National Chicle Set - what could have been

[TanksAndSpartans]

Thanks Jeff. Appreciate your adding some visuals to this thread - those both would've made pretty cool cards. I would've liked a Chicle with a brick wall background - some of the Bowmans have one.

[iowadoc77]

Would be neat to turn some of the guys who do custom cards loose on this and see what they could design. It would have to be someone who is very familiar with vintage football, but would be nest to see what they come up with using images of some of the "new" additions to the set

[davemri]

http://imageevent.com/davemri/chiclereprints

[tuckr1]

That is very nice!!!

Originally Posted by davemri

http://imageevent.com/davemri/chiclereprints

[TanksAndSpartans]

Nice cards! Thanks Dave. Can you talk a bit about this set? Who is "Sporting Life"? How did you find this?

Not sure if you made the connection, but its the same John W. you sold cards to from your HOF rookie set, advised on my Nagurski purchase, etc. It's a small world!

[davemri]

Hey John!....

These cards are "homemade" from a guy that lives in Michigan. I own 3-4 of them along with the display piece in the last picture. He sells them on ebay under the username sport_kings1. Most of his cards are baseball but he created an entire fantasy chicle set. He actually gets good money for them considering they are just fantasy pieces. He currently has a FIelding Yost and Bennie Oosterbaan listed.

Dave

[TanksAndSpartans]

Thanks Dave. Wow, I really would've believed they were issued by a small company. Heck, I like them better than what Topps and Upper Deck did in 2009. The backgrounds especially are true to the originals, but also have some originality. Thanks for sharing those.

And I almost can't believe the coincidence of this headline: PSA Plans "Cards That Never Were" Diamond Stars of Ruth, Gehrig, Feller and DiMaggio at 2014 "National". Granted, its baseball, but its still National Chicle and also right around the time period of two different threads on the board. Here is the link:

http://www.psacard.com/Articles/Arti...-2014-national