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Mantle (2) and Rose custom Jell-O boxes
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I've just finished my latest custom card project, a trio of 1963 Jell-O boxes. 1963 Jell-O boxes horiz..jpg The details of the Mantle "reprint" box will be posted on my blog tomorrow; the "new" Mantle and the Pete Rose on Friday.
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My (usually) vintage baseball/football card blog: http://boblemke.blogspot.com Link to my custom cards gallery: http://tinyurl.com/customcards Last edited by Bob Lemke; 07-01-2015 at 02:33 PM. |
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They look great Bob!
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Customs
Bob---I would have preferred different Jello flavors, but the cards are great
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Bob, I love your custom cards, but I really wish the Jello Mantle cards had some type of notation that they were not originals. If someone cut the Mantle off your box, it would be easy to misrepresent it as original, since the real 1963 Mantle has the same number 15.
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Let's be honest---there's only so much you can do to make such creations stupid-proof for someone who is, to be kind, gullible and looking for something he thinks is worth a fortune, but will only pay a few bucks for anyway so he can brag to anyone who'd listen to him crow that he got this unknown, rare, vintage Mantle for ten bucks, and now wants to surrender it, or sacrifice it, or be now willing to part with it for "only" ten thousand dollars. You're right, some people would believe it's the real deal. Then again, some types believe we never went to the moon, the Holocaust never actually occurred, Elvis is still alive and well somewhere, and so on, and so on, ... Trust me, very few people will actually buy one of Bob Lemke's gorgeous baseball or football card creations. I am one of those few, and am proud to own them, and will display certain ones beside the few originals I have. My family knows they are fantasy cards; anyone I show them to and asks will be told precisely what they are. Now, if I could only somehow convince dear Bob to create, with all his creative might: 1933 DeLong Babe Ruth using that fabulous studio pose from 1920 1933 DeLong Dizzy Dean in a nice horizontal format 1960 Post Cereal Bobby Hull and Roger Maris 1961 Topps last series card of a missing number ---a beautiful horizontal pose of Roger Maris, Bob Cerv, and Mickey Mantle (the three pals from the central midwest who shared a home together that year) There's a color shot on eBay from time to time that would be perfect, as long as you can come up with a good succinct title. "M'n M Boys & Cerv", "Bombers Away" Their radiant smiles in that photo would melt any Yankee lover, and cause even the most ardent Yankee hater to choke! Just dreamin' again. ---Brian Powell |
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Thanks, Brian,
As I mentioned, there are some very subtle differences in the typography on my Jell-O cards, and as you mentioned, the cardboard stock is quite distinct from original Post-Jell-O. 1960 Post box backs would be easy to do . . . perhaps too easy. Much of the pleasure I take in making my customs is the process, challenging my computer skills t replicate one of the classic formats. I've got some elements set aside to work a couple of 1930s formats, but time is tight and something always pushes to the head of the to-do list.
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That Mantle Jello box is amazing Bob. I sent you an email about buying 2.
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