October pickups

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Just picked this up for a friend. I collect SF Giants...my buddy collects Giants and Niners. I'd like to get your thoughts... The seller listed this as "salesman's sample." Strangely enough, another popped up on ebay a few days later. That seller is calling his a "showroom sample." Well, I watch enough Antiques Roadshow to know about salesman's samples. Thing is, those samples tend to be furniture or machinery. Would a bread company really put out a "sample"? Wouldn't they just wrap their bread in whatever and send it out to stores? Would General Mills test the waters on commemorative Wheaties boxes or would they just send them out? I will say, the paper seems vintage. It does not seem like someone printed it out recently. The paper feels like it is wrapped around a block of foam. What do you guys think?

Definitely good, maybe there was a find. Griffith Stadium in D.C. was in the middle of a bread factory district, and everybody that ever went there remembers the heavenly smell of bread baking in the neighborhood, including the ballpark. I also remember eating miniature loaves of bread there, similar to yours. I think they were given away as promotions, and no bread has ever tasted as good in my life. Nothing else, just plain old white bread direct from the factory. Perhaps yours is the Seals Stadium version of that.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Definitely good, maybe there was a find. Griffith Stadium in D.C. was in the middle of a bread factory district, and everybody that ever went there remembers the heavenly smell of bread baking in the neighborhood, including the ballpark. I also remember eating miniature loaves of bread there, similar to yours. I think they were given away as promotions, and no bread has ever tasted as good in my life. Nothing else, just plain old white bread direct from the factory. Perhaps yours is the Seals Stadium version of that.

Thanks for the info….but it’s not “just plain old white bread”….it’s “special training table formula.”

[UKCardGuy]

Rocky Colavito was the last player I needed to complete my 1958-62 Hartland Statue set.

I picked up a Willie Mays Hartland when I was 15 years old and it took me another 37 years before I got another. After a long journey, the set is complete.

Complete is a relative term though. I'll probably upgrade a couple of them and I'm still chasing the rest of the tags and boxes that I'm missing.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

Rocky Colavito was the last player I needed to complete my 1958-62 Hartland Statue set. I picked up a Willie Mays Hartland when I was 15 years old and it took me another 37 years before I got another. After a long journey, the set is complete. Complete is a relative term though. I'll probably upgrade a couple of them and I'm still chasing the rest of the tags and boxes that I'm missing.

Awesome collection! And perfect that there's still stuff to go after.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

Rocky Colavito was the last player I needed to complete my 1958-62 Hartland Statue set.

I picked up a Willie Mays Hartland when I was 15 years old and it took me another 37 years before I got another. After a long journey, the set is complete.

Complete is a relative term though. I'll probably upgrade a couple of them and I'm still chasing the rest of the tags and boxes that I'm missing.

Great accomplishment! Looks like you were super selective about condition as well. Great looking white set. I could never seem to find a Banks that hadn’t yellowed or at least turned beige-ish (if that’s a word).

Congrats on finding a nice Colovito and finishing it!

[UKCardGuy]

Thanks Hank and Mark. I think I picked out with Banks. I've heard from others that it's tough. For me, the Colavito was tricky. Finding one that isn't separating along the "seam" and at a reasonable price was tough.

[jimtigers65]

Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

Thanks Hank and Mark. I think I picked out with Banks. I've heard from others that it's tough. For me, the Colavito was tricky. Finding one that isn't separating along the "seam" and at a reasonable price was tough.

I saw a couple price stickers on the boxes but couldn’t make the price. Can you tell us the original prices?

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by jimtigers65

I saw a couple price stickers on the boxes but couldn’t make the price. Can you tell us the original prices?

$1.98

Interesting footnote: I picked up a large lot of Hartland Boxes a little while back and sold off the extra/dupes that I didn't need. One of those was a Musial box and it had the original price sticker from the Famous-Barr department store (a local St Louis Department store that's now defunct). It sold it to a collector in St Louis who's a Cards fan and specifically noticed the price sticker.

That box took a long route to eventually make it back home to St Louis.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Thanks for the info….but it’s not “just plain old white bread”….it’s “special training table formula.”

Of course, how do you think they got so big? Super cool item.