Regionals/Food Issues

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

As a Phillies fan, I always love reading about the Felin's Franks and Lummis Peanut butter cards as well. I wondered if there was a find of the Sealtest stickers last year when Heritage auctioned off a total of 22 of them. Of the 22 Sealtest stickers, 14 of them were Ashburn.

http://www.ha.com/c/search-results.z...sealtest+cards

Here is a 1995 article that talks about Ashburn super collector Fred McKie. The article mentions that McKie has (had) an Ashburn Lummis Peanut Butter card.

http://articles.philly.com/1995-07-2...on-memorabilia

Hi Eddie:

I forgot about that article. I still have my Lummis Ashburn.

Fred

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

Hi Eddie:

I forgot about that article. I still have my Lummis Ashburn.

Fred

LOL That was awkward. I didn't realize you could have posted your own article.

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by Bored5000

LOL Oh...I didn't realize you could have posted your own article.

Eddie:

I assume you know I did not post the article. It was written by an Inquirer reporter.

I meant I forgot that the article was written about me. Where did you see it posted?

Fred

[mrmopar]

It's cool that you had the chance to discuss or share some of the collection with Ashburn, despite him not having an interest.

I have often wondered about that. I know some celebrities do meet their "super fans" and although we probably won't know what they really think (STALKER!!!), at least in print they often seem fascinated by the collections.

I wonder if I ever had the opportunity to show off my collection to Steve Garvey, would he even care? Maybe he might take note of an item or two he had never seen before or in a very long time, but I suppose he sees a lot of stuff over the years at shows and signings. If he even cared at all, he'd probably need to see something really obscure.

Reminds me of when I met Dave Stewart at a signing a few years back. He commented that he had never seen the 1981 Long Beach Press Telegram item that I asked him to sign, but the best part was when he was checking out one of the early 80s Dodger police cards. He shared with me that he remembered the exact game from the photo. Apparently he had not seen one in a while and since I had dupes, I offered one to him and he seemed sincerely appreciative that I gave it to him.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

Eddie:

I assume you know I did not post the article. It was written by an Inquirer reporter.

I meant I forgot that the article was written about me. Where did you see it posted?

Fred

Oh, I know you did not write the article. I just didn't realize that the subject of the article was on Net54 and posting in this thread. LOL.

When the words "Lummis Peanut Butter auction" are put into Google, that is the third hit that pops up. Other combinations of words that include "Lummis Peanut Butter" will also bring up the article.

[brian1961]

Fred---

Thanks for sharing with us the feature article concerning you and your fabulous Richie Ashburn collection.

Out of curiosity, were you ever able to pick up an Ashburn '62 Salada Coin with the 1-180 series back? I remember you doted on those Saladas. --Brian Powell

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by brian1961

Fred---

Thanks for sharing with us the feature article concerning you and your fabulous Richie Ashburn collection.

Out of curiosity, were you ever able to pick up an Ashburn '62 Salada Coin with the 1-180 series back? I remember you doted on those Saladas. --Brian Powell

Hi Brian:

Yep, I picked up the Salada Ashburn 180 back long ago. I have the complete 180 set as well as a complete set of the 266 different Salada's and the Canadian Shirriff complete set as well. Uncut sheets of the early and late printings, all the shields and tons of advertising material along with boxes of tea and Junket advertising the coins. Same for the 63 set and the football too. Nuts huh???!!

BTW, I did not post the article about my Ashburn collection. Eddie did.

Fred