Please help with this issue. What do I have here?

[frankhardy]

I just bought a collection that was absolutely full of fun, misc. items. I would be interested in knowing if one of you can help me identify this issue. I will try to describe. A couple of pictures are below.

What I have here is uncut sheets that measure 12 1/8" x 9". I have 16 of these sheets, including the last sheet which has a checklist. I have not checked thoroughly, but I think I have them all. These are slick paper stock and appear to be from either 1954 or 1955. I base this on the fact that the Dodgers players have on a Brooklyn hat and they moved to LA in 1956. Also, Al Kaline is pictured, and his rookie year was 1953, but his first full year was 1954.

Take a look at the checklist. I includes baseball, basketball, football, and golf players. It has a young "Mickey C. Mantle", Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, George Mikan, Bill Russell, Bob Cousey, etc.

What in the world do I have here? (My fingers are crossed).

[Griffins]

The Dodgers moved to LA in '58, but you have Jackie Robinson there and his last season was '56.

[Rich Klein]

From checking a couple of players whose careers are short, seems to indicate your item was issued in 1954. I base that on having Sam Jethroe whose brief career ended with a cameo in 1954 and Harry Agannis who had a two-year major league career in 1954/55. Whatever the item is, it is certainly very cool.

Regards
Rich

[sflayank]

i forgot what theyre called but you can usually find 3 or 4 sets at the national
mike mosier can tell you what they are called

[ALR-bishop]

If you want to contact Mike and send him a scan he has a web site, www.columbiacitycollectibles.com or e mail him atmike@columbiacitycollectibles.com . Mike is pretty good on odd ball stuff and pretty generous with his knowledge

[Rich Klein]

it was discovered that Mike has the sheets up for the cheap price of $1599 on an BIN.

It was titled something like 1955 All-American Photos,...

Pretty cool item; no matter what the value is, and something I wished I had known in my Beckett days to catalog as I loved to list sets like that. Hopefully Bob can get that set into the F&W (Krause) data base

Rich