Starcal Decals

[Koufax32fan]

Fred,

Thanks for sharing this - very interesting. Yours is sheet "89", I guess. According to the SCD vintage price guide and other checklists, the type 2's are 89C (Ashburn), 89A (Garver), 89D (Kiner) and 89B (Fain/Zernial). I guess they gave Ferris and Gus the short shrift. Some of the small Type 2s have the same photo replicated rather than 2 different players or 2 different poses of the same player like the Musial. Also, the numbering is odd - some of the numbers are all for one team with 3 letters (e.g., 93 is all Cardinals and 84 is all Yankees) while 89 has 4 letters and is 2 A's and 1 each of Phils and Pirates. So, I am wondering if there is a complete set of the 3 panels, what did they do with 89B? There are 4 87's (the White Sox), so maybe they put one of those with Fain/Zernial, but what about the 3rd panel?

I hope others post theirs and we can try to put together a checklist.

Anyone else?

Mike

[JollyElm]

I have a simple question…what year(s) are these from??

[Koufax32fan]

1952. They were made and distributed by a Chicago-based company named Meyercord. Meyercord also made decals of actors/actresses and many other images.

[autograf]

Here's a movie star.......Bob Hope.......Star Cal. I've only seen singles in the movie stars.....they come in red and blue. I've got 26 Blue and 25 Red checklisted. Wondering if I made a mistake on the Blue and that there are 25 each......There is mostly duplication between the two but also some differences. I've got 21 of the 25 Red I've checklisted and 22 of the 26 Blue I've checklisted. Only have 1-2 of the baseball. The prices of the Baseball--especially the BIN's is really ridiculous. Hundreds of dollars for the pairs and steep for the singles too. I've tried to pick them off occasionally but only been successful a couple times. Neat collectibles though.


Here's a display of the actors/actresses similar to the BB displays that are out there. I missed out on a similar display on ebay just above $150


A similar baseball display. The pair sold for $2000+ in a REA auction


Here's a regular Meyercord decal in a similar (but pink border) package

[MikeGarcia]

......Beckett is conservative on grades--- I was expecting a much higher number ( as usual , but hey don't we all ? ).

...This Jackie is absolutely gorgeous , despite my crummy scanning abilities and old antiquated equipment .

I'm leaning towards the thought that these decals were for adults and the rich kids ; because 15 cents in 1952 would buy you three nickel packs of crisp bright new high-number '52 Topps baseball cards- come, share the fantasy with me.....