collectors or milk & cookie mug?
 

My boy found a Duke Snider Topps rookie ball collectors mug made by"sports nostalgia" R&N China co inc Carrollton, Ohio in 1992 at a estate sale, before he uses it for milk and cookies is it/will it be worth anything? It has his 1952 card photo on the front and his stats on the back. Can anybody give me any info on the mug? How many players did Topps make mugs for and how many Duke Snider's were made? I tried finding the info myself but had no luck. Thank you

Value for your Snyder mug is not huge (less than $10), but it would be perfect for your son's milk and cookies! :)

When I was a sportswriter for The Canton Repository in the early 1990s, I went to the factory and warehouse of the company that produced these for a story. Though they were officially licensed products -- through Topps, Major League Baseball and the MLBPA -- I don't think there was any rhyme or reason to which players/cards were produced, i.e. there was no checklist.

I remember the company's showroom had about as many different products as you could imagine -- mugs, plates, porcelain baseball cards, etc., etc., etc. Lots and lots of 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle and 1954 Hank Aaron items.

I still have the 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan coffee mug that I picked up that day, and the printing on the bottom says it's an "edition limited to 30 firing days." Like many "limited edition" pieces, my mug is better served for drinking coffee in the morning than it is for paying for part of a college education.

Rob,
Glad to see that you made the correct choice by choosing Ryan when you picked out your momento from your trip. ;)

Actually, my host for the day gave it to me. I always assumed Ryan was one of the company's poor sellers ...

Ha Ha!! Ah, yeah, uhhuh... ;):D

Thanks for the info
 

Thank you guy's. I didn't think it was worth anything, I just wanted to check first.