1959 Bazooka

[skelly]

Let me first say thank you to those who contacted me / chimed in on my thread concerning sets from the early 70's. My current passion is the 59 Bazooka set. I was wondering the following...

Does anyone remember when these actually came out in 1959? Were they a big deal? Did people collect them?...

How much rarer do you think the sp cards are? If lets say there are 1000 Mickey Mantle cards, are there 500 of the Ernie Banks? 200 Ernie Banks?... It just seems like the sp cards are quite rare as compared to the original 9 that were issued. I'm also amazed at how many of these cards are actually in decent shape when you consider that they were intended to have been cut out by someone approx 8-12 years old. I am also open to trades if anyone has any of the cards that I need for this set.

thanks in advance, I'm really looking forward to details/ info on this set. Please feel free to be as lengthy as possible.