post-war guys...your oddball items?

[laughlinfan]

Been enjoying this thread - I have lived in the oddball baseball world for a long time, so fun to see the posts! Been meaning to contribute, but work and life stuff always gets in the way!

I really like the H-O Oatmeal records. Picked one up with the original envelope and order form quite few years back. Nice combination of a color and a b&w image on the front and back.

[nolemmings]

I agree on the H-O Oatmeal. I picked up my only one at a National several years back when it just caught my eye on the last day as something that was a perfect buy for leftover cash. Also have the order form but no envelope. Too bad they didn't have a larger player selection though.

[laughlinfan]

Nice Campy, Todd! I am guessing that it was probably a NYC and surrounding area thing, given the Brooklyn address of the company, and the selection of 2 Dodgers, 1 Yank (Allie Reynolds), and 1 Giant (Whitey Lockman). I have seen them listed as 52 or 53, but the envelope is postmarked January of 55, so I am guessing 53 or probably 54 is more likely. I would suspect that the record has them speaking and giving tips, but I have been hesitant to drop a record needle on mine!

[Mark70Z]

[QUOTE I really like the H-O Oatmeal records. Picked one up with the original envelope and order form quite few years back. Nice combination of a color and a b&w image on the front and back.[/QUOTE]

I really like these records as well and especially like the way the B&W portion has the player displayed with the cool looking field background. Thanks for sharing.

I know the O's had a few over the years; here's a pic of one...

[DBesse27]

[savedfrommyspokes]

I recently picked this "odd-ball" card up in a lot...a 1960 ED-U-CARDS 41 Babe Ruth

[DBesse27]

Cool Babe. He "made" home runs.

[Mark70Z]

I don't think you can get that much more odd-ball than "KIELBASA POWER"! Love it... Thanks so much for the pic; VERY cool.

Also, that Yaz patch is NICE!

Thanks you guys for posting some oddball stuff; you'd probably get tired of seeing Brooksie oddball junk if you didn't.

[DBesse27]

Thanks, that patch is a 1978 Penn Emblem player patch. It's currently at PSA. They grade the set, but have never graded the Yaz.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by DBesse27

Thanks, that patch is a 1978 Penn Emblem player patch. It's currently at PSA. They grade the set, but have never graded the Yaz.

I've seen a few of those patches in the past, Palmer, Rose, and I think Carew. Now I haven't seen any graded so that will be new. I'm not a registry guy, but are those listed w/in the Yaz master or maybe a part of a '78 Penn Emblem set?

Love the oddball stuff and enjoy viewing others collections. I particularly like the player collector items, but other stuff is cool as well. Need to post some more Yaz stuff if you have additional odd items...

[Mark70Z]

Duplicate

[DBesse27]

They do grade the Penn Emblem Patches. The most famous one with the most graded copies is the Pete Rose, which comes in 2 (or 3?) variations. The Yaz isn't part of the master set composite because there are no graded copies. As soon as mine is graded I will have it added to the master composite and send my friend Manny scrambling. He has the #1 Yaz Master.

Ask and ye shall receive. More oddball Yaz:



Pink = pop 4, 1 higher



Green = pop 1, 2 higher



Salmon = pop 2, none higher.
I have no idea why the color of this scan is so bad. All the scans of the other matchbooks came out good. Anyway, this really is salmon colored, lol.



Aqua = pop 2, none higher

I also have the orange matchbook in PSA 6. There are still 5 colors I want to eventually add to my master set.