Anyone Collect 1959 Bazooka Football?

[TanksAndSpartans]

I know nothing about this set, but did notice it must be popular as I've seen several cards posted here on net54 from time to time. So, you had to buy a box of gum? The store owner didn't open the boxes and allow the gum to be sold individually? Were there perforations to separate the card from the box or were these hand cut?

[skelly]

My all time favorite set. I'm biased, but doesn't get the respect it deserves in my opinion. Rather than writing a long paragraph, I'll make a few points which people can agree / disagree with add on to etc...

1. More attractive than the baseball set in my opinion. The first nine cards issued in the baseball set are so much easier than the single prints that to me the baseball set is really two separate sets.

2. The Tom Tracy card is impossible, I MEAN IMPOSSIBLE to find. I could be wrong, but I can't image that more than 50-60 total exist, and I feel I am being conservative with those numbers.

3. The Groza and the Conerly are listed as single prints, and they are tough, but not impossible if you are patient and willing to pay when you find them.

4. You would think that the Unitas and Jim Brown would sell for about the same price, but for whatever reason, the Brown seems to always sell for a couple hundred more than a Unitas in similar condition.

5. The toughest non-single prints in my opinion are the Howie Furguson ( packers ) Joe Perry ( 49ers ) and the Alan Ameche ( Colts )

6. For whatever reason, there are a decent amount of these cards out there in good shape. You would think that the large size and the fact they had to be hand cut would be problematic, but they can be found in good condition.

7. These cards are tougher than people realize. Even at the national, very few dealers have them / have access to them. I don't really consider this an "oddball" set, as it was made by topps.

[quinnsryche]

Great info and perspective. Love learning about the lesser known/collected cards of thee past. My favorite card is the Tittle. Don't know why, just like the looks of it. What would one expect to pay for an example in decent shape? Not a lot of research material available on sale prices for ones other than Brown and Unitas.

[clamendo]

50-60? I think that's high. I wish we could do a poll on these rare sets and see how many exist. It would be eye opening. I guess the population reports are the best we can do for now. There are only 4 graded Tracy's plus let's assume there are 2x ungraded. This is mostly due to the fact that they are hand cut and you'll get an authentic grade. So, I say there are 10 or so Tracy's.

[jefferyepayne]

The Tom Tracy is brutally tough. I've never seen one come up for auction besides the one I have.

Agree this set is under appreciated. It is one of my favorites.

jeff