Fleer 1970 World Series set

[laughlinfan]

The 1970 set was Bob's second of 6 world series sets that he was involved in issuing. 1967 B&W set, 1970 Fleer, 1971 Fleer, 1974 B&W second printing, 1978 Fleer/Good Humor, and finally the 1980 Fleer Sticker Back set. All of Bob's sets have really generated more interest in the past 10 years or so. The 1967 B&W sets are pretty tough to come by nowadays, and as Al mentions, the 1971-1977 WS cards included in the 1978 set have gotten very pricey as folks have realized how scarce they are, and the Clemente card generates lots of interest due to both the scarcity and the number of Clemente fans/collectors.

I have done lots of research on Bob's issues, but I am still looking for anyone who can point me to a 1978 Fleer/Good Humor pack. From everything I have been able to determine, they were only sold for a short period of time through Good Humor trucks in the tri-state area (NY/NJ/PA) in the summer of 1978.

Always happy to discuss any of Bob's issues or help answer any questions!

Happy collecting!

[packs]

Here's mine. It's signed by Larry Doyle and Smokey Joe Wood:

[Mesquite]

Thanks for the info and links. Most of you guys have probably seen these articles before, but just in case, here are a couple articles on the Fleer WS cards:

http://www.sportscollectorsdigest.co...d_series_cards

http://www.vintagecardtraders.org/vi...r/78fleer.html

laughlinfan: the author of the second article mentions that in 1978 he bought the Fleer WS cards from the local Good Humor man. Maybe you've already contacted him, but I thought I'd post the link in case you haven't.

The first article mentions the Kellog's 3D cards that were available inside Kellog's cereals. That brought back some memories, and I have several of those from (I think) 1970,71, and 72, including a few football. I don't know how a kid could have possibly assembled the whole set of 75 (a kid can only eat so many bowls of corn flakes per month!), but the author mentions that you could buy the full sets from Kellogs by mail. I sure don't remember that.

While looking up the 70 Fleer WS cards on e-bay I noticed that if you instead search for 1968 Fleer World Series you get more hits. I guess the sellers mistake the copyright info for the card date. Some sellers bundle the cards in groups of 5 or so, and seem to mix and match the 70 and 71 cards as if they were from the same year.

If anyone is interested, an ebay seller called aalop1 has 108 of the 1967 Laughlin black & white world series prototype cards as buy-it-now.