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Old 07-16-2006, 10:40 AM
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Posted By: Boccabella

..and now for something completely different. What are some of the strangest looking vintage cards of all time?

The 1960 Topps John Unitas is certainly one...

How about some others?

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Posted By: David Vargha

Boccabella? Are you John Boccabella?



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Old 07-16-2006, 11:37 AM
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Posted By: Paul

I don't have a scan, but that T210 card of the guy riding the invisible bicycle has to be near the top of the list. Wasn't there a survey on this topic earlier?

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Old 07-16-2006, 11:56 AM
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shhhhhh...

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Old 07-16-2006, 12:04 PM
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Posted By: Zach Rice

Here you go Paul, T210 Benny.

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Old 07-16-2006, 12:25 PM
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Posted By: Bob Pomilla

Are you sure Benny isn't performing some kind of ancient fertility dance?

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Old 07-16-2006, 12:46 PM
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Posted By: davidcycleback

Perhaps the most bizarre advertising campaign of all time is a meat company issuing a human body parts issue.




The below 1908 postcard issue has a strange design. When I first saw the below Wagner I assumed it was a misprint, but there are others with the same design, showing that it was intentional.





The below 1890 Colombus team cabinet card has a memorable design.





The below 1911 New York Highlanders (Yankees) postcard is an all time classic. Also known as Hal Chase in The Lost Weekend.





And speaking of rough nights, this is what Babe Ruth looked like Sunday morning.

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Old 07-16-2006, 12:58 PM
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Football photos from the 20's through the 60's were typically contrived; jump passes, stiff arms, and kick follow-throughs were the norm. This one is the best (worst) that I have ever seen. The guy on the 1933 Diamond Matchbook looks as if he was shot from a sling. My favorite baseball shot is Germany Schaefer's Dietsche postcard (sorry, don't have a scan available)

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Old 07-16-2006, 01:02 PM
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Posted By: leon

let's do loosen the reigns a little for this thread...the later the year the more strange it has to be though.....

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Old 07-16-2006, 01:07 PM
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That Columbus cabinet looks like something from "Monty Python's Flying Circus"!

(In keeping with the MP theme established in the lead post of this thread ... "and now for something completely different".)

heehee

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Old 07-16-2006, 01:24 PM
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Posted By: davidcycleback

Let us not forget the famous 1800s Old Judge Tobacco beating up the kid trade card. (In case you don't know the plot, the kid brought his dad the wrong brand of tobacco).

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Old 07-16-2006, 02:09 PM
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Still trying to figure this one out.
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Old 07-16-2006, 03:53 PM
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Posted By: Chris Mc

Hey David, Isn't that the card that folded looks even more bizaaaaaaaaaaaarrrr?

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Zach, is that Jack Benny?

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Old 07-16-2006, 06:46 PM
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Al Schacht, the Clown Prince of Baseball.

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Old 07-16-2006, 08:52 PM
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i think that benny was asking a teammate if he wanted to go ride "harleys" after the game...

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

yes, an "interesting interview" makes it sound naughty, whereas, it's only an ad for Old Judge cigarettes...

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Excellent submissions all...

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Old 07-17-2006, 04:12 PM
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Posted By: jay behrens

no n284 Air Guitar Kelley?

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Old 07-17-2006, 11:15 PM
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Posted By: Julie Vognar

"Sh**t, I knew I made a mistake somewhere along the line...forgot to exerccise my option...

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Posted By: Bob

Someone please post the Zeenut Fatty Arbuckle.

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The healthy hogs (wearing team belts!) arew whomping on the choleric pigs.

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Brueghelish.

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Gesundheit!

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Old 07-18-2006, 04:27 PM
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Choleric Pigs. Weren't they a punk rock group?

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Posted By: davidcycleback

The founder of the hardcore punk band Black Flag was asked if the band name referred to the bug spray or anarchists (who use a black flag). He said he was fine with either association.

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Posted By: Bob

Thanks Zach, let me know if you ever want to sell it.
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Posted By: Zach Rice

I wish it was mine, Bob. I believe it used to belong to a board memeber, however.

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Old 07-19-2006, 10:23 PM
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Posted By: Paul

Why is that Fatty Arbuckle so hard to find? Is it especially scarce within the 1919 Zeenut set? Or is every 1919 Zeenut that tough?

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Old 07-19-2006, 10:31 PM
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Posted By: davidcyceback

Zeenuts as a whole are plentiful, as there hundreds of different cards. However, individual cards are limited. If you want to find a Zeenut, it's simple. They're all over the place. If you want to find a specific Zeenut, it gets tough.

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Posted By: Andy

Air Guitar Dailey N284

N284

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Posted By: jay behrens

I think part of the reason Arbuckle is so hard to find might be that after his murder conviction many people probably threw away his card. Just my theory.

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Old 07-21-2006, 11:55 PM
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Posted By: Griffin's

Not to be nit picky, but Arbuckle had two trials that ended in hung juries, and was acquitted in the third- with a written apology from the jury. All accounts I've read said he was innocent. Little matter, Hearst had already tried and convicted him in the press and his career was finished.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Was he a murderer or a child molester?

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Neither...

Here's a link to a Wikipedia article that seems to fairly explain the deal with Fatty...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_Arbuckle

And, I think Jay's correct. Many folks with Arbuckle cards would have pitched them out, with disgust. Hence the shortage. Plus it is an odd card, and maybe his only card, altough I have some sort of card of him that might have been part of a candy box, I'll try to scan it, post it, and see if anyone can identify it.

Frank.

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Posted By: leon

Fatty does have a few strip cards and they are scarce too....

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Posted By: Troy Kirk

I've only seen a handful of Fatty Arbuckle cards from thousands of movie star cards I've seen from around the world. He was only in movie star trading card sets for a very short period of time, probably from about 1918 to 1921, maybe even a shorter window than that. Here's a very scarce one issued with Schuh Cigarettes in Australia in 1921.

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