Cuban Baseball Ad Piece from NSCC

[GehrigFan]

Found this neat little cardboard advertising piece at the show. Curious if anyone knows anything about it? It would seem to be associated with the same company that did the 1946 Caramelo Deportivo set?

I believe it translates roughly to:

"The Exquisite Candy (Caramelo) Presents the Baseball Series 'Comica'. A Gift from Caramelo's 'Play'"

It comes with a set of paper squares in a paper envelope stapled to the back, apparently to play a game on the board?

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...on9999/IMG.jpg

[ElCabron]

Cool piece. Doesn't appear to have any affiliation with Caramelo Deportivo, though. What do the little game pieces look like?

-Ryan

[GehrigFan]

I should clarify... I don't think it is related to teh Caramelo Deportivo set itself, just the same company. I believe Caramelo is the name of the candy, and Deportivo means "sports", so it seems like this was for a different Caramelo brand, baseball-themed issue of some sort called "Comica". I thought it might mean "comics" but that is Comico in Spanish from what I understand.

It would be great if someone knew of another Caramelo set called Baseball Comica or something similar!

The pieces are just plain pieces of colored paper, unfortunately. When I felt something inside the envelope I got real excited thinking they might by miniature baseball cards, but no such luck :-)

Originally Posted by NoizeBringer

Cool piece. Doesn't appear to have any affiliation with Caramelo Deportivo, though. What do the little game pieces look like?

-Ryan

[thisisradioclash]

Wow, very cool piece! What are the measurements on it? I'd totally frame it if it were a good size.

I'm pretty sure the word "caramelo" is being used as "candy" in a general sense; the brand name of the candy is Play, so "The exquisite Play candies present the comical/humorous baseball series (i.e. collection/compilation)." The bottom line translates as "A gift (i.e. freebie/favor) from Play candies." And the artist gets his mention, "Drawings by Lucio."

Nice pickup!

Originally Posted by GehrigFan

Found this neat little cardboard advertising piece at the show. Curious if anyone knows anything about it? It would seem to be associated with the same company that did the 1946 Caramelo Deportivo set?

I believe it translates roughly to:

"The Exquisite Candy (Caramelo) Presents the Baseball Series 'Comica'. A Gift from Caramelo's 'Play'"

It comes with a set of paper squares in a paper envelope stapled to the back, apparently to play a game on the board?

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/j...on9999/IMG.jpg