1968 Atlantic oil cards

[bobsbbcards]

Bill Freehan - $2,500
Tommy Davis - $100
Tom McCraw - $10
Andy Etchebarren - $5
Earl Wilson - $1
Tommie Agee - $2,500
Ernie Banks - $100
Ron Fairly - $10
Ron Swoboda - $10/$5
Billy Williams - $5
Claude Osteen - $1

[JollyElm]

Sometimes people find expired winning lottery tickets that they never checked, so it's at least possible that some of the $2500 cards weren't redeemed...and lie forsaken under the back seat of a 1965 dodge in a junkyard somewhere.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by bobsbbcards

Bill Freehan - $2,500
Tommy Davis - $100
Tom McCraw - $10
Andy Etchebarren - $5
Earl Wilson - $1
Tommie Agee - $2,500
Ernie Banks - $100
Ron Fairly - $10
Ron Swoboda - $10/$5
Billy Williams - $5
Claude Osteen - $1

I noticed that PSA does not have the vast majority of the winner cards graded. I have a knowledge gap on these for sure, are there known examples of Agee or Freehan?

[CobbSpikedMe]

Apologies for bringing up a slightly older thread, but I had a question about the 68 Atlantic Oils and was hoping someone could help.

If you've ready this thread you know these cards come with the two different backs. I call them the Rules Back and the Play Ball Back. And that there are 10 SSPs leaving a reasonable complete set at 40 cards. With the two different back variations, that brings us to 80 for a complete set (plus the Special Gift Award card makes 81). But there is another variation in this set. The black font and grey font variations.

My question is, does anyone know for sure if all 80 cards come with both a black font and grey font variation making the total for a complete set 161 cards?

If nobody knows for sure, I would be happy to do a survey of our cards to try to compile a list of confirmed variations to see if we can verify all of these.

Thanks all,

Andrew



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[Exhibitman]

Good question. I never looked. I was always chasing the SSPs.

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Apologies for bringing up a slightly older thread, but I had a question about the 68 Atlantic Oils and was hoping someone could help.

If you've ready this thread you know these cards come with the two different backs. I call them the Rules Back and the Play Ball Back. And that there are 10 SSPs leaving a reasonable complete set at 40 cards. With the two different back variations, that brings us to 80 for a complete set (plus the Special Gift Award card makes 81). But there is another variation in this set. The black font and grey font variations.

My question is, does anyone know for sure if all 80 cards come with both a black font and grey font variation making the total for a complete set 161 cards?

If nobody knows for sure, I would be happy to do a survey of our cards to try to compile a list of confirmed variations to see if we can verify all of these.

Thanks all,

Andrew



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Andrew,

I collect Orioles and can confirm that Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson and Boog Powell all have black and gray variations.

However, my Boog Powell (Playball back) cards have different photo croppings. My Powell with the black font has more sky showing over his head than my gray font card. The name placement is also different. I haven't been able to find a gray font Powell with more sky or a black font Powell with less sky, so not sure if they exist. Both of my Powells (Rules back) are the more sky variation.

Hope this helps some.


Boog Powell (Playball back) variations

1968 Atlantic Oil Play Ball Game #2 - Copy.JPG

[CobbSpikedMe]

Hi Alan,

Thanks for the response man. So are you saying that Frank, Brooks and Boog all have the four variations?

Andy


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[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Hi Alan,

Thanks for the response man. So are you saying that Frank, Brooks and Boog all have the four variations?

Andy


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Yes. However, three of the four Boog Powell cards have more sky at the top and one has less sky. I suppose the possibility exists that Powell has more than four variations, but i can't confirm that for sure.