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Old 02-09-2013, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by benjulmag View Post
I think one could reasonably argue that CdVs that contain the studio name on the verso (the overwhelming majority) advertise the studio, in much the same way that, say, a Topps card advertises Topps (and the product it produces -- baseball player images).

In regard to the requirement that the depiction be of a baseball player (or players), I would add the qualification that the depiction be in a baseball context. For example an image of Cap Anson taken on a tennis court in tennis attire and holding a tennis racquet would not qualify to me as a baseball card, no matter how it was distirbuted and no matter what it advertised.
Yes, a Topps card advertised Topps....but they sold bubble gum. That was their primary business. In later years the gum became less important.
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