1968 Atlantic Oil Play Ball Game Cards

[Exhibitman]

Anyone else into these? I've been trying to assemble a set for a very long time and I am down to the SPs now, with no luck at all at finding any of them. Anyone else trying this set? Anyone actually have any SPs? Any unopened game pieces [I seem to recall a bunch of them for sale about 20 years ago but nothing since]?

[David W]

Since you got $2500 for Bill Freehan and Tommy Agee, there may not be any of them out there. Here is Lou Brock with both backs.

[hcv123]

I know about them through my Clemente collection. I bought a couple of unopened ones in the last couple of years - opened 1 - Brooks Robinson and Vada Pinson I think - I lost track of where I put the other - for now. Any idea which back is tougher and why they created both?

[David W]

I think both the rules back and baseball scene back are about the same I think based on looking for different Lou Brock backs.

[Exhibitman]

As I recall, the unopened packs are game pieces consisting of two cards facing each other with a perforated border around them. They have the baseball scene on one outer side and the rules on the other outer side and open into the two cards. That is why the cards are often found with glue damage on a border or two, from the sealer spilling over from the pack edges into the cards. The pops of the art or rule backs should be roughly equal since one of each formed each 'pack.' The Special Gift Award card was redeemable for a booklet of statistics, so it is a short print as well.

[Exhibitman]

Here is the only winning sweepstakes card I have ever seen: