1959 Topps Salesman Sample question

[ValKehl]

of the 2 that I have. Note that the 1957 has the same "incorrect" # 87 Courtney on the back. If anyone has a panel with either Pete Runnels or Mickey Vernon (my childhood favorites) on it and is willing to part with it, I'm all ears!
Val

[Rickyy]

I always thought these were printed randomly..its intersting to see all the combos...interesting this one panel I have is concentrated on Ohio teams..so I always wondered if this was shown around in Cleveland and Cincinnati....




Ricky Y

[whiteymet]

I'll add my 1954 Topps with Ashburn to the discussion. Ad on back is a sticker

[toppcat]

That is a great 54 piece-it really shows how the gum was still the main product...amazing to think of now but it really was bubblegum wars back then.

[Bob Lemke]

I see that the sticker on the back of the 1954 strip mentions "FOUR COLOR BACKS". Am I seeing things or is the type in the player bio and the cartoon captions actually blue on these samples? Those are black on the issued cards.

[toppcat]

Black White Red Green?

[Big Six]

I see Blue, too...

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by Bob Lemke

I see that the sticker on the back of the 1954 strip mentions "FOUR COLOR BACKS". Am I seeing things or is the type in the player bio and the cartoon captions actually blue on these samples? Those are black on the issued cards.

Hi Bob:

Fred McKie here. The scan just LOOKS blue for the player bios. It is actually black.

I guess the four colors are Red, White, Black, Green, although I see some brown and gray in the back Inside Baseball three panel on the Hamner card.

[JayBird95816]

Here are a few from my collection:

1955 Bowman w/ Hank Aaron

1957 Topps w/ Willie Mays, Nellie Fox & Robin Roberts

1960 Topps w/ Ernie Banks & Al Kaline (mentioned earier in the thread)