New Clemenre find after 63 years!
This was posted on facebook. Thought there would be some here that would appreciate it. I'm still picking my bottom jaw off the floor:
"This is something fun and exciting I would like to share. First some backstory.
2013: A single 1960 Venezuela Topps Don Drysdale Tattoo was discovered and sold on eBay. The tattoo mirrored the design of the US and OPC but was entirely in Spanish and had Venezuela copyright marking.
2022: A small cache of Venezuela Topps tattoos including baseball, Woody Woodpecker, Superman and Popeye were found. All in Spanish and all with Venezuela copyrights.
Of Note: There are players in the Venezuela set who are not in the US checklist. All Venezuela-exclusive players are Latin-born. The Latin-born players include: Juan Marichal, Pedro Ramos, Ruben Amaro, Luis Arroyo, Vic Power, and...
I am proud to unveil: Roberto Clemente.
He isn't pretty, but he is Pop 1: None Higher."
Just to be clear - this was NOT found or owned by me.
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