1950s Paint-a-player paint by numbers, a cool colorful rarity.

[Lucas00]

While chatting with a friend who collects cardinals he shared this collection of 3 "paint-a-player" paint by number canvases with me. I consider myself somebody who is quite familiar with postwar oddball sets but these I had never seen before. I am thrilled to have another item for my Schoendienst PC to chase *wink wink* and it looks like there is some superstar power in the set based on the box. So something for other player/team collectors to chase as well.

One of the examples he got (Stu Miller) is actually colored, and wow it is beautiful. The facial shadowing is spectacular for a 1950s painting kit.

The kit dates roughly from 1953-1956 based on Gilliams debut in 1953 and Stu Miller/Hemus leaving the cardinals in 1956.

Please share if you have any colored or not.

[hammertime]

Wow! Yeah the finished one really pops.

[swarmee]

Article claiming 135 players available:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Re0AA...K/s-l1600.webp

Checklist:


Cool set.

[JayZim13]

I have a Paint-A-Player Set. The 3 pictures are all Brooklyn Dodgers: Item #J500 which includes Johnny Podres, Pee Wee Reese and George Shuba.
The item is rarely seen and this is the first one with that I have seen with only Dodgers.
There are 2 different boxes: the one shown in the original thread and one with Musial instead of Mantle (not sure about all the other players).

I attached an article from a 1954 toys and novelties magazine describing the game.

I tried uploading some other photos but had no luck. It seems anything taken by my phone doesn't upload on net54.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by JayZim13

I have a Paint-A-Player Set. The 3 pictures are all Brooklyn Dodgers: Item #J500 which includes Johnny Podres, Pee Wee Reese and George Shuba.
The item is rarely seen and this is the first one with that I have seen with only Dodgers.
There are 2 different boxes: the one shown in the original thread and one with Musial instead of Mantle (not sure about all the other players).

I attached an article from a 1954 toys and novelties magazine describing the game.

I tried uploading some other photos but had no luck. It seems anything taken by my phone doesn't upload on net54.

Almost every picture taken with a phone is too large to upload on this site. They need to be reduced first, before trying to upload.
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[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Yes, whoever completed the Stu Miller did a commendable job. I venture it was a lady or girl, not only for how carefully it was executed, but simply because of the three in the pack, they chose Stu Miller! I feel like most boys would have gone with the biggest star (Schoendienst).

These would have been so great if autographed!

[doug.goodman]

Those are super cool

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Leon

Almost every picture taken with a phone is too large to upload on this site. They need to be reduced first, before trying to upload.
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Iphones also take pictures as a HEIC file, not sure those are acceptable to the upload drop down menu. Best to convert to PDF before upload.

[Lucas00]

Thank you for the replies so far, some amazing info. 135 player checklist and only 1 member so far has 3 dodgers. Seems like a damn tough set.

[swarmee]

I bought the Minoso off ebay today for $50. Figured that was reasonable for the rarity.

[JayZim13]

Thank you Leon. I retook the photo using a smaller image on my camera and it was able to publish on net54.

The box is stamped in the blank panel on the side: J500 Brooklyn Dodgers Reese-Podres-Shuba