Bob Hope Indians Button - What is this?

[paul]

I recently picked up this button picturing Bob Hope in a Cleveland Indians uniform, I assume from when he was a part owner. Have any of you seen one of these before? Do you know what it is? I can tell you that the yellow part is plastic, and the picture is behind ribbed clear plastic. The picture and the clear plastic can be removed from the yellow rim.

Thanks.

Paul

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[Jay Wolt]

Bob Hope was a part owner of the Indians in the early '50's
his pal Bing Crosby was a part owner of the Pirates in the late 40's

[Rob D.]

Hi Paul,

I have one with a green rim that I picked up about 15 years ago. I always assumed it was a giveaway or a cheap trinket sold at NBC's or Paramount's gift shop.

[Oldtix]

These were actually 1951 "Magic Moving Picture Eye" cereal premiums packed into boxes of Kellogg's Pep (who sponsored The Adventures of Superman, Mark Trail, and Tom Corbett Space Cadet on the radio). There were purportedly 16 in the set although only fourteen are known to exist. The set includes an odd assortment of airplanes and celebrities, including Clyde Beatty, Bobby Riggs, William Holden and Mark Trail's Dog. The Hope piece is worth $35 in mint condition.

[Rob D.]

Thanks, Rick, that's great to know.

[drc]

I was never a fan of the corny one liner Hope, but he liked him a lot in his 1930s-40s movies.