Football Pickup Thread

[mart8081]

Nice pick-up Ray!

I don't know much about the set but will do some research.

Martin

[tuckr1]

Nice Pick up Ray, be on the look out for another one of those!!! CLosing in got 5 more cards to go for the 35 Chicle Set!!

[TanksAndSpartans]

Nice card Ray! Is the mark on the back? Front looks great.

Do you know much about the origin of the card? Looks to me like it might be 1 of the 10 from the Heaney collection. There were 2 graded with the same grade as yours and one of them had a really similar certification number.

Since high number Chicles were mentioned, I can't help but post my first high number which I picked up on New Year's Day to kick off 2014....

[tuckr1]

Nice Caddel looks alot nicer then 3.5 to me, I have 5 more of these bad boys to go, super excited, will take me a while but it has been a helluva ride thus far. What a great set!!!

[TanksAndSpartans]

Thanks - I'm trying to limit how many I have under 4 because of the set registry, but when I saw the eye appeal, I knew it would fit nicely with my collection (nothing above 5.5, but they all look nice to me). I still need 26, been fun so far.

[Exhibitman]

Hi all, I infrequently post here but I picked up a FB piece that has some long time collectors a bit stumped, so I thought I'd post it here and ask for feedback.

I know that Rah Rahs made pins and I know that Bart Starr formed a distributing company in 1973. It appears that Rah Rahs and Starr entered into some kind of deal to distribute their sports team pins over his likeness. I picked it up because I liked the art and image--screamed 1970s to me. Any further info on it would be appreciated. Roughly 6 x 9 cardboard, blank backed, used as a backing for a sports team pin:

[oddball]

I'm from the area that these were manufactured, so I've seen them before at shows. From what I know about them, I probably can't tell you anything that you don't already know. Rah Rahs started in the late 60's, probably around 1967-68. The pins I've mostly seen were either pro hockey (most), football, and even a little basketball (I think I've seen one of the baseball teams, but I can't remember). A couple of the pins still had the backing, one of which had a Starr back (this was 16 years ago I saw the same one). The dealer that had it figured Starr and the Winona, MN - based company just had a small endorsement deal to use his likeness with their product, much like you see with athlete endorsements today. He wasn't sure if the Starr backing was a regional or national issue. I can't guarantee the year, but my guess is 1970. It is an interesting collectible, though!