1950 R423 and 1950 gum ball charms

[RColeman]

Is there any chance that the 1950s gum ball charms contain trimmed 1950 R423 cards? Is this already a known fact? I don't have enough examples to compare but many of the poses seem the same. Greenberg is spot on.

[RColeman]

I had time to load a couple examples. I want to thank Fred Y because the photo with multiple charms is from his previous link. The Ted Williams and Feller issues match up as well.

[autograf]

R423 Reese has him stretched out diving.....totally different. The Greenberg is somewhat the same way but the R423 has a black background but the charm has a white background. They look similar though.....

[RColeman]

Nice catch on the Greenberg background! It's amazing how I didn't even see it. It doesn't look like the sizes always match up either although many of the poses do. The Reese is the only one I've seen to not match so far. I definitely think there is a link to the two. It seems like the R423 set could help to ID any unknown charms.

[GoldenAge50s]

I think the gumball machine charms are made up of pics from different sources. For example, I believe most ALL of the Dodger charms are portraits, which may have been from team photo paks or something similar, but not from R423.

After many hours of study I am STILL not sure who this charm below is--can anyone match it up to R423 or another source? Some Sellers claim it to be Duke Snider, but I don't think so at all.

Here's a SIMILAR shot of "the Duke".

[Exhibitman]

Wes Westrum?

[Gr8Beldini]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

I think the gumball machine charms are made up of pics from different sources. For example, I believe most ALL of the Dodger charms are portraits, which may have been from team photo paks or something similar, but not from R423.

After many hours of study I am STILL not sure who this charm below is--can anyone match it up to R423 or another source? Some Sellers claim it to be Duke Snider, but I don't think so at all.

Here's a SIMILAR shot of "the Duke".

Looks like a NY Giant. Could be a right randed batter following through. Resembles Sid Gordon much more than it does Duke.