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Originally Posted by 71buc
After viewing all of the pins in this thread I thought I would pick up a few for myself. However, I have decided to start very small and narrow my focus to players I liked in my childhood. I will be limiting my pickups to pins in this set as I think it is attractive and VERY CHEAP. However, I know nothing about these items. I picked up the pin below very recently and thought I should attempt to educate myself before I go further. Sorry to revive an old thread.
Thanks in advance.
Mike
• Is there a name or designation for this set?
• How were they marketed?
• How many players from each team were produced?
• Are there any known scarcities or variations?
• The text on the Joe Morgan is different than the others is there a reason for that?
• What years were they produced?
• Are they all easel backed?
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"sorry to revive an old thread"? I love that you revived it! I can't hang with those 5 figure card guys!
re: your questions...
- I call them the "black square series" due to the text box.
- unknown.
- The Giants had 12 players but we hadn't seen McCovey until just recently.
- unknown.
- unknown.
- Based on the Giants in the set, I've always thought 1972-73.
- Mine are all easel backed.
I'm not sure I knew other teams were in this series....I tend to live in my own little Giants world
![Stick Out Tongue](forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif)
...I've always liked these too and would love to see more! Sorry for my crappy picture. The Tom Bradley (lower right) isn't due to me....he is ALWAYS in heavy shadow.