FS: A Few Obscenely Rare Late-60s NFL Gumball Cards (Lions)

[Smanzari]

For Sale is a Handful of Late-60s NFL Gumball / Vending Cards. These are more than likely a Mid-Western Regional set and are Incredibly Rare with literally only a single Post about them on the entire internet. After having them in hand for a couple weeks and more (failed) research than I care to share, the only thing I can add to what's presented in the link is I am fairly positive they were printed in 1968 (due to the Lions' Roster and matched hairstyles). Overall I grade these in the VG-EX Range, with Farr being an outlier closer to VG (with the stain on the back)

From the Linked Post:

A very tough card to find. The backs are blank. The card stock is thinner than regular cards. The card came out of gumball machines in plastic containers, just like the mini football helmets. I remember getting either little cards or helmets out of the machines at the bowling alley. The card is about 1 1/2" x 1 1/4".

I decided to just auctions these - I have no idea what they are worth, could be $0.99/ea, could be $500/ea; so I am going to put them up at auction (Not gonna lie, I just wanted them to see if I could at least figure out something new about them and I feel like I did, and hopefully Leon will leave this "sale/offer post" up so when someone else stumbles across these via Google/etc, they will see!); I am going to list separately, more than likely this evening (10 Day / $0.99 Start / $1.25 shipping (+0.25/ea additional) so keep a look-out this evening - will put those links in a day or so on my eBay thread (I'm not going to bump this anymore)


Also, if you have any more details on this set, I'd absolutely love to hear it - acquiring and learning about these rare oddball cards is pretty awesome! (feel free to PM me)