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Old 02-10-2015, 02:49 PM
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Hi Bob
That is a shame the little and intriguing Pages Pittsburgh Milk Co. set languishes without a catalog identity. I have told this story before but we have a lot of new folks so.. A few years back I was at the National and bought a small group of these. I hadn't ever seen them before. I was quite excited as there was, what later turned out to be, the "missing link" to the set. It was a redemption card and included. And how I found that out was, as I was walking around the show, I showed it to one of my absolute favorite guys in the hobby, John Rum.irez. For those that don't know John he has always had, and still does, the #1 table as you walk into the National. As far as I am aware, from day one, that has been his table, however many years it's been (35?), he's been there. He is also someone I usually spend hours speaking with as we are both type card collectors, and I am sure he does sets as well. I walked up and showed him the cards. He looked at the redemption card and got all excited as only a lifelong collector can. He told me that he had seen these cards since the 70's and no one had ever known anything about them, until now. The only downside to having them cataloged is that then the prices could go up. The scan below is blurry but the redemption card is perfectly printed.
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