Sousa Gas-tronauts Red Sox 8x10's

[ripfan008]

I recently picked up three Sousa Gas-tronauts 8x10's of Sparky Lyle, Ray Culp, and Russ Gibson.

The Sparky Lyle one had previously been posted on Net54 but I've never seen either of the other two photos.

Is there a checklist of known players anywhere? There isn't one in the Standard Catalog and Googling only brings up the Sparky Lyle previously posted on here.

The inclusion of these three players also means the set could only have been issued in 1968 or 1969. I'm guessing 1968 is more likely to celebrate the 1967 Impossible Dream Red Sox.

Thanks for your help!

Gastronaut Sparky Lyle_2.jpg

Gastronaut Russ Gibson_2.jpg

Gastronaut Ray Culp_2.jpg

[whiteymet]

Mike:

COOL! Never heard of or seen these before

[sflayank]

Haven't seen those either
My kind of stuff

[Exhibitman]

I think they were made for appearances since my Lyle is signed.



Yours are the only others I've ever seen.

[ripfan008]

I asked the seller where he acquired the three 8 x 10's and he said they were in a pile of miscellaneous stuff as he was cleaning out his brother-in-law's house in Massachusetts.

The seller himself is not a baseball collector and he tried Googling the items to see if they had any value. When he didn't see anything come up about them, he nearly threw them away because he assumed they must be worthless. He decided to sell them on the theory of "you-never-know".

Thank God he didn't trash them.