Football Pickup Thread

[TanksAndSpartans]

Nice card Ray! Is the mark on the back? Front looks great.

Do you know much about the origin of the card? Looks to me like it might be 1 of the 10 from the Heaney collection. There were 2 graded with the same grade as yours and one of them had a really similar certification number.

Since high number Chicles were mentioned, I can't help but post my first high number which I picked up on New Year's Day to kick off 2014....

[tuckr1]

Nice Caddel looks alot nicer then 3.5 to me, I have 5 more of these bad boys to go, super excited, will take me a while but it has been a helluva ride thus far. What a great set!!!

[TanksAndSpartans]

Thanks - I'm trying to limit how many I have under 4 because of the set registry, but when I saw the eye appeal, I knew it would fit nicely with my collection (nothing above 5.5, but they all look nice to me). I still need 26, been fun so far.

[Exhibitman]

Hi all, I infrequently post here but I picked up a FB piece that has some long time collectors a bit stumped, so I thought I'd post it here and ask for feedback.

I know that Rah Rahs made pins and I know that Bart Starr formed a distributing company in 1973. It appears that Rah Rahs and Starr entered into some kind of deal to distribute their sports team pins over his likeness. I picked it up because I liked the art and image--screamed 1970s to me. Any further info on it would be appreciated. Roughly 6 x 9 cardboard, blank backed, used as a backing for a sports team pin:

[oddball]

I'm from the area that these were manufactured, so I've seen them before at shows. From what I know about them, I probably can't tell you anything that you don't already know. Rah Rahs started in the late 60's, probably around 1967-68. The pins I've mostly seen were either pro hockey (most), football, and even a little basketball (I think I've seen one of the baseball teams, but I can't remember). A couple of the pins still had the backing, one of which had a Starr back (this was 16 years ago I saw the same one). The dealer that had it figured Starr and the Winona, MN - based company just had a small endorsement deal to use his likeness with their product, much like you see with athlete endorsements today. He wasn't sure if the Starr backing was a regional or national issue. I can't guarantee the year, but my guess is 1970. It is an interesting collectible, though!

[powderfinger]

John, you're right. I asked about the card and was told it was from the Heaney collection. It was the one that didn't make it into the group photo of nine that most collectors have seen. The mark, or more accurately, the marks, are all on the back of the card, which means that even though it has the MK designation, the front shows well, at least in my opinion!

[TanksAndSpartans]

Thanks Ray - appreciate the reply on the Nagurski. I had a feeling about the card, so I went to the picture of the 9 you mentioned and it wasn't there, but so close that I figured it was worth asking if you had the missing 10th. I like playing detective sometimes (on cards I'm shopping for - not randomly). I subscribed to VCP for 1 day and I was able to match several cards from sold images with either new eBay listings or PSA set registry photos - interesting to see whether a card will be flipped or disappear into a collection.

Anyway, did you pick it up at the auction? I vaguely remember it was an in person auction in PA.

Finally, I agree - front looks great.