1979 Metallic Creations Signature Miniatures

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So a few months later we go from 8 to 12:

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New distributor, and sneaking Guidry into the mix...

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Ugh. Confusing. This must be from a bit before the last one, since it only lists 12(?)

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Less than a year later - you guessed it! Another name attached to these.

This lists 17 statues now - missing the following:

Brett
Cedeno
Clemente
Garvey
Munson

[FireGardy]

At least it looks like I don't have a silver Carew to hunt down; I hope they just used images of the proofs for that ad because I'd hate to think that there may be other cards out there without black borders. I guess that piece mentioning the Sports Legends explains the Sandy Hawley that appeared in one of the ads that I posted earlier. I was wondering why a jockey was on that list.

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I don't have the SCD article this ad refers to (maybe someone has some archives to share), but this is an ad from 16 years later. Interesting stuff - sounds like this guy ended up with what was left in stock, maybe? At least figure wise. He was looking for cards in quantity to go with them.

[Dennis K]

Does anyone know something about this Rose statue?? I purchased this statue in the early 80's at a show in Philadelphia. The base is stamped Gartlan Assoc. I do not think it is part of the Signature Miniature statue group, but it is of Pete Rose statue, it's pewter, and came out at the time of the other statues. thanks for any info.

[sschauer]

The Rose figure is from Gartlan they gave this figurine free to customers who ordered $75 or more worth of product. 1000 issued not signed or numbered. They are rarely seen think the size only about 1" and fact hard to tell who it is many were lost/destroyed/discarded.

[mrmopar]

Anyone familiar with this series seen any drawings or prints before? I am curious to know if this is original art or some sort of print. It is listed as being much larger than the cards themselves. The seller makes it sound like art, but I see people selling facsimile baseballs all the time as real due to ignorance.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/170798051034...#ht_500wt_1315

[FireGardy]

Did you win it? A Carew and Rose are pictured in the first three pages of this thread. I have also seen a Ryan and Mays on ebay a few years ago. I'm not sure anyone really know for certain what they are. Considering the popularity of these (or lack thereof), I would think original would be the likely answer. The mark on the back would probably be helpful as I would guess the artist would use the same board consistently. Unfortunately other than Garvey, they have all been framed so their backs remain a mystery. The size is in the ballpark of the others.