SOLD 1968 Nolan Ryan MB Rookie Top of Christmas Rack Pack - Great Shape

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1968 CHRISTMAS RACK PACK

NOLAN RYAN MILTON BRADLEY ROOKIE CARD FRONT AND CENTER

RACK PACK REMAINS TIGHTLY SEALED AND IN GREAT CONDITION

ALL CARDS LOOK TO BE IN VERY NICE NM-MT CONDITION - NO CREASES AND NICE CORNERS -THE RYAN CARD APPEARS TO BE IN EXCEPTIONALLY NICE CONDITION

**THE WAVY LINES ARE RIPPLES IN THE CELLOPHANE AND NOT ON THE CARDS**

BUYER OF THIS ITEM GETS THE PRIVILEGE OF WRITING THEIR NAME IN THE "TO" AREA OF THE GIFT TAG

SOLD


Thanks for looking

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This would look great in your Nolan Ryan collection. Price reduced.

[hcv123]

the Ryan as a Milton Bradley card?

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It is a Milton Bradley.

[cannonballsun]

Originally Posted by hcv123

the Ryan as a Milton Bradley card?

It does look like a Milton Bradley. The 1968 Milton Bradley Baseball cards were on the same sheet as the white bordered 1967 Milton Bradley Football cards. The white on the left edge makes you think that the next card on the sheet was a football card.
Of course, the only way to know for sure would be to see the back, which isn't possible in this case.

[bobbyw8469]

It is 100% a Milton Bradley. Which begs the question, how did a Milton Bradley card make it into a Topps Xmas rack?

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Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

It is 100% a Milton Bradley. Which begs the question, how did a Milton Bradley card make it into a Topps Xmas rack?

Excellent question. The Christmas Rack packs were not produced by Topps. They were created using cards from general circulation/wholesale and then distributed as Christmas gift packs. I am not sure that any collectors or hobbyists differentiated between MB and Topps cards back when these packs were put together. Even if they knew the difference back then, I am not sure they would have cared. I would think that Topps would have included their logo and copyrights if they produced these.

These were obviously produced for Santa by his elves - hence his image on the tag. <insert smiley face here to show that I am joking>

Also….I lowered the price and will entertain offers.

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Originally Posted by cannonballsun

It does look like a Milton Bradley. The 1968 Milton Bradley Baseball cards were on the same sheet as the white bordered 1967 Milton Bradley Football cards. The white on the left edge makes you think that the next card on the sheet was a football card.
Of course, the only way to know for sure would be to see the back, which isn't possible in this case.

Seeing the back is not the only way to know for sure that this is a Milton Bradley.

The best and simplest way to determine whether a 68 Ryan is a Topps or MB card is an easy to spot indicator on the front of the card. There is a splotch of black ink in the letter “T” in the word “STARS” - every MB will show that black splotch.

Some are confused with the distance of the white line from the black border line on left edge of Koosman (i.e. - the width of “burlap” in between the while and black). The amount of burlap you see here is consistent with every other MB Ryan. Sometimes there is a significantly wider amount of burlap between the back and white - the wider burlap cards are regular Topps cards and not MBs.

It looks like a Ryan MB because it is a Ryan MB.