1948 Chesterfield Baseball Poster Info.

[JustinofLoxley]

The people that are pictured an this poster are: Bucky Harris, Bob Elliott, Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Joe DiMaggio & Ewell Blackwell. Can anybody tell me anything about this poster, like dimensions, value, rarity and were they ever reprinted?

[D. Broughman]

Here is a scan from Smithsonian Baseball Book. It says it is 21"x21" and 1948 Hope this helps. D.

[JustinofLoxley]

Thanks Dynarl!

[steve B]

It also ran as a magazine ad, in Life magazine for sure, probably several others too.

Steve B

[laughlinfan]

My poster is just a little less than 21 by 21 - not in the greatest shape but displays pretty well. I have seen from time to time that sellers have cut the very nice full page color advertisement from large magazines and sell them as "posters", so keep that in mind.

[JustinofLoxley]

Thanks Steve B and Laughlinfan for the info. on the magazine advertisements. Your poster really does display quite nicely Laughlinfan.

[ofrogers]

How much is the chesterfeild poster worth?

[laughlinfan]

The page that has been cut from a large size magazine is nice for display, but I don't think it is very pricey - $10-15 would be just my guess. The 21x21 poster can be very expensive in nice shape - quick net search found one that went for $4K in an REA auction four years ago...

http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/...87.html#photos

[steve B]

The magazine ad has been all over the place pricewise. At one time it was around $50, Maybe around 1990? Ads were pretty big at the time. Sports were good, but cars and some other stuff was popular too. They're not so popular now, so the $10-15 sounds about right.

Mine is still in what's left of the magazine. No covers, and some wear, but the ad is in decent condition. It was very cheap if you don't count the time spent fanning the edges of a couple hundred junk magazines before I found it.

Steve B