1958 Bell Brand Dodger's Set

[Griffins]

I always loved this set. When I was a kid in the mid '70's there was a guy at the local Garden Grove show that had bricks of Zimmer and Gilliam.
Cimoli and Snider were considered much tougher then, now they seem to list Cimoli, Snider, Reese and Podres as the sp's. Still found Cimoli the toughest.

I've got a couple of the point of purchase display posters, Giliam and Drysdale. I'll try and add them to this post. I"ve only seen 4 of these, each one a different player.

Edit to add images- sorry, just quick cell shots. They are approximately 24x36, on a thin wax paper type stock, and super fragile.

[Exhibitman]

Cimoli was the first one I ever got. I was 12 and got another kid to throw it into a trade. I knew it was rare; he did not. I sold it at a local card show for the princely sum of $25. Righteous bucks in 1978.

I was quite the little predator...

[sflayank]

Those posters look like my old ones
4 different..only..never saw the other 4

[Griffins]

Larry, I got them from a guy in Malibu on ebay about 12 years ago. Were these originally yours? Think your brother had a couple too.

[sflayank]

Ok...we got em from the guy in Malibu also
I think zimmer and hodges were my others

[gonefishin]

I never knew the displays even existed. Thanks for sharing. I've learned a lot already from this thread. The regional issue sets interest me. I would think with their size difference with other standard issue versions they would be subject to storage risks. Hence, just like with any cards not 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 they seemed to get damaged more. That would make them harder to find in higher grades for sure. Thoughts?

[Griffins]

I’d agree with you if there weren’t stacks of undistributed ones in the 70’s still around. That put a lot of high grade ones out there. I put together a set of 8’s about 10 years ago fairly quickly and the pops are even higher now.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by sflayank

Ok...we got em from the guy in Malibu also
I think zimmer and hodges were my others

Drysdale
Gilliam
Hodges
Reese

Mine were pretty beat up when I found them on ebay, so I had them professorially linen backed. I didn't want to restore them, just wanted to stop the mold from eating them.

[quitcrab]

Love the posters! Scott