1956 Promotional Sample
 

Has anyone seen one of these before?

It's small - it measures 1.5 x 2 inches.

I have never.. that's wicked

Just wanted to let you know that it's a fantasy piece (the picture is taken from my Standard Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards)...

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image.../81186/catalog

Thanks for the information. I appreciate it. It seemed strange that I hadn't seen anything like it before.

Fake
 

Fake as above post indicates but very slick to make it a “common” to try and fly under the radar. No question these were made to deceive. You dodged a bullet !!!

These are a pretty idea for a fake, I see how people think they could be legit at first. I wondered the same thing when I first encountered them. They aren’t all that common and are kind of cool in an odd way

1956 Promotional Sample
 

Definitely one of the Coolest fake concepts I’ve seen

When Lemke first listed these as fakes in the SCD catalog I knew right away I had to have one. Mine is a 1965 Aaron. It is not the only fake Topps item he included in the Catalog. In my view listing them, even as fakes, gave them a collectible value, despite his pronouncement to the contrary. From the Topps Surf books

Well, someone paid $152 for the fake above!

I recall seeing some of those for sale in the early ebay days. I think I bid on a few at the time, but never won. Good thing.

I have never seen a "promotional" sample as depicted above. Kind of neat, but I will stick to the salesman samples. I only have a few in my collection