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1953-1954 Mascot Dog Food Cards - The Journey to Figure Out the Complete 11-Card Set
Here is the link to the Mascot Dog Food baseball card story that I've been working on - with photos of the 11 cards in the set. I also added photos of the first 8x10 photo and membership badge that I've ever seen (I just met with a family this past weekend to add those photos to the story). Enjoy! - Chuck
https://www.wheatlandauctionservices...-food-card-set |
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Chuck thanks for all the info, very cool obscure set
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I find it very interesting that Specs Toporcer is included in this set as a member of the Rochester Red Wings. He played with them from 1929-34 as a player and manager. Toporcer has a fascinating story. Here is a SABR write up on him: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/specs-toporcer/
I just can't find a tie-in with him and this set. Rochester is 340 miles from Philadelphia (home of Mascot dog food), so he isn't a local hero. Does anybody know why he would be included in this set? This entire set is mysterious. |
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Specs got a slice of the sales of Mascot Dog Food along with others in the set:
A fellow Net54er (JLange) searched on GenealogyBank in PA and NJ for ads from 1952-56 and got this the April 27, 1954 Evening Star out of Washington, D.C. in "The Baseball Beat" column by Burton Hawkins. The text reads, "Bucky Harris is a business associate of Al Rosen, Ed Mathews, Robin Roberts, Yogi Berra, Ed Lopat, Monte Irvin and Specs Toporcer. Their pictures appear on cans of Mascot dog food and they get a slice of the sales." |
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Looks like that would be enough to be a full checklist. Should be able to get them in PSA slabs now, if that is the owners' druthers.
I guess you were able to confirm pbruderer's set as authentic, then?
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Joe Orlando just posted...
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Very interesting; looks like whoever bought the 1.5 should make a solid profit once the card is added to the Mantle set registry.
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Man I hate it when TPGs and AHs put an apostrophe after the decade.
The slab should show "1950s", not "1950's". Ugh!
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Figured it might be worth a bump. Showing the set break values from the Mile High Auction of the PSA graded set. PSA has graded 11 in the set (+3 duplicates for 14 total cards) and 1 8x10 of Robin Roberts.
Here are the screen captures. I guess I expected the Mantle to sell for more than it brought. https://www.psacard.com/pop/baseball...og-food/181153
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Bucky Harris graded by SGC
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Well, there's another Al Rosen card I won't get. The list keeps growing: National Tea, Central National Bank of Cleveland, and now Mascot Dog Food.
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