Hostess Unissued Proofs

[Cliff Bowman]

I think I figured out who was replaced by the backup proof #153 Ken Brett, I found a proof sheet of the 1977 Hostess set including the ten #151-160 proof cards from a Huggins & Scott auction from 2013. It has the unissued Dave Parker on it so I knew that it would include whichever card was replaced by the Ken Brett. At first I figured it was probably a White Sox player but the six on the sheet were all in the issued set. After that I looked at all of the cards for any that didn't look right. I noticed that Ken Reitz was pictured as a Giant but I knew that he got traded back to the Cardinals that year so I checked him out and sure enough he wasn't in the issued set. Apparently Reitz was traded after his card was mocked up so Hostess decided to replace him with the backup Ken Brett since there wasn't a Giant in the ten player backup proof run.

[jb67]

Great thread. Here is my one and only Hostess proof.

[Sportty1]

Originally Posted by jb67

Great thread. Here is my one and only Hostess proof.

Very cool!

[Sportty1]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

I think I figured out who was replaced by the backup proof #153 Ken Brett, I found a proof sheet of the 1977 Hostess set including the ten #151-160 proof cards from a Huggins & Scott auction from 2013. It has the unissued Dave Parker on it so I knew that it would include whichever card was replaced by the Ken Brett. At first I figured it was probably a White Sox player but the six on the sheet were all in the issued set. After that I looked at all of the cards for any that didn't look right. I noticed that Ken Reitz was pictured as a Giant but I knew that he got traded back to the Cardinals that year so I checked him out and sure enough he wasn't in the issued set. Apparently Reitz was traded after his card was mocked up so Hostess decided to replace him with the backup Ken Brett since there wasn't a Giant in the ten player backup proof run.

Great work Cliff, thanks for posting