......anybody else care to add to the pile...any really old guys out there who grew up near Kansas City , Missouri ?


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MikeGarcia --- I love your beautiful Chuck Connors card, and it's even autographed. Nice item.

Also, I strongly agree with you regarding those Rodeo Meats Kansas City A's. That's chapter 14 in my book, entitled CIVIC PRIDE PERSONIFIED. The gorgeous 1955 set is covered and it took 35 pages to tell its story; l love that chapter. I was very fortunate and blessed to be granted two meaningful interviews from a pair of guys who intensely collected them long ago.

Best regards, Brian Powell

Great thread!

Actually, Connors lived to be 71. What I heard growing up in LA is that he had trouble with the curve - don't really know if that was true..my dad told me!LOL. Some of my earliest TV memories is The Rifleman. About 8 years after that show was cancelled a friend and I came across him filming a TV movie on Ventura Blvd. We ducked into a doorway storefront across the street. Soon, between takes, he walked across the street to us and started chatting. "You know, you guys are in the background on film." "Sorry, do you want us to move?" "No, you stay right there". Anyway, that's one of my brushes with celebrity. Very nice guy!

Been looking for these;

1955 Esskay Meats Orioles - Bob Alexander

1954 Hunters Wieners Cardinals - Tom Burgess

Tough

1968 Atlantic Oil. A fun set to chase. It was a contest where collecting the right grouping of cards resulted in cash prizes on redemption.

There are 40 common cards. The common cards are a challenge in nice condition. They came in perforated two-card packets that were glued shut on the edges and the glue usually infiltrated onto the card fronts. Finding them without glue damage is tough.

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And then there are the extremely short-printed chase cards that complete the money runs. I assume that nearly all SPs were redeemed and destroyed. I have been chasing this set for decades and have only seen two SPs ever, Williams and Osteen.

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Another newspaper set here, 1960 Los Angeles Examiner Dodgers Album:

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ca. 1947 Elgee Products. Used the images from 1947 Bond Bread but two sided with movie or other sports cards. PSA mislabels them as Bond Bread products:

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They also mislabel these as Bond Bread:

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1952 Fleet Wing Indians. Another regional gas issue, this one with an album that doesn't quite fit the premiums:

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The cards have images that are not used on team issue picture pack sets or similar common all star picture pack sets, so they are a challenge for specialists in specific players. I bought the whole set to get the Al Rosen.

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...ns%20Rosen.jpg

Never Cheaper By The Dozen excerpt is on SPORTS COLLECTORS DAILY
 

I forgot to mention this and feel it's only fair I let you know that Rich Mueller of SPORTS COLLECTORS DAILY loaded up an excerpt from my book, NEVER CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN. Tom Bartsch sent him chapter 1, concerning the test regional 1962 JELL-O baseball set.

If you're interested, go to SPORTS COLLECTORS DAILY, and just below their masthead is a group of categories to click on. In the upper right is "Popular Stories". Clicking on that, they are listed in chronological order by date, with the most recent first. The chapter is to be found at the bottom of page 5, dated May 18.

This would give you a little taste of my work. By no means do I write strictly about cards I own. Far from it, though some I lovingly covered I dearly wish I owned. Can't afford those anymore, but I still love those regional / food items!:D

Take care, guys. Great thread. --Brian Powell

Anyone have any 65 MacGregor Advisory cards? Love those things, though not necessarily a regional

[/QUOTE] 1952 Fleet Wing Indians. Another regional gas issue, this one with an album that doesn't quite fit the premiums: [/QUOTE]


The pictures in the 1952 Fleet Wing Indians are the same photos used in the 1952 Num Num (Potato chip) cards. I have about 15 of the Num Nums; with tabs are more valuable; The set has several HOFers -- Feller, Larry Doby (the photo is cool - it's in your Fleet Wing pictures), Bob Lemon, Early Wynn, plus Luke Easter and Al Rosen

Supposedly, one of the rarest post-war cards is the 1952 Num Num Bob Kennedy SP/redeem card, with the tab (PSA Pop 1, Authentic). I actually have a Kennedy PSA 4 without the tab, but there are about 15-20 of those in the PSA Pop.

There's also a 1950 Num Num set, but I've never seen any PSA encapsulated on eBay or in person